Abantis elegantula elegantula (Mabille, 1890)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068343 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A50287F3-FFD9-FFD7-FF0E-FA90FCBAF9A0 |
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Plazi |
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Abantis elegantula elegantula (Mabille, 1890) |
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210. Abantis elegantula elegantula (Mabille, 1890)
WL: 20mm. This species appears to be more associated with forest than with savanna. The nominate subspecies reportedly occurs in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Subspecies A. e. decidua, whose validity is discussed by Mendes (2005), flies from Cameroon to PRC, CAR, DRC, south Sudan , western Kenya and Zambia. The caterpillars reportedly feed on Pterocarpus spp. ( Fabaceae ).
Previous references. Regions: Oio. Authors: Mendes et al. (2007).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.
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