Azanus isis ( Drury, 1773 )

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 : 30

99. Azanus isis ( Drury, 1773)

WL: 14mm. A. isis is a butterfly known mainly in dry forest and forest-savanna mosaic. It ranges from Senegal to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, DRC, northwestern Zambia and Ethiopia (Larsen, 2005). The caterpillars feed on several Fabaceae , especially on Dichrostachys cinerea .

Studied material. Cacheu: Caió, common (JB) . Gabú: Beli, 0 3.07.2009, 2♂ (BS28961, 29347) . Quinara: Cantanha ( PNLC) , 15.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 29366); Buba Tombo ( PNLC), 17.07.2009, 3♂ (BS 29210/29212). Tombali: ( PNFC), Mato de Cambeque ( PNFC) , 12.07.2009, 1♀ (BS 29213).

Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Cacheu, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de- Carvalho (1986), Bivar-de-Sousa & Mendes (1999), Larsen (2005), Mendes et al. (2008).

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