Borbo fatuellus fatuellus ( Hopffer, 1855 )

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 : 59

240. Borbo fatuellus fatuellus ( Hopffer, 1855)

WL: 19mm. B. fatuellus is one of the most common African skippers and is found in all types of forest, as well as dense savanna. Its nominate subspecies occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa , deserts excluded. Two additional subspecies were described from the São Tomé and Príncipe and the Comoro Islands. Caterpillars feed on several Poaceae .

Previous references. Regions: Quinara. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999) as Borbo borbonica, Larsen (2005) , Mendes et al. (2007).

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