Oboronia guessfeldti ( Dewitz, 1879 )

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 : 29

95. Oboronia guessfeldti ( Dewitz, 1879)

WL: 15mm. The species is found mainly in dry forest, occurring throughout West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria, in Central Africa in Cameroon, CAR, Congo, DRC and Angola, and in East Africa in Zambia, Uganda and western Kenya . The caterpillars are known on Costus (Costaceae) and Zinziber (Zinziberaceae) . Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2008). Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: NF; CS: LC.