[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail:Mark C. Williams
[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
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
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Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres
Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.
: 1-122, pl. 1-16
Cantlie & Norman, 1960
Four new butterflies from Assam
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 57 (2)
: 424-429 (5 fgs)
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera
Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn)
: 1-595, pl. 1-69
[BAUR]; D'Abrera, 1977
Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
Butts. Aust. Region: 1-416
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Westwood, [1851]; Westwood, 1852
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846),
(1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847),
(1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848),
(1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848),
(1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849),
(1): 243-250 [?],
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850),
(2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851),
(2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, 1890
Descriptions of twelve new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa, and one from the Solomon Islands, in the Collection of Herbert Druce
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25)
: 24-31
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3)
: 556-627, pl. 31-34
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6)
: 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Eliot, 1984
A new species of Spalgis Moore (Lycaenidae) from Mindanao
Tyô to Ga 35 (2): 75-76
Felder, 1860
Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus
Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40
(11): 448-462
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia
Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19
: 1-438
Fruhstorfer, 1919 Spalgis, eine bicontinentale Lycaenidengattung
Archiv Naturgesch. 83 A (1)
: 73-76, 1 f. (February)
Holland, 1890
Descriptions of New West African Lycaenidae. (1)
Psyche 5
: 423-431
Kheil, 1884
Zur Fauna des Indo-Malayischen Archipels. Die Rhoplalocera der Insel Nias
Rhopalocera Ins. Nias
: [1-5], 6-38, 5pls
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist
in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar
: 762-793
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Moore, 1878
List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3)
: 695-708
Moore, 1879
Descriptions of new Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1)
: 136-144
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 1
(1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880),
(2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881),
(3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881),
(4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Moore, [1884]
Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4)
: 521-535, pl. 48-49
Parsons, 1986
A new genus and twenty-six new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya
Tyô to Ga 37 (3)
: 103-177
Semper, 1889
Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen
Reisen Philipp.
(1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886),
(2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887),
(3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888),
(4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889),
(5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890),
(6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891),
(7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892),
: 381-728
Sharpe, 1890
Descriptions of some new Species of African Butterflies in the Collection of Captain G. E. Shelley
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (34)
: 346-350
Snellen, 1878
Opgave van en Aanteekeningen over Lepidoptera in zuid-west Celebes verzameld
Tijdschr. Ent. 21 (1)
: 1-43, pl. 1-2
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda
Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)
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