Butterflies of Guinea-Bissau: VIII. New data, new reports, corrections and biodiversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Author
Bivar-De-Sousa, António
Author
Vasconcelos, Sasha
Author
Mendes, Luís F.
Author
Larsen, Torben B.
Author
Baker, Jon
Author
Guilherme, João L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4201
1
1
77
journal article
37701
10.11646/zootaxa.4201.1.1
e3cf293e-ebda-4903-aa6a-680425eb6fed
1175-5326
192215
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132.
Charaxes brutus brutus
(
Cramer, 1779
)
WL:
45mm
.
C. brutus
is a common forest butterfly whose nominate subspecies flies from
Senegal
to
Nigeria
; three further subspecies are known throughout Africa. The caterpillars are polyphagous, reportedly feeding on several species of
Euphorbiaceae
,
Tiliaceae
,
Meliaceae
,
Sapindaceae
and
Melianthaceae
.
Previous references. Regions:
Bolama
.
Authors:
Aurivillius (1910)
, Larsen (2005), Bivar-de-Sousa
et al.
(2008a).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB:
R;
CS:
I.