[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
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[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
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
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Some related literature:
Benyamini, Ugarte, Shapiro, Mielke, Pyrcz & Bálint, 2014
An updated list of the butterflies of Chile (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) including distribution, flight period and conservation status. Part I, Comprising the families: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nympalidae (in part) and Hesperiidae. Describing a new species of Hypsochila (Pieridae) and a new subspecies of Yramea modesta (Nymphalidae)
Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 63
: 9-31
Butler, 1873
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera
Cist. Ent. 1 (7)
: 151-177
Butler & Druce, 1874
List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3)
: 330-370
Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects
Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52
: 1-723
Edwards, 1887
The Butterflies of North America. Vol. III
Butts N. Amer. 3: 431pp, 51pls
H. Edwards, 1877
Pacific Coast Lepidoptera. - No. 22. Notes on some Diurnal Lepidoptera, with description of new varieties
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 7 (12)
: 163-173
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[MC2]; Le Crom, Llorente, Constantino & Salazar, 2004
Mariposas de Colombia. Tomo 2: Pieridae
Mariposas Colombia 2
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
[EcuL]; Racheli & Racheli, 2001
An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae)
Frag. ent. 33 (2)
: 213-380
Reakirt, 1863
Notes on Central American Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species
Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2
(2): 135-142 (1863),
(3): 345-360 (1864)
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1894
Hochlandine Lepidoptera
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1)
: 43-100, pl. 1-2
Stoll, [1790]
Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen
Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen
(1): 1-42, pl. 1-8 (1787),
(2-5): 43-184, pl. 9-42 (1790)
[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I
Butterflies of the world 10
: 1-40, pl. title,1-48,back
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