[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:
Bethune-Baker, 1904
On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81)
: 222-233
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908 (1)
: 110-126, pl. 8-9
Collins & Larsen, 2000
Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) - an ABRI research paper
Metamorphosis 11 (2)
: 57-75
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia
Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19
: 1-438
Hewitson, 1865
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)
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1)
: 44-118, pl. 5-16
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
Mendes & de Sousa, 2003
On a new subspecies of Hypokopetates viridis Stempffer, 1964 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Guinea-Bissau
Bol. Soc. Portuguesa Ent. 213: 393-398
Stempffer, 1962
Contribution à l'étude des Lépidoptères Lycaenidae de l'Afrique tropicale et équatoriale
Bull. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire (A) 24
: 1135-1181
Stempffer, 1964
Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenides d'Afrique tropicale et equatoriale
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 26 (4)
: 1225-1287
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
Stempffer & Bennett, 1956
Contribution a l'etude des Lycaenidae du Liberia
Bull. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire (A) 18
: 500-513
Talbot, 1935
New species and forms of African Lycaenidae
Ent. mon. Mag. 71
: 69-78,
: 115-127,
: 147-153
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