Eicochrysops

Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1924

Eicochrysops Bethune-Baker, 1924; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 14: 132; TS: Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker

Eicochrysops; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Eicochrysops (Section Eicochrysops); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449
Eicochrysops (Lampidini); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 390
Eicochrysops (Lycaenidae); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 237
Eicochrysops (Lycaenopsina); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151
Eicochrysops (Polyommatini); [BK], 242; [AfrL]

Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924

Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola, Rhodesia. See [maps]

Eicochrysops eicotrochilus Bethune-Baker, 1924; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 14: 132

Eicochrysops eicotrochilus; [BAFR], 552; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops messapus (Godart, [1824])

Cape. See [maps]

Polyommatus messapus Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 682

Eicochrysops mesappus[sic, messapus]; [BK]: 242 (note)
Eicochrysops messapus messapus; [BAFR], 552
Eicochrysops messapus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BOW]: pl. 121, f. 48; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

E. m. messapus

Lycaena acca Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 76, f. 1
- = ; [AfrL]

Eicochrysops messapus messapus; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

E. m. sebagadis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) highlands (Ethiopia)

Polyommatus sebagadis Guérin-Méneville, 1849; Voy. Abyssinie: 385, (Atlas): pl. 11, f. 7-8
Cupido messapus ab. trisignatus Strand, 1911; Ent. Rundsch. 28: 139; TL: Eli
- = ; [AfrL]

Eicochrysops mahallakoena[sic] trisignatus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239
Eicochrysops messapus sebagadis; [BAFR], 552 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Eicochrysops messapus f. sebagadis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239
Eicochrysops nandianus sebagadis;

E. m. mahallakoaena (Wallengren, 1857) Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa

Lycaena mahallakoaena Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 41; TL: Caffraria

Eicochrysops mahallakoaena; [BOW]: pl. 121, f. 48; [BK]: 242 (note)
Eicochrysops mahallakoena mahallakoena[sic, mahallakoaena]; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239
Eicochrysops messapus mahallakoaena; [BAFR], 552; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
messapus r. mahallakoaena; [PBSA]

E. m. nandiana (Bethune-Baker, 1906) Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia Cupreous Blue

Catochrysops nandiana Bethune-Baker, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97): 108; TL: Nandi
Cupido sapphirina Stoneham, 1938; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (36): 2
- = ; [AfrL]

Eicochrysops messapus nandiana; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Eicochrysops messapus nandianus; [BAFR], 552 (text)
Eicochrysops nandianus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BK]: 242, pl. 25, f. 354
Eicochrysops sapphirinus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239

Eicochrysops antoto (Strand, 1911)

Ethiopia. See [maps]

Cupido antoto Strand, 1911; Ent. Rundsch. 28: 138; TL: Antotos

Eicochrysops antoto; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 238; [BAFR], 523 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929

N.Nigeria, SE.Guinea (Nimba Mts). See [maps]

Eicochrysops dudgeoni Riley, 1929; Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77: 497, pl. 30, f. 2, 4

Eicochrysops dudgeoni; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 238; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 390; [BAFR], 523; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops fontainei Stempffer, 1961

Congo. See [maps]

Eicochrysops fontainei Stempffer, 1961; Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. (8) 94: 68; TL: Binza, Kinshasa, SW.Zaire

Eicochrysops fontainei; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BAFR], 553 (text); [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924

Kenya, Tanzania. See [maps] Rogers' Cupid

Eicochrysops rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1924; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 14: 133

Eicochrysops rogersi; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BAFR], 553; [BK]: 243, pl. 25, f. 356; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops hippocrates (Fabricius, 1793)

south of Sahara, Madagascar. See [maps] White-Tipped Blue

Hesperia hippocrates Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 288
Lycaena delicatula Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3): 215
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 238; [AfrL]
?Lycaena delicatula Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7: lxxi; TL: Madagascar
- = ; Bridges, 1994, Cat. Riodinidae & Lycaenidae: (VIII) 135

Eicochrysops hippocrates delicatula; [CoL]
Eicochrysops hippocrates; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 390; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [PBSA]; [BOW]: pl. 121, f. 47; [BAFR], 553; [BK]: 242, pl. 25, f. 353; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Lycaena delicatula; [CoL]

Eicochrysops pauliani Stempffer, 1950

S.Madagascar. See [maps]

Eicochrysops pauliani Stempffer, 1950; Naturaliste Malgache 2: 131; TL: Mt Tsiranana (1500m), Diégo-Suarez, S. Madagascar

Eicochrysops pauliana; [CoL]
Eicochrysops pauliani; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BAFR], 553; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Eucochrysops pauliani; [MadL]

Eicochrysops masai (Bethune-Baker, 1905)

Ethiopia, N.Uganda, Kenya, N.Tanzania. See [maps] Masai Cupid

Everes masai Bethune-Baker, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12: 494; TL: Kikuyu Escarpment

Eicochrysops masai; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BAFR], 553; [BK]: 242, pl. 25, f. 355; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops distractus (de Joannis & Verity, 1913)

Ethiopia. See [maps]

Catochrysops distractus de Joannis & Verity, 1913; Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 44: 118
Catochrysops pusillus Ungemach, 1932; Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32: 94
- = ; [AfrL]

Eicochrysops distractus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 238; [BAFR], 553; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Eicochrysops masai distractus; [BK], 243 (note)
Eicochrysops pusillus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BAFR], 553 (text); [CoL]

Eicochrysops sanguigutta (Mabille, 1879)

Madagascar, Comoro Is. (Grand Comoro). See [maps]

Lycaena sanguigutta Mabille, 1879; Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris (7) 3: 132
Lycaena caeruleoarcuata Saalmüller, 1884; Lepid. Madagascar (1): 102, pl. 1, f. 9-11
- = (coeruleoarcuatus); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239
- = ; [AfrL]

Eicochrysops sanguigutta; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 239; [BAFR], 554; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995 Comoro Is.

Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1995; Lambillionea 95 (2 I): 201; TL: Comoro Islands
?Eicochrysops damiri Turlin, 1993; Lambillionea 93 (4 I): 361; TL: Comoro Islands

Eicochrysops damiri; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops meryamae Rougeot, 1983

Ethiopia. See [maps]

Eicochrysops meryamae Rougeot, 1983; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 52 (7): 231; TL: Ethiopia

Eicochrysops meryamae; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops pinheyi Heath, 1985

Madagascar. See [maps]

Eicochrysops pinheyi Heath, 1985; Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (18): 264; TL: Madagascar, Tsaratana

Eicochrysops pinheyi; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Eicochrysops sanyere Libert, 1993

Cameroon. See [maps]

Eicochrysops sanyere Libert, 1993; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 97 (4): 323; TL: Cameroon

Eicochrysops sanyere; [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!
[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[PERSEE]
Annales de la Société linnéenne de Lyon; Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon; Publications de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon; Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

de Joannis & Verity in Andreini, 1913
Materiali per lo studio della fauna Eritrea Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 44 : 115-147
Bethune-Baker, 1905
Notes on some of the Lycaenidae collected by the late William Doherty on the Kikuyu escarpment Novit. Zool. 12 : 492-496
Bethune-Baker, 1906
Descriptions of some new African Butterflies Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 104-110
Bethune-Baker, 1924
Descriptions of new African Rhopalocera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 14 : 130-135
Bridges, 1994
Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group, and species-group names of the Riodinidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World Cat. Riodinidae & Lycaenidae : (I) 1-3, (II) 1, (III) 1-3, (IV) 1-48, (V) 1-12, (VI) 1-26, (VII) 1-7, (VIII) 1-502, (IX) 1-135, (X) 1-172, (XI) 1-134, (XII) 1-50, (XIII) 1-16, (A1) 1, (A2) 1-5, (A3) 1
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Westwood, [1851]
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)
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Riley in Eltringham, Poulton, Riley & Talbot, 1929
African Rhopalocera: Descriptions and notes Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77 : 475-505, pl. 30-31
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
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])
Guérin-Méneville, 1849
Voyage en Abyssinie (Insectes) execute pendant les annees 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 Voy. Abyssinie : 243-398, (Atlas): pl. 1-12
Heath, 1985
Revision of three Iolaus subgenera and descriptions of two new species Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Zambia Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (18) : 257-266
[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
Libert, 1993
Description de nouveaux lycenides orophiles du Cameroun (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 97 (4) : 321-332
Mabille, 1877
Catalogue des Lépidoptères du Congo. [1] Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 214-240
Mabille, 1877
[no title] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7 : xxxvii-xxxix [37-39], : xxxix-xl [39-40], : lxxi-lxxiii [71-73]
Mabille, 1879
Lepidoptera Madagascariensia; species novae Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris (7) 3 : 132-144
Rougeot, 1983
Lépidoptères du Haut-Simyen (Ethiopie du nord) Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 52 (7) : 219-232
Saalmüller, 1884
Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten zumeist aus der Sammlung der Senckenberg'schen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Frankfurt am Main unter Berücksichtigung der gesammten Lepidopteren-fauna Madagascars Lepid. Madagascar (1): 1-246, pl. 1-6 (1884), (2): 249-531, pl. 7-14 (1891)
Stempffer, 1950
Description d'un Lycene nouveau de la Faune Malgache Naturaliste Malgache 2 : 131-133
Stempffer, 1961
Contribution a l'etude des Lepidopteres Lycaenidae de l'Afrique equatoriale Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. (8) 94 : 1-73
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10 : 1-322
Stoneham, 1938
Notes on African Lycaenidae, and some new forms Bull. Stoneham Mus. (36): 1-3
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1) : 145-156
Strand, 1911
Neue Gross-Schmetterlinge aus Abyssinien. Gesammelt von Herrn A. Kostlan Ent. Rundsch. 28 : 137-141
Turlin, 1993
Faune lepidopterologique de l'Archipel des Comores (Ocean Indien) (Rhopaloceres, Sphingidae, Attacidae) Lambillionea 93 (4 I) : 345-361
Turlin, 1995
Faune lepidopterologique de l'Archipel des Comores (Ocean Indien) (Rhopaloceres, Sphingidae, Attacidae) (6) Lambillionea 95 (2 I) : 197-210
Ungemach, 1932
Contribution à l'étude des Lépidoptères d'Abyssinie (Pt. 1, Rhopalocères) Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 32 : 1-122, 2pls
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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