Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977

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 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068349
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scientific name	Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977
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213. Spialia ploetzi occidentalis de Jong, 1977 View in CoL

WL: 14mm. This is a forest species, though it may also occur in savanna. The present subspecies ranges along West Africa from Guinea-Bissau to Nigeria, while the nominate subspecies is distributed from Cameroon to Congo and DRC, Uganda, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania. The caterpillars feed on Tiliaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, rare (JB) . Quinara: Buba ( ABRI, seen by Larsen).

Previous references. Regions: Without a precise location. Authors: Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2007).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Hesperiidae
SubFamily	Pyrginae
Genus	Spialia

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