Precis antilope ( 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 : 39

143. Precis antilope ( Feisthamel, 1850)

WL: 24 mm. This species is more frequent in savanna than in forest, and is seasonally dimorphic, with larger dry season forms that have more curved forewings and pointed hindwings. It occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa and in southwestern Arabia. Host-plants consist of some species of Lamiaceae .

Studied material. Bafatá: Brincasse, cashew, 0 6.02.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011027); Tabandinto , woodland, 10.02.2013 , 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011025); Gafati , woodland, 31.01.2013 , 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011028). Cacheu: Caió, several specimens (JB) . Gabú: Cansamanje , woodland, 21.02.2013 , 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011026). Taibata , woodland, 25.02.2013 , 1♂ (SV) (CZ000011029).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Larsen (2005), Bivarde-Sousa et al. (2008b).

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