[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
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
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Some related literature:
Butler, 1896
On a collection of Butterflies obtained by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-land, between the months of January and April 1895b
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896
: 108-136, pl. 6
Evans, 1937
A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum
Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.
: 1-212, pl. 1-30
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1890
Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique
Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 (1)
: 17-51, pl. 2-3
Mabille, 1904
Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae
in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17
(A): 1-78 (1903),
(B): 79-142 (1904),
(C): 143-182 (1904),
(D): 183-210 (1904)
Plötz, 1883
Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4)
Stett. ent. Ztg 44
(1-3): 26-64,
(4-6): 195-233
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