Danaus chrysippus chrysippus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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 : 31

104. Danaus chrysippus chrysippus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

WL: 40mm. The species is ubiquitous and ranges all along Africa, most of the Oriental Region and also in the southern Palearctic. The polyphagous caterpillars feed mainly on Asclepiadaceae but also on Convolvulaceae and Periplocaceae .

Studied material. Bafatá: Tabandinto , 0 9.02.2013, 3♂ (SV) (CZ 000011033/ 000011035) . Cacheu: Caió, common (JB) . Gabú: Balanca , 0 1.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29091); Bani, 0 1.07.2009 , 1♂ (BS 29090); Pataque, 0 4.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29089); ibid, 2♂ (JG 33, 38) (CZ 5899); Canjadude, 0 2.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29136/29137).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Cacheu, Gabú, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008a).

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