Spialia spio ( Linnaeus, 1764 )

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 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6068345
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scientific name	Spialia spio ( Linnaeus, 1764 )
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211. Spialia spio ( Linnaeus, 1764) View in CoL

WL: 13mm. S. spio is one of the smallest skippers and is reported to occur in all types of savanna and in agricultural lands throughout tropical Africa and southern Arabia. Known host-plants are several species of Malvaceae , Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae .

Studied material. Quinara: Cantanha ( PNLC), 17.07.2006, 1♂ (BS 25733).

Previous references. Regions: Bolama, Oio. Authors: Aurivillius (1909), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de- Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2007).

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