Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884), Plotz, 1884

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 : 59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EB08193-954B-49BF-A989-1E73AC070E6B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068415
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scientific name	Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884)
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243. Gegenes niso brevicornis (Plötz, 1884) View in CoL

WL: 13mm. This is a savanna skipper that frequently flies in degraded forests and open areas. The present subspecies occurs throughout Africa, except for Botswana and South Africa where the nominate subspecies is known.

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, rare (JB).

Previous references. Regions: Oio, Quinara. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2007).

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