[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
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Some related literature:
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Descriptions of new African Heterocera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 7
(41): 530-552,
(42): 553-576
Butler, 1877
On the Lepidoptera of the family Lithosiidae, in the collection of British Museum
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877
: 325-377, pl. 8
Cieslak & Häuser, 2006
Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Asura Walker, 1854 aus Ostafrika (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae)
Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo 27 (4)
: 215-220
Durante, 2009
Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus
Zootaxa 2280
: 27-52
Durante, 2012
The genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 in Gabon, with description of five new species and a new subspecies group (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Zootaxa 3478
: 383-398
Hampson, 1900
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum
Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2
: i-xx, 1-589, pl. 18-35
Hampson, 1914
Catalogue oof the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Volume 1
Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. (Suppl.)
1: i-xxvii [?], 1-838, pl. 1-41,
2: pl. 42 (f. 1-9)
Holland, 1893
Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera
Psyche 6
: 373-376, 393-400, 411-418, 431-434, 451-454, 469-476, 487-490, 513-520, 531-538, 549-552, 565-568, pl. 10, 17-18, 20-21
Kiriakoff, 1954
Contributions à l'étude des Lépidoptères hétérocères. (deuxième note). Noctuiformes nouveaux du Congo Belge
Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg 30 (29)
: 1-10
Kiriakoff, 1958
British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. Arctiidae (except Nolinae), Thyretidae and Notodontidae
Br. Mus. Ruwenzori Exp. 1
(2): 1-39,
(3): 41-53
Kühne, 2007
Beschreibung neuer Flechtenbärarten aus Afrika nebst taxonomische Anmerkungen (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)
Esperiana Memoir 3
: 353-394, pl. 44-45
Plötz, 1880
Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge
Stettin ent. Ztg 41
(1-3): 76-88,
(4-6): 189-206,
(7-9): 298-307
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae
Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
Rothschild, 1913
New Lithosianae
Novit. Zool. 20 (1)
: 192-226
Strand, 1912
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition de Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kameroun und Spanish-Guinea. Lepidoptera III
Archiv Naturg. 78 A (9)
: 92-111
Strand, 1913
Weitere Schmetterlingen aus Kamerun gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur E. Hintz
Archiv Naturgesch. 78 A (12)
: 121-131
Volynkin, 2019
On the taxonomy of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009, with description of a new species from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Zootaxa 4608 (1)
: 174-182
Volynkin, Huang & Ivanova, 2019
An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex
Ecol. Montenegrina 26
: 14-92
Volynkin & László, 2018
A review of the genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 from São Tomé Island with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Zootaxa 4508 (2)
: 237-248
Walker, 1854
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.1: 1-278 (1854),
2: 279-581 (1854),
3: 583-775 (1855),
4: 777-976 (1855),
5: 977-1258 (1855),
6: 1259-1508 (1855),
7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Walker, [1865]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]),
32: 323-706 (1865),
33: 707-1120 (1865),
34: 1121-1534 ([1866]),
35: 1535-2040 (1866)
Walker, 1869
In Chapman, On some Lepidopterous insects from Congo
Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow 1 (2)
: 325-378, pl. 5-7 [links to repaged reprint]
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