Vanessa cardui ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 38

141. Vanessa cardui ( Linnaeus, 1758)

WL: 30mm. V. cardui is one of the most cosmopolitan butterflies in the World, occurring in all the Zoogeographical Regions with the exception of the Neotropical. It is a strong migrator and is found in most of Africa. The highly polyphagous caterpillars feed on Urticaceae , Asteraceae and Malvaceae .

Studied material. Bafatá: Bangacia, no date, one specimen (FR) . Cacheu : Cacheu, 27.10.2009, 2♀ (FR). Caió, common (JB).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Gabú, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1948, 1949), Villiers (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008b).

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