[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-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:
Aurivillius, 1891
Verzeichniss einer vom Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabun und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-sammlung
Ent. Tidskr. 12
: 193-228, pl. 1-3
Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5)
: 1-561, pl. 1-6
Aurivillius, 1901
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Ent. Tidskr. 22
: 113-128
Aurivillius, 1913
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13
: 1-613, pl. 1-80
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres
Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.
: 1-122, pl. 1-16
Boisduval, 1847
Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844
in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2
: 585-614
Butler, 1876
On a Collection of Lepidoptera recently received from Abyssinia
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108)
: 480-490
Butler, 1878
On a Collection of Lepidoptera recently received from Madagascar
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (10)
: 283-297
Butler, 1894
On two collection of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893
: 643-684, pl. 60 (1894)
Butler, [1896]
On Lepidoptera recently collected in British East Africa by Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895
: 722-742, pl. 42-43 (1896)
Butler, 1901
A Revision of the Butterflies of teh Genus Precis, with Notes on the Seasonal Phases of the Species
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8
: 196-216
Carcasson, 1961
New and Little-known African Lepidoptera
Occ. Pap. Coryndon meml Mus. (7)
: 3-23, 5pls
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: -
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
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)
Drury, 1782
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3
: 1-79 (1837),
: pl. 1-50
Feisthamel, 1850
Description de quelques Lépidoptères Rhopalocéres nouveaux ou peu connus, provenant de la Cazamance (Afrique)
Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 8
: 247-262
C. & R. Felder, [1867]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Fiedler, 1928
Verschiedene Formen von Precis eurodoce Westw. aus Madagaskar [Lep.]
Ent. Zs. 42
: 121-123
Gabriel, 1954
Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. British Museum (Natural History) expedition to south-west Arabia 1937-8
Exped. S.W. Arabia 1937-38, 1
: 351-391
Godart, 1819; 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])
Distant in Godman & Distant, 1880
Descriptions of five new species of Rhopalocera from E. Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880
: 182-185, pl. 19
Mabille in Grandidier, [1885]
Histoire naturelle des lepidopteres
Hist. Phys. Nat. Pol. Madag.
: 1-364, pl. 1-55,2A,7A-B,9A,18A-B,25A,30A,
18: 1-364 ([1887]),
19: pl. 1-55 ([1885])
Grose-Smith, 1898
Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum
Novit. Zool. 5
: 350-358
Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes.
Icon. Règne anim. Cuvier 3 (Insectes)
: pl. 3-12 (1829),
: pl. 13-14,21-24 (1830),
: pl. 25-30,42-46,52-55,60,62,76,24-25,25bis,28bis (1831),
: pl. 77-92,99,84bis (1832),
: pl. 31,36-39,47-49,59,101,39bis (1833),
: pl. 32-35,50,61,64-66,49bis (1834),
: pl. 15-20,40,51,56-58,67-75,93-98 (1835),
: pl. 100,102-104 (1836),
: pl. 1-2,41,63 (1837),
: 1-576 (1844)
Guérin-Méneville, 1849
Voyage en Abyssinie (Insectes) execute pendant les annees 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843
Voy. Abyssinie
: 243-398,
(Atlas): pl. 1-12
Herbst, 1794
Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzun der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte
in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 7
: 1-178
Heslop, 1959
Precis octavia Cramer ab. kuala ab. nov.
