[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
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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:
Audeoud, 1936
Description de six espèces ou sous-espèces nouvelles de rhopalocères africains
Bull. Soc. Lepid. Geneve 7
: 184-187
Aurivillius, 1887
Förteckning öfver en samling Coleoptera och Lepidoptera från Kongoflodens område, skänkt till Riksmuseum
Öfvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. 44
: 305-314
Aurivillius, 1896
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus dem Congo-Gebiete
Öfvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. 53
: 431-435
Aurivillius, 1898
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Ent. Tidskr. 19
: 177-186
Aurivillius, 1898
Neue Nymphaliden aus dem Congogebiete
Öfvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 54
: 279-286
Aurivillius, 1898; Aurivillius, 1899
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5)
: 1-561, pl. 1-6
Aurivillius, 1912
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13
: 1-613, pl. 1-80
Bethune-Baker, 1926
Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 17
: 384-402
Birket-Smith, 1960
Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons (1949-1950) XXVII. - Lepidoptera
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 22
: 521-554,
: 924-983,
: 1259-1284
Bouyer & Joly, 1995
Notes sur Cymothoe harmilla avec description d'une nouvelle sous-espece et des premiers stades, (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 95 (4 I)
: 526-532
Bryk, 1915
Neue exotische, insbesondere aethiopische Schmetterlinge
Archiv Naturg. 81 A (4)
: 1-16, pl. 1
Butler, 1871
Descriptions of some new species of exotic lepidoptera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871
: 79-83
Butler, [1900]
On a small collection collection of Butterflies form the Nandi District, Uganda Protectorate, Eastern side of Lake Victoria; made by Captain Hobart, of the Grenadier Guards
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1899 (4)
: 976-978
Butler, 1902
On two Collection of Lepidotera made by Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B., in the Uganda Protectorate during the year 1900
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1902
: 44-51, pl. 1
Carcasson, 1964
New butterflies from the Kigoma area of western Tanganyika
J. E. Africa nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (4)
: 62-67
Collins & Larsen, 2000
Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) - an ABRI research paper
Metamorphosis 11 (2)
: 57-75
Warren-Gash in Collins, Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003
Notes on Afrotropical butterflies with the description of eleven new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) - ABRI Research Paper No. 3
Metamorphosis 14 (3)
: 63-110
Crowley, 1890
On some new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890
: 551-556, pl. 17-18
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980; Rydon in D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Darge, 1985
La variation géographique de Cymothoe lucasi Doumet, avec description de deux nouvelles sous-espèces (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 85 (11-12)
: 119-122
Darge, 2006
Une sous-espece nouvelle de Cymothoe cottrelli Rydon, 1980, originaire des Monts Livingstone en Tanzanie (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitinae [Limenitidinae])
Ent. Africana 11 (2)
: 5-6
Dewitz, 1886
Von Herrn Dr. Pogge in Mukenge (Central-Afrika) und Umgegend gesammelte Rhopalocera
Berl. ent. Z. 30 (2)
: 301-302
Dhungel & Wahlberg, 2018
Molecular systematics of the subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
PeerJ 6 (4311)
: 1-41 (paragraphs)
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Distant, [1880]
On some African Species of Lepidoptera belonging to the Sufamily Nymphalinae
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (4)
: 703-709, pl. 54
Doubleday, [1848]; Westwood, 1850
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)
Doumet, 1859
Description de quatre nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères
Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 11
: 260-267
Druce, 1874
Descriptions of Fifteen new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly from South America
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1)
: 155-160
Drury, [1773]
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2
: pl. 1-50,
: 1-100 (1837)
Drury, 1782
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3
: 1-79 (1837),
: pl. 1-50
Dufrane, 1945
Lepidopteres du Kivu (3e note)
Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 81
: 90-143
Dufrane, 1953
Lépidoptères du Kivu (5e note)
Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 89
: 41-57
Felder, 1861
Ein neues Lepidopteron aus der Familie der Nymphaliden und seine Stellnung im natürlichen System, begründet aus der Synopse der rigen
Nov. Act. Leop. Carol. 28 (3)
: 1-50, pl. 1
Fox, 1968
Contribution a la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries LXVIII. Lepidopteres Nymphalidae, Danaidae et Riodinidae
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 30
: 1236-1280
Gaede, 1915; Gaede, 1916
Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologisches Museums
Int. ent. Zs. 9
(7): 38-40,
(13): 71-72,
(14): 73-74,
(15): 79-80, pl. 1,
(20): 105-106,
(21): 109-112,
(24): 125-126
Godart, [1824]
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes
Encyclopédie Méthodique 9
(1): 3-328 (1819),
(2): 329-828 ([1824])
Grose-Smith, 1887
Descriptions of nine new Species of African Butterflies
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109)
: 62-66
Grose-Smith, 1889
Descriptions of twenty-four new Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, East Coast of Africa, in the Collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14)
: 121-137
Grose-Smith, 1890
A list of the Butterflies collected by Mr. William Bonny on the Journey with Mr. Stanley from Yambuya on the Aruwimi River through the Great Forest of Central Africa; with Descriptions of nine new Species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1890
: 463-473
Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890
Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies
Rhop. Exot.
