Belenois (Belenois) calypso calypso ( Drury, 1773 )

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 : 15

25. Belenois (Belenois) calypso calypso ( Drury, 1773)

WL: 31mm. The species occurs in open forest and dense savanna. The nominate subspecies is distributed from Senegal to Nigeria. The caterpillars feed mostly on Capparaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, few specimens (JB) . Gabú: Dongol Quebube, 1♀ (JG 12) (CZ 5897) . Quinara: ( PNLC) Buba Tombo, 17.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29272) . Tombali: Mato de Caiquene ( PNFC), 12.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29269); Jemberem ( PNFC), 0 1.07.2009, 1♂ 1♀ (BS 29270/29271).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bacelar (1948, 1949), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

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