Acraea formosa (Butler, 1874)

Sáfián, Szabolcs & Pyrcz, D Tomasz W., 2020, Further data on the butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mpanga Forest, Uganda, and the role of this forest in biodiversity conservation, Metamorphosis 31 (1), pp. 7-14 : 10

Acraea formosa (Butler, 1874)

This rare species is known mainly from Western Uganda and a few records from near Lake Victoria (www.acraea.com). A single male specimen was recorded in Mpanga in 2016.

Gnophodes pythia (Fabricius, 1793) , currently a synonym of G. chelys (Fabricius, 1793)

According to Baron et al. (2017), two species of Gnophodes occur in Mpanga Forest , G. chelys and G. betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849 . However, a number of new combinations and a new status are proposed for African Melanitini (Pyrcz et al., in press). Among other changes, it is shown that the two species are actually confused under the name G. chelys and that one species occurring in Mpanga belongs to G. pythia , rather than G. chelys , which is actually more of a montane species found in Uganda only in areas above 1400– 1500 m in the western part of the country.

Gnophodes harpa Karsch, 1893 , currently a synonym of G. chelys (Fabricius, 1793)

This species was considered as a junior synonym of G. chelys until the above mentioned revisional paper (Pyrcz et al., in press). Based on morphological and molecular data, it was proven specifically distinct and being sympatric with G. pythia through most of its distribution area. In Mpanga , as elsewhere, it is much less frequently encountered than its congener.

Gnophodes parmeno Doubleday, [1849] , currently G. betsimena parmeno Doubleday, 1849

In their paper, Pyrcz et al. (in press) will reinstate G. parmeno as a valid species, whereas the name G. bestimena is reserved to the taxon occurring only on Madagascar.