[1] 1: (Ornithoptera) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887),
[1] 2: (Ornithoptera) 3-4, pl. 2 (1892),
[1] 3: (Ornithoptera) [5-6] 1-2, pl. 3 (1900),
[1] 3: (Ornithoptera) 7-8, pl. 4 (1901),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 3-5,7-14, pl. 2-6 (1888),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 15-20, pl. 7-9 (1890),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 21-25, pl. 10-11 (1891),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 27-31, pl. 12-13 (1893),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 33-35, pl. 14 (1894),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 37-38, pl. 15 (1895),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 39-40, pl. 16 (1897),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 41-46, pl. 17-19 (1899),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 47-48, pl. 20 (1900),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 49-50, pl. 21 (1901),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 51-55, pl. 22-23 (1902),
[1] 1: (Delias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[1] 2: (Delias) 5-7, 9-11, pl. 2-3 (1893),
[1] 2: (Delias) 12-18, pl. 4-5 (1895),
[1] 2: (Delias) 20-22, pl. 6 (1896),
[1] 3: (Delias) 24-26, pl. 7 (1897),
[1] 3: (Delias) 28-35, pl. 8-9 (1901),
[1] 3: (Delias) 36-38, pl. 10 (1902),
[1] 1: (Pieridae) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888),
[1] 2: (Pinacopteryx) 1-4, pl. 1 (1893),
[1] 1: (Callosune) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[1] 3: (Huphina) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898),
[1] 3: (Huphina) [8],9-10, pl. 3 (1899),
[1] 1: (Elodina) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890),
[1] 1: (Belenois) 1-4, pl. 1 (1892),
[1] 2: (Belenois) 5-8, pl. 2 (1892),
[1] 3: (Mylothris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1900),
[1] 1: (Ixias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888),
[1] 2: (Appias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1894),
[1] 1: (Pierinae) 5-7, pl. 2 (1889),
[1] 2: (Dismorphia) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896),
[1] 2: (Dismorphia) 5-9, 11-15, pl. 2-3 (1897),
[2] 1: (Asthipa) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 2: (Asthipa) 5-6, pl. 2 (1896),
[2] 2: (Ravadeba) 7, pl. 1 (1896),
[2] 2: (Mycalesis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895),
[2] 2: (Mycalesis) 5-12, pl. 2-3 (1896),
[2] 3: (Mycalesis) 13-18, pl. 4-5 (1902),
[2] 3: (Libythea) 1-2, pl. 1 (1902),
: (Ragadia-Argyronympha-Hypocysta) : 1-6, pl. [1] (1895),
[2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 1-5, pl. 1 (1893),
[2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 7-9, pl. 2 (1894),
[2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 10-14, pl. 3 (1895),
[2] 3: (Pedaliodes) 15-20, pl. 4-5, (Oxeoschistus) 1 (1900),
[2] 3: (Pronophila) 1-2, pl. 1, (Oxeoschistus) 2-3, pl. 1 (1900),
[2] 2: (Elymnias) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896),
[2] 3: (Elymnias) 5-6, pl. 2, (Bruasa) 6-7, pl. 1 (1897),
[2] 1: (Morpho) 1-2, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 3: (Morphotenaris-Hyantis) 1-3, pl. [1] (1898),
[2] 2: (Tenaris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1894),
[2] 2: (Tenaris) 9-11, pl. 3 (1895),
[2] 2: (Tenaris) 13-15, pl. 4 (1896),
[2] 3: (Tenaris) 17-18, pl. 5 (1898),
[2] 1: (Heliconius) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892),
[2] 1: (Acraea) 1-6, pl. 1-2 (1889),
[2] 1: (Acraea) 7-10, pl. 3 (1892),
[2] 2: (Acraea) 11-14, pl. 4 (1892),
[2] 2: (Acraea) 15-18, pl. 5 (1894),