Entomologist 92
: 5
Hewitson, 1864
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [2]
: (Systematic Index) II,
(Ithomia XIV): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855),
(Ithomia XV-XIX): [3-12], pl. [2-6] (1856),
(Ithomia XX): 13x,14x, [13-14] (1861), pl. [7] (1857),
(Ithomia XXI): 15x,16x, [15-16] (1861), pl. [8] (1858),
(Ithomia XXII): [17-18], pl. [9] (1859),
(Ithomia XXIII): [19-20], pl. [10] (1861),
(Ithomia XXIV): [21-22], pl. [11] (1863),
(Ithomia XXV): [23-24], pl. [12] (1867),
(Ithomia XXVI): [25-26], pl. [13] (1868),
(Ithomia XXVII): [27-28], pl. [14] (1869),
(Ithomia XXVIII-XXIX): [29-32], pl. [15-16] (1871),
(Ithomia XXX-XXXI): [33-36], pl. [17-18] (1872),
(Ithomia XXXII-XXXIII): [37-40], pl. [19-20], (1874) ,
(Ithomia XXXIV-XXXV): [41-44], pl. [21-22] (1876),
(Acraea I): [45-46], pl. [23] (1852),
(Acraea II): [47-48], pl. [24] (1861),
(Acraea III): [49-50], pl. [25] (1865),
(Acraea IV-V): [51-52], pl. [26-27] (1867),
(Acraea VI): [53-54], pl. [28] (1868),
(Acraea VII): [55-56], pl. [29] (1875),
(Messaras): [57-58], pl. [30] (1859),
(Eresia I): [59-60], pl. [31] (1852),
(Eresia II): [61-62], pl. [32] (1857),
(Eresia III-VI): [63-70], pl. [33-36] (1864),
(Eresia VII): [71-72], pl. [37] (1868),
(Eresia VIII-IX): [73-76], pl. [38-39] (1870),
(Eresia X): [77-78], pl. [40] (1872),
(Junonia): [79-80], pl. [41] (1864),
(Cybdelis I-II): [81-84], pl. [42-43] (1852),
(Cybdelis III): [85-86], pl. [44] (1857),
(Cybdelis IV): [87-88], pl. [45] (1869),
(Epiphile I): [89-90], pl. [46] (1857),
(Epiphile II & Paromia): [91-92], pl. [47] (1861),
(Eubagis I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1852),
(Eubagis II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1857),
(Eubagis III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1859),
(Catagramma I): [99-100], pl. [51] (1851),
(Catagramma II): [101-102], pl. [52] (1853),
(Catagramma III-V): [103-108], pl. [53-55] (1855),
(Catagramma VI): [109-110], pl. [56] (1857),
(Catagramma VII-VIII): [111-114], pl. [57-58] (1858),
(Catagramma IX and Callithea): [115-116], pl. [59] (1858),
(Catagramma X): [117-118], pl. [60] (1864),
(Catagramma XI-XII): [119-122], pl. [61-62] (1868),
(Catagramma XIII): [123-124], pl. [63] (1876),
: iv
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
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
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[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
Martin, 1920
Die Tagfalter der Insel Celebes
Tidschr. Ent. 63
: 111-159
Moore, [1880]
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)
Neustetter, 1916
Neue und wenig bekannte afrikanische Rhopalozeren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 30
(1): 95-96,
(2-3): 97-108
Plötz, 1880
Berichtigungen und Bemerkungen zum Verzeichnis der vom Professor Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge
Stett. ent. Ztg 41 (10-12)
: 477-478
Rogenhofer, 1891
Diagnosen neuer Schmetterlinge des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 41
: 563-566
Rogenhofer, 1891
Afrikanische Schmetterlinge des k. k. naturhist. Hofmuseums
Ann. Mus. Wien 6 (3)
: 455-466, pl. 15
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
Schultze, 1916
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Kamerun
Archiv Naturg. 81 A (7)
(7): 159-167,
(11): 110-112
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1885
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten
in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1
(1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884),
(2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884),
(3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884),
(4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884),
(5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884),
(6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884),
(7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885),
(8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885),
(9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885),
(10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885),
(11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886),
(12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886),
(13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886),
(14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886),
(15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887),
(16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887),
(17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887),
(18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888),
(19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Stoneham, 1965
New subspecies and forms of African Lepidoptera
Bull. Stoneham Mus. (81): 1-3
Strand, 1909
Lepidoptera von Ober-Guinea und Sudan, gesammelt von Herrn Leo Frobenius
Archiv Naturg. 75 (1)
: 303-311
Strand, 1909
Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ost Afrika gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 22 (2/3)
: 104-121
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
Suffert, 1904
Neue Nymphaliden aus Africa
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 108-123
Trimen, 1879
On some hitherto undescribed Butterflies inhabiting Southern Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1879 (4)
: 323-346
Trimen, 1883
Descriptions of twelve new species of South African Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4)
: 347-363
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4)
: 1-55
Ward, 1871
Descriptions of new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera
Ent. mon. Mag. 8
: 34-36, 58-60, 81-82, 118-122
Wichgraf, 1918
Neue afrikanische Lepidopteren
Int. Ent. Z. 12 (4)
: 25-30
Wichgraf, 1921
Neue afrikanische Lepidopteren aus der Ertlschen Sammlung
Int. Ent. Zs. 14
(22): 171-172,
(23): 179-180,
(25): 195-197
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