Platylesches picanini ( Holland , 1894 )

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 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068395
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFD5-FFDB-FF0E-F943FCBAF813
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Platylesches picanini ( Holland , 1894 )
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*233. Platylesches picanini ( Holland, 1894) View in CoL

WL: 14mm. This is the second species of the genus that is new for Guinea-Bissau. It occurs in dry forest, but also inhabits areas of dense Guinea savanna in West Africa. The species ranges from Senegal to DRC, Uganda, southwest Kenya and southwards to South Africa. The caterpillars feed, like those of the preceding species, on Parinari curatellifolia (Chrysobalanaceae).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, several specimens (JB).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.