Junonia sophia sophia ( Fabricius, 1793 )

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 : 41

152. Junonia sophia sophia ( Fabricius, 1793)

WL: 23mm. J. sophia is common in degraded forest areas, though it sometimes uses denser forests borders. It is distributed from Senegal to Nigeria, locally extending to the equatorial zone. Another subspecies, J. s. infracta, flies in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. The known host-plants are several species of Acanthaceae .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, locally common (JB) . Gabú: Cansamanje , woodland, 22.02.2013, 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011011); Biricunda, woodland, 0 3.03.2013 , 1♀ (SV) (CZ000011012).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Bolama, Cacheu, Oio. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bacelar (1949), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al (2008b).

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