[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
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[NBC] Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis NBC naturalis
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Some related literature:
[NEN46]; Bálint, 1999
Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London
Neue Ent. Nachr. 46
: 1-89
[NEN40]; Bálint & Johnson, 1997
Reformation of the Polyommatus Section with a Taxonomic and Biogeographic Overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)
Neue Ent. Nachr. 40
: 1-68 (4pls)
Blom, 1979
Descriptions of new butterflies form Iran
Ent. Ber. Amst. 39 (1)
: 10-14
Boisduval, 1832
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères
in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1
: 1-267, pl. 1-5
Butler, [1876]
On a Collection of Butterflies from the New Hebrides and Loyalty Islands with Descriptions of new Species
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875 (4)
: 610-619, pl. 67
Butler, 1880
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Candahar
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880 (3)
: 403-415, pl. 39
Butler, 1881
On a collection of Lepidoptera from western India, Beloochistan, and Afghanistan
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 (3)
: 602-624
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera
Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn)
: 1-595, pl. 1-69
[BAUR]; D'Abrera, 1977
Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
Butts. Aust. Region: 1-416
de Nicéville, 1885
List of the butterflies of Calcutta and its neighbourhood, with notes on habits, foodplants, etc
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 54 Pt.II (2)
: 39-54
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3)
: 556-627, pl. 31-34
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
Evans, [1925]
The identification of Indian Butterflies (5-8)
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30
(1): 72-96, pl. 21-24,
(2): 322-351, pl. 26-27,
(3): 610-639, pl. 28,
(4): 726-776, pl. 29
C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
de Freina, 2014
Zoogeographische, ökologische und taxonomische Studie zu den Zwillingsarten Chilades trochylus Freyer, 1845 und Chilades putli Kollar, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae, Polyommatini)
Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo NF 34 (4)
: 145-160
Fruhstorfer, 1897
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem malayischen Archipel
Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (1/2)
: 113-118 (mid November)
Fruhstorfer, 1915
Neue Formen der Gattung Luthrodes und Uebersicht der bekannten Rassen auf Grund morphologischer Untersuchungen
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 29
(1): 47-48 (10 May, 1915),
(2/3): 49-50 (1 October, 1915)
Fruhstorfer, 1916
Neue Lycaeniden des Leidener Museums
Zool. Meded. 2 (11)
: 90-95, f. 1-5 (30 August)
Grose-Smith, 1895
Descriptions of new species of butterflies, captured by Mr. Doherty in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and now in the Museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring
Novit. Zool. 2
(2): 75-85,
(4): 505-514
Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Le Pamir et sa faune lépidoptérologique
in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4
: 1-576, pl. A,1-21
Guérin-Méneville, [1831]
Crustacés, arachnides et insectes. 319pp, 22pls [lepidoptera 271-286]
Voyage Coquille, 2 (2)
: pl. 13-17 (1830),
: pl. 14bis (1831),
: pl. 18-19 (1831),
: 271-286, 316-319 [index?] (1838)
Holland, 1900
The Lepidoptera of Buru. (1) Rhopalocera, (2) Heterocera
Novit. Zool. 7
(1): 54-86,
(3): 555-591
Holloway & Peters, 1976
The butterflies of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
J. Nat. Hist. 10
: 273-318
Horsfield, [1829]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species
Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy
(1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828),
(2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-4] (1829)
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian)
Eversmannia Suppl. 2
: 1-123
Lederer, 1855
Beitrag zu einer Schmetterlingsfauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theil Kleinasiens
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5
: 177-234, pl. 1-5
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist
in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar
: 762-793
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 1
(1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880),
(2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881),
(3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881),
(4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Morishita & Siong, 1973
On _Chilades kiamurae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) found in north Borneo
Kontyû 41 (3)
: 280-285
Nekrutenko, 1984
[The Blue Butterflies of the USSR Fauna, Assigned to the Genus Chilades (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)]
Vestn. zool. 1984 (3)
: 29-40 (in russian)
Ribbe, 1926
Neue Lycaenenformen hauptsächlich von Celebes
Ent. Mitt. 15 (1)
: 78-91
Semper, 1890
Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen
Reisen Philipp.
(1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886),
(2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887),
(3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888),
(4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889),
(5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890),
(6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891),
(7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892),
: 381-728
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1)
: 145-156
Swinhoe, 1885
On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. Part I-IV
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885
: 124-148, pl. 9 (I. Rhopalocera),
: 287-307, pl. 20-21 (II. Heterocera),
: 447-476, pl. 27-28 (III. Heterocera),
: 852-886, pl. 56-57 (IV. Heterocera)
Talavera, Lukhtanov, Pierce & Vila, 2013
Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Cladistics 29
: 166-192
[BRU2]; Tuzov, Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000
Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories: Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae
Butts. Russia adj. terr. 2
: 1-580
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda
Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16
Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881
List of Diurnal Lepidoptera from Port Blair, Andaman Islands
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4)
: 223-243, pl. 13
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)
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