Bebearia sophus phreone ( Feisthamel, 1850 )

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 : 46

176. Bebearia sophus phreone ( Feisthamel, 1850)

WL: 31mm. B. sophus is a forest species. Two subspecies are recognized: B. s. phreone from Casamanse ( Senegal), Guinea-Bissau and Guinea, and the nominate subspecies from Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo and DRC. The caterpillars feed on Landolphia (Apocynaceae) and on Chrysophyllum (Sapotaceae).

Studied material. Bafatá: Gafati , woodland, 16.02.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ 000011015) . Gabú: Pataque , 1♀ (JG 22) (CZ 5899).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Gabú, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008).

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