Euchrysops osiris osiris ( Hopffer, 1855 )

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 : 28

92. Euchrysops osiris osiris ( Hopffer, 1855)

WL: 14mm. The species is common in Guinea savanna. It flies all along West, Central and East Africa , Madagascar and southern Arabia. The known host-plants are several species of Fabaceae (of Rhynchosia and Vigna ), as well as Becium (Lamiaceae) .

Studied material. Bafatá: Brincassse, woodland, 0 6.02.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011057); Tabandinto , cashew, 0 9.02.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011060); Gafati , cashew, 31.01.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000010059) . Gabú: Beli 1♂ 1♀ (JG 28) (CZ 5896); Biricunda, woodland, 0 3.03.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011061); Taibata , woodland, 25.02.2013 e 0 3.04 .2013, 2♀ (SV) (CZ000010055/000010056).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Gabú, Oio, Quinara. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de- Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2008).

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