Graphium angolanus baronis ( Ungemach, 1932 )

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 : 10-11

7. Graphium angolanus baronis ( Ungemach, 1932)

WL: 40mm. This is a typical savanna species and is quite common in Guinea-Bissau. The present subspecies flies from Mauritania to Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. The caterpillars feed mainly on Annonaceae : Annona senegalensis , A. squamosa , Hexalobus monopetalus , although they are also known on Apocynaceae : Landolphia spp. and on Malpighiaceae : Sphedamnocarpus pruriens .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, common (JB) . Gabú: Canjadude, 02- 06.07.2009, 2♀ (BS 29612, 29618); Kobolo, 02 - 06.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29819, 29536); Ché Ché, 02- 04.07.2009, 4♂ (BS 29671, 29832, 29535, 29611); Ché Ché, margin of the Corubal river , several specimens (JG).

Previous references. Regions: Bafatá, Biombo, Bissau, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bacelar (1949), Villiers (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Smith & Vane-Wright (2001), Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa et al. (2007).

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