Junonia cymodoce cymodoce ( Cramer, 1777 )

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 : 40-41

*151. Junonia cymodoce cymodoce ( Cramer, 1777)

WL: 32mm. A semi-deciduous forest butterfly whose nominate subspecies was formerly known from Guinea and from the Ivory Coast to Cameroon—it is now reported for the first time from Guinea-Bissau . Subspecies J. c. lugens flies from Cameroon to Angola, northern Zambia , Uganda and western Tanzania. The caterpillars are reported to feed on Ruellia (Acanthaceae).

Studied material. Tombali: Mato de Cambeque ( PNFC), 10.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 29028).

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