Deudorix antalus ( 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 : 24

69. Deudorix antalus ( Hopffer, 1855)

WL: 16mm. This is a savanna species distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, southwest Arabia, Madagascar, Comoro, Mauritius and Reunion—the holotype was described from Quirima ( Mozambique). The caterpillars are highly polyphagous, feeding on species of Aitoniaceae , Apiaceae , Combretaceae , Fabaceae , Myrtaceae , Olacaceae , Proteaceae , Rosaceae , Sapindaceae and Solanaceae .

Previous references. Regions: Bolama. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Libert (2004b), Larsen (2005), Mendes e t al. (2008).

Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: R; CS: I.