[2] 3: (Acraea) 19-29, pl. 6-8, (Planema) 29-30, pl. [1] (1901),
[2] 1: (Cethosia) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 3: (Cirrhochroa) 1, pl. [1], (Cupha) 2-4, pl. [1] (1898),
[2] 2: (Terinos) 1-2, pl. 1 (1894),
[2] 1: (Thaleropis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891),
[2] 2: (Doleschallia) 1-3,5-7, pl. 1-2 (1893),
[2] 2: (Kallima) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892),
[2] 1: (Hypolimnas) 1-2, pl. 1 (1891),
[2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 3-4, pl. 2 (1897),
[2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 5-6, pl. 3 (1898),
[2] 1: (Euxanthe) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 1: (Hestina) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891),
[2] 1: (Cymothoe) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 3: (Limenitis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1899),
[2] 2: (Neptis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895),
[2] 3: (Neptis) 5-11, pl. 2-3 (1899),
[2] 3: (Neptis) 13-17, pl. 4-5 (1900),
[2] 1: (Euthalia-Tanaecia) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 1: (Euthalia) 5-10, pl. 2-3 (1891),
[2] 2: (Euthalia) 11-14, pl. 4 (1894),
[2] 3: (Euthalia) 15, pl. 5, (Dichorragia) 16, pl. 1 (1898),
[2] 1: (Apatura) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892),
[2] 1: (Euphaedra) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 1: (Euryphene) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) 1-2,[3-4] pl. 1-2 (1887),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) [5], pl. 3 (1888),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) 7-9, pl. 4 (1890),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) 11-13, pl. 5 (1891),
[2] 1: (Mynes) 1-2, pl. 1 (1888),
[2] 2: (Mynes) 3-6, pl. 2 (1894),
[2] 2: (Prothoe) 1-2, pl. 1 (1896),
[3] 3: (Erycinidae) 1-10, pl. 1-2 (1902),
[3] 2: (Dicallaneura-etc) 1-6, pl. 1 (1897),
[3] 3: (Dicallaneura-etc) 7-11, pl. 2 (1901),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 1-4,[5-9] 1-5, pl. 1-2 (1887),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 11-17, 19-22, pl. 3-5 (1888),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23-25, 27-29, 31-33, pl. 6-8 (1889),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 35-48, pl. 9-11 (1890),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 49-51,53-64, pl. 12-15 (1891),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 65-68, pl. 16 (1892),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [69-72] 57-60, pl. 17 (1892),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) [73-77] 61-65,79-84, pl. 18-19 (1892),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85-107, pl. 20-23 (1893),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109-120, pl. 24-25 (1894),
[3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 121-125, pl. 26 (1900),
[3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 127-131, 133-141, pl. 27-29 (1901),
[3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143-146, pl. 30 (1902),
[3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 1-6, pl. 1 (1894),
[3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 7-13, 15-22, pl. 2-3 (1895),
[3] 2: (Thysonotis) 23-25, 27-31, pl. 1-2 (1895),
[3] 2: (Waigeum) 34-38, pl. 1 (1896),
[3] 2: (Thysonotis) 39-46, pl. 3-4 (1896),
[3] 2: (Holochila) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896),
[3] 2: (Holochila) 5-8, pl. 2 (1897),
[3] 2: (Pseudonotis) 1-3, pl. [1], (Epimastidia) 4-5, pl. [1], (Lampides) 5-8, pl. [1] (1897),
[3] 2: (Lampides) 9-10, pl. 2, (Thysonotis) 47, pl. 5 (1897),
[3] 3: (Holochila) 9-11, pl. 3 (1898),
[3] 3: (Arhopala) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898),
[3] 3: (Arhopala) 9-12, pl. 3, (Ilerda) 13, pl. [1], (Horaga) 14-15, pl. [1] (1902),
[3] 3: (Thysonotis) 47x,48-50, pl. 6 (1898),
[3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 23-26, pl. 4 (1898),
[3] 3: (Holochila) 13-15, pl. 4 (1899),
[3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 27-29, pl. 5, (Waigeum) [30], pl. 2 (1899),
[3] 3: (Holochila) 17-19, pl. 5 (1899),
[3] 3: (Thysonotis) 51-54, pl. 7 (1899),
[3] 3: (Jamides) 11-14, pl. 1 (1900),
[3] 3: (Hypolycaena-etc) 1-4, pl. [1] (1900),
[3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 31-33, pl. 6, (Thysonotis) 55-56, pl. 8 (1900),
[3]: (Additions-Corrections) 1-2,[3],vii-x
Grünberg, 1908
Neue Lepidopteren aus Uganda
S.B. Ges naturf. Fr. Berl. 1908
: 50-62, pl. 2-4
Hall, 1917
New butterflies of the family Nymphalidae
Entomologist 50
: 161-163,
: 171-174
Hall, 1929
New forms of Nymphalidae (Rhopalocera) in the collection of the British Museum
Entomologist 62
: 130-134
Hecq & Larsen, 1997
New butterflies from the Okumo Nature Sanctuary in Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 97 (1 II)
: 101-104
[GNB]; Hemming, 1967
Generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. (Ent.) Suppl. 9
: 5-509
Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Rhopalocera (Tagfalter)
Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II)
1 (1-2): pl. [1-10], f. 1-22 (1850),
1 (3): pl. 11-14, f. 23-60 (1853),
1 (4): pl. 15-18, f. 61-78 (1855),
1 (5): pl. [19-22], f. 79-94 (1856),
1 (?6): pl. [23-24], f. 95-102 (1858),
1: 1-52 (1856),
1: 53-84 (1858),
2: pl. [25-28], f. 103-123 (1869)
Hewitson, 1864; Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1866; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1874
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [3]
: (Systematic Index) III,
(Callithea): [1-2], pl. [1] (1857),
(Callithea Agrias II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870),
(Epicalia & Myscelia I): [5-6], pl. [3] (1851),
(Epicalia II): [7-8], pl. [4] (1852),
(Timetes): [9-10], pl. [5] (1852),
(Neptis): [11-12], pl. [6] (1868),
(Limenitis I-II): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1859),
(Heterochroa): [17-18], pl. [9] (1867),
(Diadema): [19-20], pl. [10] (1863),
(Diadema II): [21-22], pl. [11] (1865),
(Diadema III): [23-24], pl. [12] (1868),
(Amechania): [25-26], pl. [13] (1861),
(Romaleosoma): [27-28], pl. [14] (1864),
(Romaleosoma II-III): [29-32], pl. [15-16] (1865),
(Romaleosoma IV): [33-34], pl. [17] (1866),
(Euryphene): [35-36], pl. [18] (1864),
(Euryphene II): [37-38], pl. [19] (1865),
(Euryphene III Aterica): [39-40], pl. [20] (1865),
(Euryphene IV): [41-42], pl. [21] (1865),
(Aterica & Euryphene V-VI): [43-46], pl. [22-23] (1866),
(Euryphene VII): [47-48], pl. [24] (1871),
(Euryphene VIII & Aterica): [49-50], pl. [25] (1871),
(Euryphene IX): [51-52], pl. [26] (1874),
(Aterica & Harma): [53-54], pl. [27] (1866),
(Harma): [55-56], pl. [28] (1864),
(Harma II): [57-58], pl. [29] (1866),
(Harma III-IV): [59-60], pl. [30-31] (1869),
(Harma V-VI & Euryphene X): [61-62], pl. [32-33] (1874),
(Adolias): [63-64], pl. [34] (1861),
(Adolias II): [65-66], pl. [35] (1862),
(Adolias III): [67-68], pl. [36] (1863),
(Adolias IV): [69-70], pl. [37] (1875),
(Agrias): [71-72], pl. [38] (1860),
(Agrias & Nymphalis): [73-74], pl. [39] (1855),
(Agrias & Siderone): [75-76], pl. [40] (1854),
(Prepona): [77-78], pl. [41] (1859),
(Prepona II & Agrias): [79-80], pl. [42] (1876),
(Pandora & Prepona): [81-82], pl. [43] (1854),
(Apatura): [83-84], pl. [44] (1869),
(Nymphalis): [85-86], pl. [45] (1854),
(Nymphalis II): [87-88], pl. [46] (1859),
(Charaxes III): [89-90], pl. [47] (1863),
(Charaxes IV): [91-92], pl. [48] (1874),
(Charaxes V): [93-94], pl. [49] (1876),
(Paphia II): [95-96], pl. [50] (1869),
(Paphia & Siderone): [97-98], pl. [51] (1856),
(Siderone): [99-100], pl. [52] (1860),
(Zeuxidia & Aemona): [101-102], pl. [53] (1868),
: iv
Hewitson, 1874
Description of two new west African butterflies from the collection of Henley G. Smith
Ent. mon. Mag. 10
: 274
Hewitson, 1874
Description of new species of butterflies
Ent. mon. Mag. 11
: 56
Hewitson, 1877
Description of a new Harma from West Africa
Ent. mon. Mag. 13
: 277-278
Holland, 1920
Lepidoptera of the Congo. Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition Together with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species
Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6)
: 109-369, pl. 6-14
Hulstaert, 1926
Rhopaloceres nouveaux du Musee du Congo Belge
Rev. Zool. Afr. 14
: 60-63
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
Joicey & Talbot, 1928
New forms of Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum
Bull. Hill Mus. 2
: 19-27
Karsch, 1894
Einige neue afrikanische Tagfalter aaus den Familien der Nymphaliden, Acraeïden, Danaïdiden und Satyriden
Ent. Nachr. 20 (14/15)
: 209-240
Kirby, 1889
Descriptions of new Species of African NymphalidaeAnn. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (15)
: 246-249
[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
Libert & Collins, 1997
A new species of Cymothoe Hübner from Cameroon (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Metamorphosis 8 (4)
: 183-190
Mabille, 1890
Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique
Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (1)
: 17-51, pl. 2-3
Neustetter, 1912
Neue oder wenig bekannte Cymothoë-Arten
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 26 (3)
: 167-185
Neustetter, 1916
Neue und wenig bekannte afrikanische Rhopalozeren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 30
(1): 95-96,
(2-3): 97-108
Neustetter, 1921
Besprechung wenig bekannter afrikanischer Nymphalidae
Zs. Öst. Ent.-Ver. Wien 6
(6): 27,
(7): 34,
(8): 41-42,
(9): 47-48
Oberthür, 1923
[?] Lépidopères nouveaux ou peu connus
Etud. Lépid. Comp. 21 (2)
: 114-155
Overlaet, 1940
Formes nouvelles ou peu connues de Nymphalides africains
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 33
: 150-172
Neustetter in Overlaet, 1942; Overlaet, 1942
Formes nouvelles ou peu connues de Nymphalides africains
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 36
: 165-194
Overlaet, 1944; Overlaet, 1945
Formes nouvelles ou peu connues de Nymphalides africains. - II
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 38
: 40-74,
: 265-289
Neustetter in Overlaet, 1952; Overlaet, 1952
Formes nouvelles ou peu connues de Nymphalides africains
Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge (8) 14
: 1-50
Overlaet, 1954
Cymothoe sangaris Godart et ses formes voisines
Bull. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 90
: 32-33
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
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera
Ann. Mus. Wien. 28
: 219-294, pl. 17-24
Richelmann, 1913
Einige neue afrikanische Tagfalter
Int. Ent. Zs. 7 (16)
: 105-106
Rydon, 1981
Description of a new form of Cymothoe weymeri Suffert from Zaire. (Lepid. Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 81 (1-4)
: 2-4
Rydon, 1981
