[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
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Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1910
Lepidoptera
in Sjösted, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. 2 (9)
: 1-56, pl. 1-2
Bethune-Baker, 1926
Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 17
: 384-402
Butler, [1897]
On two collections of lepidoptera made by Mr R. Crawshay in Nyasa-land
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896
: 817-850, pl. 41-42
Butler, [1901]
On two consignments of Butterflies collected by Mr. Richard Crawshay in the Kikuyu Country of British E. Africa in 1899 and 1900
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900 (4)
: 911-946, pl. 58
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
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
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
Joicey & Talbot, 1924
New forms of African Lepidoptera
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3)
: 539-564
Kielland, 1986
New and little-known butterflies from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae and Riodinidae)
Lambillionea 86 (11-12)
: 137-154
Kielland, 1987
Some new Rhopalocera from eastern Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 87
(3-4): 38-45,
(5-6): 75-79
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Sharpe, 1892
Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891
: 187-194, pl. 16-17,
: 633-638, pl. 48
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
Stempffer, 1973
Description d'une nouvelle espece d'Harpendyreus d'Afrique orientale (Lep. Lycaenidae)
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 78 (5-6)
: 223-225
Stempffer, 1976
Mission entomologique de Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale aux Monts Uluguru, Tanzanie
Revue Zool. Afr. 90 (2)
: 343-353
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1)
: 145-156
Trimen, 1868
On some undescribed Species of South Africa Butterflies, including a new Genus of Lycaenidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868 (1)
: 69-96, pl. 5-6
Trimen, 1887
South-African Butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2
South-African Butts 2
: 1-242, pl. 7-9
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