[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
[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:
Butler, [1899]
On a collection of Butterflies almost entirely made at Salisbury, Mashonaland, by Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, in 1898
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1898 (4)
: 902-912
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Dickson, 1967
Notes on teh Cape Satyrid butterfly Torynenthis mintha (Geyer) with a description of a new race
Ent. Rec. J. Var. 79
: 160-162
Dickson, 1973
A new species of Torynesis Butler (Lepidoptera: Satyridae), with observations on some related taxa
Ent. Rec. J. Var. 85
: 284-288
Dickson, 1979
Six further new butterflies from southern Africa
Ent. Rec. J. Var.91 (11-12): 300-302 (1979),
92 (1): 1-6 (1980),
92 (2): 38-44 (1980)
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Henning & Henning, 1996
A review of the genus Dingana Van Son (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with descriptions of a new genus, three new species and three new subspecies
Metamorphosis 7 (4)
: 153-172
Geyer, [1837]
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 5 [1833]-1837
in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5
: [1-3], 4, [5], 6-52 (1837),
: pl. [138-151], f. 801-880 (1833),
: pl. [152-172], f. 881-1000 (1834 - 1836)
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
van Son, 1941
New or little-known South African butterflies
J. ent. Soc. S. Afr. 4
: 179-196, pl. 1-2
van Son, 1955
Butterflies of southern Africa. II. Nymphalidae: Danainae and Satyrinae
Transv. Mus. Mem. 8: 1-166, 37pls
Vári, 1971
South African Lepidoptera, 5. Revision of the genus Tarsocera Butler, 1898, and description of new Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalinae)
Ann. Transv. Mus. 27 (10)
: 193-223
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