Borbo borbonica borbonica ( Boisduval, 1833 )

Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon & Guilherme, João L., 2016, Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), Zootaxa 4201 (1), pp. 1-77 : 58

238. Borbo borbonica borbonica ( Boisduval, 1833)

WL: 19mm. B. borbonica is a skipper known to occur mainly in dry savanna, though it also enters degraded forest. The species has a pan-Afican distribution and was described from Reunion Island. Subspecies B. b. zelleri flies in North Africa, and was reported by Larsen (2005) as a potential synonym of the nominate subspecies. B. b. morella is restricted to the Aldabra and Seychelles Islands. The caterpillars are polyphagous and feed on Poaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, common (JB).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Gabú, Oio, Quinara. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987) as B. fatuellus, Mendes et al. (2007) .

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: F; CS: LC.