Comprehensive Description
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Abisara gerontes gerontes Fabricius (Figs. 232, 233)
Papilio gerontes Fabricius, 1781: 117 (Sierra Leone). Abisara gerontes gerontes: Riley, 1932b: 181.
Riley (1932b) doubted the occurrence of this species in Sierra Leone, cited by Fabricius, and knew it from no farther west than southern Nigeria. In view of the present Liberian specimens, its occurrence in Sierra Leone is quite credible. Three subspecies are known: nominate gerontes (Sierra Leone, Liberia) ; gerontes gabunica Riley (Gabon); and an undescribed subspecies from Cameroon.
Liberia: no further data, 1 £ (Good); Ganta, 3 $ , V, 1 $ , VII, 1 8 , XII; Wanau Forest, 1 S , III; trail near Fisabu, 1 $ , XII (Fox).
- bibliographic citation
- Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA
