[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-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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:
Amiet & Collins in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Amiet in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Chovet & Collins in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Chovet & Libert in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Chovet in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Collins & Amiet in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Collins & Libert in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Collins in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Libert & Chovet in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998; Libert in Amiet, Chovet, Collins & Libert, 1998
Diagnoses preliminaires de nouveaux taxons du genre Euptera Staudinger (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 98 (2) (II)
: 271-284
Aurivillius, 1894
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter
Ent. Tidskr. 15
: 273-314
Bethune-Baker, 1904
On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81)
: 222-233
Carpenter & Jackson, 1950
New butterflies from East Africa and the Ituri forest
Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 (7-8)
: 97-108
Collins, 1987
Three new African Nymphalidae
Lambillionea 87 (7-8)
: 92-96
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Gifford, 1965
A list of the butterflies of Malawi
Butterflies of Malawi
: 1-151
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 & Kirby, 1890; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891
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
Hancock, 1984
A review of the genus Euptera Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (11)
: 165-179
Hecq, 1990
Deux nouvelles especes de Pseudathyma
Lambillionea 90
: 39-41
Hewitson, 1871
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
Holland, 1892
Descriptions of some new Species of African Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58)
: 284-294
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, 1924
New forms of African Lepidoptera
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3)
: 539-564
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
St Leger, 1969
The butterfly genera Euptera and Pseudathyma in Nigeria. A possible new species from the Obudu Plateau
Nigerian Field 34
: 76-81
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Libert, 2005
Deux nouvelles especes du genre Euptera Staudinger (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 110 (4-5)
: 377-380
Collins in Libert, Chovet, Collings & Amiet, 1995; Libert in Libert, Chovet, Collings & Amiet, 1995
[The species groups of the genus Euptera Staudinger (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). The groups of Euptera elabontas, E. kinugnana, E. crowleyi and E. mirifica]
Lambillionea 95 (3 I)
: 315-339
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
Neave, 1910
Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 2-86, pl. 1-3
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
van Someren, 1939
Butterflies of Kenya and Uganda. Vol. II. Part 2
J. E. Afr. Uganda nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65)
: 15-100
Staudinger, 1891
Neue exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1)
: 61-157, pl. 1-2
Staudinger, 1893
Bemerkungen zu den Abbildungen auf Tafel I nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Art
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 6 (1)
: 83-86
Ward, 1873
Descriptions of new species of African Lepidoptera
Ent. mon. Mag.9: 209-210,
10: 59-60
Weymer, 1907
Exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2)
: 1-51, pl. 1-2
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