[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
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
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Some related literature:
Bethune-Baker, 1926
Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from the Ethiopian Region
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 17
: 384-402
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, 1885
Descriptions of three new species of LycaenidaeEnt. mon. Mag. 22: 154
: 154-156
Druce, 1888
Description of a new genus and species of LycaenidaeEnt. mon. Mag. 24
: 259-260
Druce, 1910
Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1)
: 356-378, pl. 33-35
Druce, 1913
Descriptions of some new Lycaenidae from Tropical Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 11
: 358-360
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
Hawker-Smith, 1926
Some new Lycaenidae in the Congo Museum
Rev. zool. afr. 14
: 237-241
Heath, 1997
A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Metamorphosis Occ. Suppl. 2
: 1-60
Holland, 1891
Descriptions of new West African Lycaenidae. (2)
Psyche 6
: 50-53
Holland, 1892
Descriptions of some new Species of African Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58)
: 284-294
Neave, 1910
Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 2-86, pl. 1-3
Riley, 1922
Some undescribed Rhopalocera in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) II.
Entomologist 55
: 250-252
Riley, 1928
Descriptions of two new Lycaenidae in the British Museum
Entomologist 61
: 187-188
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
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
Staudinger, 1888
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten
in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1
(1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884),
(2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884),
(3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884),
(4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884),
(5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884),
(6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884),
(7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885),
(8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885),
(9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885),
(10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885),
(11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886),
(12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886),
(13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886),
(14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886),
(15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887),
(16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887),
(17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887),
(18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888),
(19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Staudinger, 1891
Neue exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1)
: 61-157, pl. 1-2
Stempffer, 1952
La reserve naturelle integrale du Mt. Nimba 1X. Lépidoptères Lycaenidae
Mem. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19
: 145-149
Stempffer, 1961
Contribution a l'etude des Lepidopteres Lycaenidae de l'Afrique equatoriale
Ann. Mus. Afr. Centr. (8) 94
: 1-73
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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