[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, 1916
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Zool. Ark. 10 (14)
: 1-6
Butler, 1866
Description of a new species of butterfly belonging to the family Laycaenidae
Ent. mon. Mag. 2
: 169-170
Butler, 1901
An Account of a Collection of Butterflies made by the Rev. K. St. Aubyn Rogers between Mombasa and Forests of Taveta
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7 (37)
: 22-35
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Dickson, 1980
Six further new butterflies from southern Africa
Ent. Rec. J. Var.91 (11-12): 300-302 (1979),
92 (1): 1-6 (1980),
92 (2): 38-44 (1980)
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Druce, 1891
On some African Butterflies hitherto referred to the Genus Iolaus, with Descriptions of new Species
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (44)
: 139-150
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
Grünberg, 1910
in Schultze (Ed), Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in Westlichen und Zentralen Süd-Afrika. Lepidoptera
Denkschr. med.-naturw. Ges. Jena 16 (4)
: 91-146
Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1869
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae
Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
(1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863),
(2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865),
(3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867),
(4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869),
(5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873),
(6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874),
(7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877),
(8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
van Someren, 1939
New and little-known Lepidoptera from Kenya and Uganda
J. E. Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (3) / (64)
: 172-180, pl. 1-6
Stempffer, 1946
Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne
Rev. Fr. Ent. 13
: 8-19
Stempffer, 1947
Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 52 (3)
: 35-41
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
Révision des genres appartenant au groupe des Iolaus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A)
20 (4): 1243-1347 (1958),
21 (1): 227-325 (1959)
Stoneham, 1934
New species of Lycaenidae, Leach., from Kenya Colony, British East Africa
Bull. Stoneham Mus. (17): 1-3
Suffert, 1904
Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 12-107, pl. 1-3
Talbot, 1935
New species and forms of African Lycaenidae
Ent. mon. Mag. 71
: 69-78,
: 115-127,
: 147-153
Trimen, 1864
Descriptions of some New Species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2
: 175-180
Wichgraf, 1911
Einige neue afrikanische Lepidopteren
Int. ent. Zs. 5 (25)
: 173-175
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