[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:
Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13
: 1-613, pl. 1-80
Druce, 1910
Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1)
: 356-378, pl. 33-35
Evans, 1937
A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum
Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.
: 1-212, pl. 1-30
Larsen & Collins, 2013
Kobelana: a new genus for two South African skippers currently placed in Calleagris Aurivillius (as C. kobela Aurivillius, 1925 and C. krooni Vári, 1974) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae: Tagiadini)
Metamorphosis 23
: 8-15
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Sharpe, 1890
Descriptions of some new Species of African Butterflies in the Collection of Captain G. E. Shelley
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (34)
: 346-350
Trimen, 1864
Descriptions of some New Species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2
: 175-180
Vári, 1974
South African Lepidoptera, 6. Notes on Hesperiidae and descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera).
Ann. Transv. Mus. 29 (2)
: 9-27, pl. 1
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