Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)

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 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068030
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scientific name	Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)
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59. Iolaus calisto (Westwood, 1851)

WL: 19mm. The species occurs in all types of forest from Senegal to Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and CAR. During flight it resembles a small Pierid. The caterpillars feed on Loranthus sp. or on species of other close genera ( Loranthaceae ).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, several specimens in 2009 (JB)

Previous references. Regions: Without a precise location. Authors: Stempffer & Bennett (1958). We believe that all the known references are based on the Stempffer & Bennett (op. cit.) citation: D’Abrera (1980), Ackery et al. (1995), Larsen (2005) and Mendes et al. (2008).

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