Phalanta phalantha aethiopica

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 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068325
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFDF-FFD1-FF0E-F9DCFC93F8C9
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scientific name	Phalanta phalantha aethiopica
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201. Phalanta phalantha aethiopica View in CoL (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

WL: 27mm. The nominate subspecies flies in the Oriental Region. The present subspecies occurs in tropical Africa, usually in open forest and dense savanna. The caterpillars are polyphagous and feed on species of Celastraceae , Euphorbiaceae , Flacourtiaceae , Rubiaceae , Smilacaceae and Violaceae .

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

Previous references. Regions: Bolama, Gabú, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bivar-de- Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Consciência et al. (2008).

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae
SubFamily	Heliconiinae
Genus	Phalanta

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