| Species name |
Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])
シロモンアフリカマネシヒカゲ
African palmfly. |
| Taxonomy |
Melanitis bammakoo Westwood, [1851] in
Doubleday & Westwood, [1846-52]. The
genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, London:
405 (1: 1-250 pp.; 2: 251-534 pp.). London.
Elymnias bammakoo (Westwood, [1851]). Ackery et al., 1995.
Elymniopsis bammakoo (Westwood, [1851]). Larsen, 2005a: 283.
Type locality: Ghana: “Ashanti”.
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| Subspecies |
Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo (Westwood, [1851])
Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902):Democratic Republic
of Congo (east), Uganda (west), Tanzania (north-west).
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Distribution
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Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central
African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania. |
| Distribution Map |
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Biology
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Host plant: Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) [Vuattoux, 1994 (Lamto, Ivory
Coast)]. Phoenix reclinata (Arecaceae) [Vuattoux, 1994 (Lamto, Ivory Coast)]. Raphia hookeri (Arecaceae) [Vuattoux, 1994 (Lamto, Ivory Coast)].
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| Nigeria |
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References
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Cyrestis, Site of Markku Savela
Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Elymniini |
