Zizula hylax ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068111
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scientific name	Zizula hylax ( Fabricius, 1775 )
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*102. Zizula hylax ( Fabricius, 1775) View in CoL

WL: 11mm. Z. hylax occurs throughout most of Africa, the Oriental Region and in Australasia, including several Pacific Islands . Although it has only been reported from Guinea-Bissau now, its presence was expected (Larsen 2005). The caterpillars are polyphagous, known to feed on Acanthaceae , Oxalidaceae , Verbenaceae and Zygophyllaceae .

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

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lycaenidae
Genus	Zizula

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