[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:
Boisduval, 1847
Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844
in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2
: 585-614
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, 1897
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Nyasa-land presented to the museum by Sir Harry Johnston, K.C.B, and collected by Mr. J. B. Yule
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896
: 851-855, pl. 43
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Gerstaecker, 1871
Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar
Archiv Naturg. 37 (1)
: 345-363
Godman in Godman & Distant, 1880
Descriptions of five new species of Rhopalocera from E. Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880
: 182-185, pl. 19
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Schouteden, 1926
Contribution a l'etude des Lepidopteres Rhopaloceres du Katanga
Revue Zool. afr. 14
: 217-236 (1926),
: 283-309 (1927)
Sharpe, 1901
A List of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Ewart S. Grogan in Central Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8
: 278-286
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
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
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