[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
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
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Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13
: 1-613, pl. 1-80
Aurivillius, 1910
Lepidoptera
in Sjösted, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. 2 (9)
: 1-56, pl. 1-2
Butler, 1880
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with descriptions of new Genera and Species
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 5
(28): 333-344,
(29): 384-395
Butler, 1895
On a small Collection of Butterflies sent by Mr. Richard Crawshay from the country west of Lake Nyasa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895
: 627-634, pl. 35
Butler, 1896
On a collection of Butterflies obtained by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-land, between the months of January and April 1895b
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896
: 108-136, pl. 6
Carcasson, 1961
New and Little-known African Lepidoptera
Occ. Pap. Coryndon meml Mus. (7)
: 3-23, 5pls
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Dewitz, 1879
Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge
Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2)
: 173-210, [1-38], pl. 25-26, [1-2]
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
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
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia
Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19
: 1-438
Hewitson, 1876
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [5]
: (Systematic Index) V,
(Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867),
(Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870),
(Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875),
(Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872),
(Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854),
(Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859),
(Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860),
(Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867),
(Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871),
(Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866),
(Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872),
(Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853),
(Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865),
(Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871),
(Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853),
(Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858),
(Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863),
(Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874),
(Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873),
(Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870),
(Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853),
(Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875),
(Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876),
(Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870),
(Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871),
(Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875),
(Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853),
(Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866),
(Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873),
(Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876),
(Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857),
(Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869),
(Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871),
(Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873),
(Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875),
(Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867),
(Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873),
(Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875),
(Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874),
(Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867),
(Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868),
(Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869),
(Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872),
(Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873),
(Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876),
(Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869),
(Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875),
(Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873),
(Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874),
(Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Karsch, 1895
Aethiopische Rhopaloceren. I & II
Ent. Nachr. 21
(18): 275-286,
(19/20): 289-322
Kielland, 1985
New and little known Rhopalocera from Tanzania (Lepidoptera concerning Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae and Satyridae)
Lambillionea 84 (9-10)
: 67-92
Kielland, 1987
Some new Rhopalocera from eastern Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 87
(3-4): 38-45,
(5-6): 75-79
Kielland, 1989
Notes on synonymy and a new species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Lambillionea 89 (5-6)
: 54-56
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
Larsen, 1997
Uranothauma belcastroi, a new west African submontane butterfly (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Lambillionea 97 (1 I)
: 5-6
[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
Libert, 1993
Description de nouveaux lycenides orophiles du Cameroun (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 97 (4)
: 321-332
Oberthür, 1883
Spedizione Italiana nell'Africa Equatoriale. Risultati zoologici. I. Lepidotteri
Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova15: 129-186, pl. 1 (1880),
18: 709-740, pl. 9 (1883)
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera
Ann. Mus. Wien. 28
: 219-294, pl. 17-24
Sharpe, 1892
Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891
: 187-194, pl. 16-17,
: 633-638, pl. 48
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Stempffer, 1951
Contribution à l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 56 (8)
: 119-128
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
Stevenson, 1934
New South African butterflies
Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (3)
: 10-28, (1pl)
Stoneham, 1937
Notes on African Lycaenidae, and new forms
Bull. Stoneham Mus. (34)
: 1-3
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1)
: 145-156
Strand, 1911
Neue Gross-Schmetterlinge aus Abyssinien. Gesammelt von Herrn A. Kostlan
Ent. Rundsch. 28
: 137-141
Talbot, 1935
New species and forms of African Lycaenidae
Ent. mon. Mag. 71
: 69-78,
: 115-127,
: 147-153
Tite, 1958
New African Lycaenidae (Lep.)
Entomologist 91
: 115-118
Trimen, 1895
On some new species of Butterflies from Tropical and Extra Tropical S. Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2)
: 181-194, pl. 5
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