Charaxes eupale subsp. eupale Drury 1782

Main Authors: Bivar-De-Sousa, António, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mendes, Luís F., Larsen, Torben B., Baker, Jon, Guilherme, João L.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2016
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6068187
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  • *137. Charaxes eupale eupale ( Drury, 1782) WL: 30mm. C. eupale is a forest butterfly, though it tolerates forest degradation and is also known to occur in savanna woodland. This is a new species for Guinea-Bissau, where its presence was already expected (Larsen, 2005). It is distributed from Lower Casamanse (southern Senegal) to Nigeria; south of its range flies C. e. latimargo. Known host-plants are Scutia (Rhamnaceae), Cathormion sp. and Albizia adianthifolia (Fabaceae). Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, 2 specimens (JB) Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.
  • Published as part of 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), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4201 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/192215