Lipaphnaeus

Lipaphnaeus Aurivillius, 1916

Lipaphnaeus Aurivillius, 1916; Zool. Ark. 10 (14): 4; TS: Aphnaeus spindasoides Aurivillius

Lipaphnaeus; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Lipaphnaeus (Section Aphnaeus); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 436
Lipaphnaeus (Aphnaeini); [BK], 186; Heath, 1997, Metamorphosis Occ. Suppl. 2: 12; [AfrL]
Lipaphnaeus (Lycaenidae); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 159

Lipaphnaeus aderna (Plötz, 1880)

Sierra Leone - Tanzania, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [maps]

Zeritis aderna Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 203; TL: Victoria (Camerouns-Gebirge)

Lipaphnaeus aderna; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis aderna; [CoL]

L. a. aderna Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Zaire

Zeritis fallax Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31): 104; TL: Sierra Leone
- = Spindasis aderna aderna; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 361
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161
Zeritis latifimbriata Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31): 105; TL: Sierra Leone
- = Spindasis aderna aderna; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 361
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161

Lipaphnaeus aderna aderna; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BAFR], 482; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis (Lipaphnaeus) aderna aderna; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 361
Zeritis fallax; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 555, pl. 17, f. 4; [CoL]
Zeritis latifimbriata; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 555, pl. 17, f. 5; [CoL]

L. a. spindasoides (Aurivillius, 1916) E.Rhodesia - Malawi, NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts)

Aphnaeus spindasoides Aurivillius, 1916; Zool. Ark. 10 (14): 2

Lipaphnaeus aderna spindasoides; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BAFR], 482 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis aderna spindasoides; [CoL]

L. a. pan (Talbot, 1935) Uganda, NW.Tanzania

aderna pan (Talbot, 1935) (Spindasis); Ent. mon. Mag. 71: 120

Lipaphnaeus aderna pan; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BK]: 186, pl. 16, f. 194; [BAFR], 482 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis aderna pan; [CoL]

Lipaphnaeus loxura (Rebel, 1914)

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

Spindasis loxura Rebel, 1914; Ann. Mus. Wien. 28: 266

Lipaphnaeus loxura; [BK]: 186, pl. 16, f. 193; [BAFR], 482; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis loxura; [CoL]

Lipaphnaeus leonina (Sharpe, 1890)

Sierra Leone - Zaire. See [maps]

Zeritis leonina Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31): 104; TL: Sierra Leone

Lipaphnaeus leonina; [BK], 186 (note); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Zeritis leonina; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890: 555, pl. 18, f. 5; [CoL]

L. l. leonina Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia

Zeritis bicolor Sharpe, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 8 (45): 241; TL: Sierra Leone
- = Spindasis leonina leonina; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 362
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161

Lipaphnaeus leonina leonina; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BAFR], 482 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis (Lipaphnaeus) leonina leonina; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 362
Zeritis bicolor; [CoL]

L. l. bitje (Druce, 1910) Nigeria, S.Cameroun, Congo Republic, C.Zaire

Spindasis leonina bitje Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 372; TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons

Lipaphnaeus leonina bitje; [BAFR], 482; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis leonina bitje; [CoL]

L. l. ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966 Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, W.Nigeria

leonina ivoirensis Stempffer, 1966; Bull. Inst. Fond. Afr. Noire (A) 28: 1577

Lipaphnaeus leonina ivoirensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BAFR], 482 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Zeritis leonina ivoiriensis; [CoL]

L. l. paradoxa (Schultze, 1908) NE.Cameroun

Spindasis paradoxa Schultze, 1908; Soc. Ent. 23 (17): 130; TL: NW.Kamerun

Lipaphnaeus leonina paradoxa; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BAFR], 482 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Spindasis paradoxa; [CoL]

Lipaphnaeus eustorgia (Hulstaert, 1924)

Zaire (Shaba). See [maps]

Axiocerses eustorgia Hulstaert, 1924; Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12: 179

Axiocerses eustorgia; [CoL]
Lipaphnaeus eustorgia; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 161; [BAFR], 482 (text); [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
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1916
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika Zool. Ark. 10 (14) : 1-6
Crowley, 1890
On some new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 551-556, pl. 17-18
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Druce, 1910
Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 356-378, pl. 33-35
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
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Heath, 1997
A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Metamorphosis Occ. Suppl. 2 : 1-60
Hulstaert, 1924
Lycaenidae nouveaux des Collections du Musée du Congo Belge Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 12 : 112-122, : 173-194
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
Plötz, 1880
Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (1-3): 76-88, (4-6): 189-206, (7-9): 298-307
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera Ann. Mus. Wien. 28 : 219-294, pl. 17-24
Schultze, 1908
Drei neue Tagfalter aus Kamerun Soc. Ent. 23 (17) : 130-131
Sharpe, 1890
On some new Species of African Lycaenidae in the Collection of Philip Crowley, Esq Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 103-106
Sharpe, 1891
Descriptions of Two new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa, in the Collection of Mr. Philip Crowley Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 8 (45) : 240-241
Stempffer, 1966
Liste des Lepidopteres Lycaenidae de Cote d'Ivoire actuellement connus Bull. Inst. Fond. Afr. Noire (A) 28 : 1554-1586
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10 : 1-322
Talbot, 1935
New species and forms of African Lycaenidae Ent. mon. Mag. 71 : 69-78, : 115-127, : 147-153

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