Dixeia orbona orbona ( Geyer, 1837 )

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 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
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scientific name	Dixeia orbona orbona ( Geyer, 1837 )
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28. Dixeia orbona orbona ( Geyer, 1837) View in CoL

WL: 22mm. The species is uncommon in Guinea-Bissau, and flies mainly in dense savanna and in dry forest. The nominate subspecies ranges from Senegal to Nigeria. The host-plants are Capparis spp. ( Capparaceae ).

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió , 1 specimen (JB).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Quinara. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Bacelar (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

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

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Pieridae
SubFamily	Pierinae
Genus	Dixeia

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