Acraea (Acraea) caecilia caecilia ( Fabricius, 1781 )

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 : 50

193. Acraea (Acraea) caecilia caecilia ( Fabricius, 1781)

WL: 27mm. A. caecilia is typical of Sudan savanna, but may displace southwards during the dry season, establishing non-permanent populations. It ranges from West Africa to Chad, south Sudan, Ethiopia and western Kenya. A. c. kulal, considered a synonymy of the nominate subspecies ( Pierre & Bernaud 2013, 2014), can be found in the drier and higher areas of northern Kenya, while A. c. pudora is reported from eastern Kenya and the drier areas of Tanzania. Known host-plants are Wormskioldia pilosa (Turneraceae) and Adenia sp. ( Passifloraceae ).

Studied material. Biombo: Quinhamel , 22.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29342) . Cacheu: Caió, not frequent (JB) . Quinara: Cantanha ( PNLC), 18.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 29341) . Tombali: Saltinho , 0 8.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29390).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Bolama, Cacheu, Oio, Quinara Tombali. Auhors: Aurivillius (1910), Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Consciência et al. (2008).

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