Precis pelarga 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 : 39

144. Precis pelarga Fabricius, 1775

WL: 25mm. P. pelarga is common in different types of forest, as well as in Guinea savanna . It also exhibits seasonal dimorphism: the dry season forms have more curved forewings and bluish-white bands on the recto, while the wet season forms have orange-white bands above. The species ranges from Senegal to Angola, DRC, western Kenya and Ethiopia . The host-plants are not precisely known, but in the Ivory Coast caterpillars were bred on S olenostemon rotundifolius and Coleus sp., and they probably also feed on other Lamiaceae .

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2008b).

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