Caenides

Caenides Holland, 1896

Caenides Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 85; TS: Hesperia dacela Hewitson
Leona Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 7, 153; TS: Hesperia leonora Plötz

Leona (Hesperiinae); [AfrL]
Caenides (Hesperiinae); [BK], 427; [AfrL]

The "leona" species-group

Caenides allyni Miller, 1971

Congo. See [maps]

Caenides allyni Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 8; TL: Belgian Congo, Katanga, Kafakumba

Leona allyni; [AfrL]

Caenides binoevatus (Mabille, 1891)

W.Africa. See [maps]

Proteides binoevatus Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxii; TL: Ogowé

Caenides binoevatus;
Leona binoevatus; [AfrL]

Caenides halma (Evans, 1937)

Kenya, Uganda, W.Tanzania. See [maps]

Leona halma Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 155

Caenides halma; [BK]: 428, pl. 63, f. 842
Leona halma; [AfrL]

Caenides lena (Evans, 1937)

Leona lena Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 153, 155

Caenides lena;
Leona lena; [AfrL]

Caenides leonora (Plötz, 1879)

Ghana - Congo. See [maps]

Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9): 355
Proteides xanthargyra Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxii; TL: Acra
- = ; [NHM card]

Caenides leonora;
Leona leonora; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 40; [AfrL]

C. l. leonora

Leona leonora leonora; [AfrL]

C. l. dux (Evans, 1937)

Leona leonora dux; [AfrL]

Caenides luehderi (Plötz, 1879)

-. See [maps]

Plastingia luehderi Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9): 357
?Caenides alenicola Strand, 1913; Archiv Naturgesch. 78 A (12): 56
Caenides umbrina Rebel, 1914; Ann. Mus. Wien. 28: 275, pl. 22, f. 45, 47
- = ; [NHM card]

Leona luehderi; ; [AfrL]

C. l. luehderi Senegal - Cameroun

Caenides luehderi luehderi; [BK], 428 (note)
Leona luehderi luehderi; [AfrL]

C. l. laura (Evans, 1937) Kenya, Uganda

luehderi laura (Evans, 1937) (Leona); Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 156

Caenides luehderi laura; [BK]: 428, pl. 63, f. 843
Leona luehderi laura; [AfrL]

Caenides lissa (Evans, 1937)

Uganda. See [maps]

Leona lissa Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 154, 157

Caenides lissa;
Leona lissa; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 41 (text); [AfrL]

C. l. lissa Cameroun

Caenides lissa lissa; [BK], 428 (note)
Leona lissa lissa; [AfrL]

C. l. lima (Evans, 1937) Kenya, Uganda

Caenides lissa lima; [BK]: 428, pl. 63, f. 844
Leona lissa lima; [AfrL]

Caenides lota (Evans, 1937)

Leona lota Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 153, 157

Caenides lota;
Leona lota; [AfrL]

Caenides maracanda (Hewitson, 1876)

Hesperia maracanda Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 450

Caenides maracanda;
Leona maracanda; [AfrL]

Caenides meloui Riley, 1926

Ivory Coast. See [maps]

Coenides[sic] meloui Riley, 1926; Novit. Zool. 33 (1): 50; TL: Bingerville, Ivory Coast

Leona meloui; [AfrL]

Caenides na Lindsey & Miller, 1965

Liberia. See [maps]

Caenides na Lindsey & Miller, 1965; Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19: 127

Leona na; [AfrL]

Caenides stoehri (Karsch, 1893)

Ghana - Cameroons. See [maps]

Pamphila stöhri [= stoehri] Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2): 252

Caenides stoehri; Miller, 1971, Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 8
Leona stohri[sic, recte stoehri]; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 41
Leona stoehri; [AfrL]

The "caenides" species-group

Caenides benga (Holland, 1891)

Cameroons. See [maps]

Caenides benga; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 33; [AfrL]

Caenides dacela (Hewitson, 1876)

Hesperia dacela Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 451

Caenides dacela; [AfrL]

C. d. corduba (Hewitson, 1876)

Hesperia corduba Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 454

?Caenides dacena corduba;

Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)

Sierra Leone - Gaboon. See [maps]

Hesperia dacena Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 453
Proteides leucopogon Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxi; TL: Victoria
- = ; [NHM card]

Caneides dacena; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 34
Caenides dacena; [AfrL]

Caenides dacenilla Aurivillius, 1925

Caenides dacenilla Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 517

Caenides dacenilla; [AfrL]

Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896

Cameroons, Congo. See [maps]

Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896; Ent. Tidskr. 17: 289
Caenides artopta Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1): 377, pl. 35, f. 13; TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State
- = ; [NHM card]

Caenides hidarioides[sic, recte hidaroides]; [BOW]: pl. 128, f 35
Caenides hidaroides; [AfrL]

Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896

Caenides kangvensis Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 87

Caenides kangvensis; [AfrL]

Caenides otilia Belcastro, 1990

Caenides otilia; [AfrL]

Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)

Senegal - Gaboon. See [maps]

Hesperia soritia Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 453
Proteides xantho Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxi; TL: Cameroons
- = ; [NHM card]

Caenides soritia Hewitson; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 36
Caenides soritia; [AfrL]

Caenides xychus (Mabille, 1891)

Sierra Leone. See [maps]

Proteides xychus Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxi; TL: Sierra Leone

Caenides xychus; ; [AfrL]

The ?? species-group

?Caenides volta (Evans, 1937)

Leona volta Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 154, 156

Caenides volta;

References:

[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
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[FLMNH] Florida Museum of Natural History
Bulletin of the Allyn Museum
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
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Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1896
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun Ent. Tidskr. 17: : 279-292
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
Hewitson, 1876
Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 449-457
Holland, 1896
A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 2-107, pl. 1-5
Karsch, 1893
Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). 1. Abtheilung: Apterygota, Odonata, Orthoptera Saltatoria,Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 1-266, pl. 1-6
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lindsey & Miller, 1965
Superfamily Hesperoidea. in Fox, The Butteflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Miller, 1971
Descriptions of new species and notes on other Hesperiidae of Africa Bull. Allyn Mus. 2
Plötz, 1879
Verzeichniss de vom verstobenen Prof. Dr. R. Bucholtz in West-Africa -- beim Meerbusen von Guinea -- gesammelten Hesperien Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 353-364
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera Ann. Mus. Wien. 28 : 219-294, pl. 17-24
Riley, 1926
List of Hesperiidae in the Tring Museum collected on the Ivory Coast by G. Melou Novit. Zool. 33 (1) : 49-52
Strand, 1913
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn Tessmann nach Süd Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. Lepidoptera. IV Archiv Naturgesch. 78 A (12) : 30-84, pl. 1-2

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