[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
[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:
Bartel, 1905
Neue Aethiopische Rhopalocera des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin
Novit. Zool. 12
: 129-152
Boisduval, 1833
[Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice]
Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2)
: 149-270
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres
Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.
: 1-122, pl. 1-16
Brown, 1776
New Illustrations of Zoology containing fifty coloured plates of new curious, and Non-Descript Birds, with a few Quadrupeds, Reptiles and Insects. Together with a short scientific description of the same
New Illust. Zool.: 136pp
Cramer, [1779]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 3
(17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779),
(22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]),
(23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1)
: 44-118, pl. 5-16
[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
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
Rothschild, 1918
Some Apparently New Forms of African NymphalidaeNovit. Zool. 25
: 338-345
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa
Novit. Zool.10 (3): 491-542,
12: 175-191
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Strand, 1911
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn Hauptmann a. D. Fromm 1908/09 nach Deutsch-Ostafrica. I. Lepidoptera
Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 5 (2)
: 275-304
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