Acraea (Actinote) serena Fabricius, 1775

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 : 48-49

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scientific name	Acraea (Actinote) serena Fabricius, 1775
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187. Acraea (Actinote) serena Fabricius, 1775 View in CoL

WL: 20mm. A. serena is a ubiquitous species that flies in degraded forest areas, savanna and even parks and gardens. The species is abundant and widespread in Guinea-Bissau. Previously known as A. eponina , it extends along most of sub-Saharan Africa, southwestern Arabia, Madagascar and most of the African islands. The caterpillars are polyphagous and feed on a variety of species of Tiliaceae , Sterculiaceae , Solanaceae , Verbenaceae and Ehretiaceae .

Studied material. Bafatá: Aldeia do Geba , no date, 1♂ (FR); Bangacia, no date, 1♂, quite common in the area (FR); Dulombi, woodland , 28.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010979); Gafati , woodland, 1♂, cashew, 1♂ , 31.01.2013 (SV) (CZ000010981, 000010984). Cacheu: Caió , very common (JB) . Gabú: Kobolo , 0 2.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29031); Beli, 2♂ 1♀ (JG 10, 30, 44) (CZ 5896); Fasadji, cashew , 18.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010980); Biricunda, 0 3.03.2013 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010982); Sinchã-Sarfo, margins of the Geba river , no date, 1♂ (FR) . Quinara: Cantanha ( PNLC) 15- 18.07.2009, 2♂ 2♀ (BS 29032, 29112/29113, 29040); Buba Tombo ( PNLC) , 18.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29114/29115).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Gabú, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Villiers (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Consciência et al. (2008), Pierre & Bernaud (2009, map).

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

References

Aurivillius, C. (1910) Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in dem Jahren 1897 - 1902. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale da Genova, 44, 502 - 506.

Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi (Flensburg - Germany) & Lipsiae (Leipzig - Germany), [xxxii] + 832 pp.

Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D. (2009) Le genre Acraea Fabricius, 1807, sous-genre Actinote. In: Bauer, E. & Frankenbach, T. (Eds.), Butterflies of the World, Supplement 16, pp. 19.

Villiers, A. (1949) Mission P. L. Dekeiser et A. Villiers en Guinee et Cote d'Ivoire (1946). Insectes (premiere partie). Catalogue de l'Institut Francais de l'Afrique Noire, 5, 1 - 90.