Artitropa

Artitropa Holland, 1896 Nightfighters

Artitropa Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 92; TS: Pamphila erinnys Trimen

Artitropa; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Artitropa (Hesperiinae); [BK], 426; [AfrL]

Artitropa alaotrana Oberthür, 1916

Madagascar. See [maps]

Artitropa alaotrana Oberthür, 1916; ; TL: Madagascar, Bord du lac Alaotra

Artitropa alaotrana; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa boseae (Saalmüller, 1880)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Hesperia boseae Saalmüller, 1880; ; TL: Madagascar, Nossi-Be

Artitropa boseae; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa cama Evans, 1937

Artitropa cama; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa comus (Cramer, 1782)

W.Africa - Congo. See [maps]

Papilio comus Cramer, 1782
Proteides margaritata Holland, 1890; Ent. News 1 (10): 155; TL: Valley of Ogove

Artitropa comus; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 16; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa erinnys (Trimen, 1862)

Transkei - Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia - E.Africa. See [maps] Bush Nightfighter

Pamphila erinnys Trimen, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 (3): 290

Artitropa erinnys vansomereni; [iNaturalist]
Artitropa erinnys; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 17; [PBSA]; [BK]: 427, pl. 63, f. 840; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. e. erinnys

Artitropa erinnys erinnys; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

A. e. ehlersi Karsch, 1896 Kenya (Mt. Sagala, Teita Hills, Shimba Hills)

Artitropa ehlersi Karsch, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (24): 376

Artitropa erinnys ehlersi; [BK], 427; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. e. vansommereni Riley, 1925 Kenya (Meru, Nairobi, Ngong)

erinnys vansommereni Riley, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 284

Artitropa erinnys vansommereni; [BK], 427; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

A. e. nyasae Riley, 1925 Rhodesia

erinnys nyasae Riley, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 284

Artitropa erinnys nyasae; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. e. radiata Riley, 1925

erinnys radiata Riley, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 285
- = Artitropa erinnys ehlersi; [BK], 427

Artitropa erinnys radiata; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. e. comorarum Oberthür, 1916

Artitropa erinnys comorarum; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa hollandi Oberthür, 1916

Madagascar. See [maps]

Artitropa hollandi Oberthür, 1916; ; TL: Madagascar, Antsianaka

Artitropa hollandi; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 18 (text); [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925

Zimbabwe, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya. See [maps]

Artitropa milleri Riley, 1925; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925: 282

Artitropa milleri; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

A. m. milleri

Artitropa milleri milleri; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

A. m. coryndon Evans, 1937 Miller's Nightfighter

Artitropa milleri coryndon Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 146; TL: Nairobi

Artitropa milleri coryndon; [BK]: 426, pl. 63, f. 839; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925

Cameroun - Zimbabwe, Malawi, SE.Kenya. See [maps]

Artitropa reducta Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 519

Artitropa comus reducta; ; [PBSA]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Artitropa reducta; [BK]: 426, pl. 63, f. 838; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Artitropa usambarae Congdon, Kielland, & Collins, 1998

Artitropa usambarae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

References:

[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
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[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
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Evans, 1937
A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 1-212, pl. 1-30
Holland, 1890
Description of three new species of African Hesperidae Ent. News 1 (10) : 155-156
Holland, 1896
A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 2-107, pl. 1-5
Karsch, 1896
Aethiepische Hesperiiden Ent. Nachr. 22 (24) : 372-378
[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
Riley, 1925
A revision of the continental African species of the genus Artitropa (Lep. Hesperiidae) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925 : 281-288
Trimen, 1862
On some New Species of South African Butterflies Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 (3) : 279-291

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