Description of new species of Cymothoe Hübner from Zaire: (Lepid. Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 81 (1-4)
: 4-10
Rydon, 1981
Description of new species of Cymothoe Hübner from Zaire: (Lepid. Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 81 (11-12)
: 83-93
Rydon, 1991
Systematic notes on the Cymothoe alcimeda group (Part 1 & 2)
Metamorphosis 2
(1): 9-15,
(4): 11-20
Rydon, 1996
Notes on some members of the Cymothoe aurivillii group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 96 (special)
: 8-14
Schmidt, 1921
Neue oder wenig bekannte afrikanische Rhopaloceren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 35 (1/2)
: 32-51
Schouteden, 1912
Rhopaloceres recueillis dans le Haut-Ituri par le Dr Bayer
Rev. Zool. afr. 1
: 389-396
Schultze, 1908
Drei neue Tagfalter aus Kamerun
Soc. Ent. 23 (17)
: 130-131
Schultze, 1912
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem tropischen Westafrika
Ent. Rundsch. 29 (14)
: 91-93
Schultze, 1913
Eine neue Cymothoë aus Kamerun
Soc. Ent. 28 (12)
: 50-51
Schultze, 1916
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Kamerun
Archiv Naturg. 81 A (7)
(7): 159-167,
(11): 110-112
Schultze, 1916
Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg
Archiv Naturg. 81 A (12)
: 136-142
Schultze, 1917
Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II. Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Meclenburg
Archiv Naturg. 82 A (3)
: 34-39
Seeldrayers, 1896
Lépidoptères nouveaux du Congo + Note sur les Papilio du groupe Adamastor
Ann. Soc. Ent. Belge 40
: 499-503,503-505
Sharpe, 1904
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Equatorial Africa
Entomologist 37
: 181-183
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
van Someren, 1939
Butterflies of Kenya and Uganda. Vol. II. Part 2
J. E. Afr. Uganda nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65)
: 15-100
Staudinger, 1889
Einige neue Cymothoë-Arten
Stettin Ent. Ztg 50 (10-12)
: 412-422
Staudinger, 1896
Neue exotische Tagfalter
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9
(1): 193-224, pl. 1-2 (July 1896),
(2): 225-240, pl. 5 (Jan. 1897)
Staudinger, 1899
Eine neue Cymothoe
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 12
(1): 164-167
Stevenson, 1934
New South African butterflies
Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (3)
: 10-28, (1pl)
Stevenson, 1940
Notes on some new and rare Lepidoptera from South Africa, with special reference to Southern Rhodesia
J. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 3
: 88-108, pl. 10-12
Strand, 1910
Verzeichnis der von Herrn Oberleutnant F. Reuter an der Dume-Mündung in Kamerun gesammelten und dem Kgl zoologischen Museum geschenkten Lepidopterenp
Wiener ent. Z. 29
: 29-36
Strand, 1912
Westafrikanische Lepidoptera de Familien Danaididae, Satyridae, Nymphalididae, Notodontidae und Drepanidae
Archiv Naturg. 77 (Suppl. 4)
: 107-123
Strand, 1914
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. VII (Nymphalidae)
Archiv Naturg. 79 A (12)
: 97-125
Suffert, 1904
Neue Nymphaliden aus Africa
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 108-123
van Velzen & Larsen in van Velzen, Larsen & Bakker, 2009
A new hidden species of the Cymothoe caenis-complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from western Africa
Zootaxa 2197
: 53-63
Ward, 1871
Descriptions of new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera
Ent. mon. Mag. 8
: 34-36, 58-60, 81-82, 118-122
Weymer, 1907
Exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2)
: 1-51, pl. 1-2
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