[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-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
[maps] Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
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Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1891
Verzeichniss einer vom Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabun und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-sammlung
Ent. Tidskr. 12
: 193-228, pl. 1-3
Aurivillius, 1893
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter
Ent. Tidskr. 14
: 257-292, 4pls
Aurivillius, 1895
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Ent. Tidskr. 16
: 113-120
Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5)
: 1-561, pl. 1-6
Aurivillius, 1900
Verzeichniss einer von dem Herren Missionären E. Laman und W. Sjöholm bei Mukinbungu am unteren Congo zu sammengebrachten Schmetterlings sammlung
Öfvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 57
: 1039-1058
Aurivillius, 1901
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Ent. Tidskr. 22
: 113-128
Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13
: 1-613, pl. 1-80
Aurivillius, 1910
Lepidoptera
in Sjösted, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. 2 (9)
: 1-56, pl. 1-2
Aurivillius, 1910
Schmetterlinge gesammelt in West Africa von Leonard Fea in den jahren 1897-1902
Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova (3) 4 / 44
: 494-530
Aurivillius, 1925
Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta 12. Lepidoptera 1
Arkiv för Zoologi, 17 A (32)
: 1-20
Bartel, 1905
Neue Aethiopische Rhopalocera des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin
Novit. Zool. 12
: 129-152
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo
Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12)
: 469-482
Birket-Smith, 1960
Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons (1949-1950) XXVII. - Lepidoptera
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 22
: 521-554,
: 924-983,
: 1259-1284
Butler, 1868
A catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera of the family Satyridae in the collection of the British Museum
Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus.
: 1-211, pl. 1-5
Butler, 1869
Descriptions of several new Species of Nymphalidian Rhopalocera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 3 (13)
: 17-21, pl. 9
Butler, 1870
On Butterflies recently received by Mr. Swanzy from West Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (1)
: 123-124
Butler, 1876
On a Collection of Lepidoptera recently received from Abyssinia
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108)
: 480-490
Butler, 1876
On a Collection of Lepidoptera recently received from Abyssinia
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18
: 480-490
Butler, 1879
On a Collection of Lepidoptera from the Island of Johanna
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 3 (15)
: 186-192
Butler, 1881
On the Lepidoptera collected in Socotra by I. Bayley Balfour
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881
: 175-180, pl. 18
Butler, [1896]
On Lepidoptera recently collected in British East Africa by Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895
: 722-742, pl. 42-43 (1896)
Aurivillius in Carpenter, 1928
Two collections of butterflies from the S.E. corner of the Sudan
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 76 (1)
: 25-54
Condamin, 1958
Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Mycalesis (Lep Satyridae) (Mission P.L. Dekeyser et B. Holas au Libéria, 1948)
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 20
: 1348-1351
Condamin, 1961
Mises au point de synonymie et descriptions de nouveaux Bicyclus (Lepidoptera Satyridae)
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 23
: 782-799
Condamin, 1963
Mises au point de synonymie et description de nouveau BicyclusBull. I.F.A.N. (A) 25
: 901-911
Condamin, 1963
Mise au point relative à Bicyclus campinus avec description d'une sous-espèce nouvelle
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 25
: 1162-1165
Condamin, 1965
Mises au point et descriptions de nouveaux BicyclusBull. I.F.A.N. (A) 27
: 1095-1110
Condamin, 1965
Mises au point de synonymie et descriptions de nouveaux Bicyclus [Lepidoptera Satyridae] (13e contribution à la taxonomie du genre Bicyclus)
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 27
: 1438-1448
Condamin, 1968
Mises au point de synononymie et descriptions de nouveaux Bicyclus [Lepidoptera Satyridae] (14e contribution à la taxonomie du genre Bicyclus)
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 30
: 599-605
Condamin, 1970
Descriptions de nouveaux Bicyclus [Lepidoptera Satyridae] et mises au point de synonymie (15e contribution à la taxonomie du genre Bicyclus)
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 32
: 1068-1077
Condamin & Fox, 1963
A new subspecies of Bicyclus ignobilis [Lepidoptera Satyridae]
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 25
: 1166-1167
Condamin & Fox, 1964
Le complexe de Bicyclus dorothea [Lepidoptera Satyridae]
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 26
: 624-631
Cramer, [1779]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 3
(17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779),
(22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]),
(23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
Dewitz, 1879
Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge
Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2)
: 173-210, [1-38], pl. 25-26, [1-2]
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Westwood, 1850
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846),
(1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847),
(1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848),
(1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848),
(1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849),
(1): 243-250 [?],
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850),
(2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851),
(2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, 1905
Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson, in Northern Rhodesia, in 1903 and 1904
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1905 (2)
: 251-262, pl. 13
Dufrane, 1945
Lepidopteres du Kivu (3e note)
Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 81
: 90-143
C. & R. Felder, [1867]
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)
Fox, 1963
New African butterflies
Ann. Carnegie Mus. 36
: 213-224
Gaede, 1915
Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologisches Museums
Int. ent. Zs. 9
(7): 38-40,
(13): 71-72,
(13): 73-74,
(15): 79-80, pl. 1,
(20): 105-106,
(21): 109-112,
(24): 125-126
Gaede, 1915
Lepidoptera von Dr. Berger im Uganda-Gebiet gesammelt
Ent. Rundsch. 32
: 50-52
Grose-Smith, 1890
A list of the Butterflies collected by Mr. William Bonny on the Journey with Mr. Stanley from Yambuya on the Aruwimi River through the Great Forest of Central Africa; with Descriptions of nine new Species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1890
: 463-473
Grose-Smith, 1898
Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum
Novit. Zool. 5
: 350-358
Grünberg, 1912
Rhopalocera in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1907-1908
Ergeb. Dt. Z.-Afr. Exped. 3 (Zool. 1)
: 505-560
Guérin-Méneville, [1844]
Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes.
Icon. Règne anim. Cuvier 3 (Insectes)
: pl. 3-12 (1829),
: pl. 13-14,21-24 (1830),
: pl. 25-30,42-46,52-55,60,62,76,24-25,25bis,28bis (1831),
: pl. 77-92,99,84bis (1832),
: pl. 31,36-39,47-49,59,101,39bis (1833),
: pl. 32-35,50,61,64-66,49bis (1834),
: pl. 15-20,40,51,56-58,67-75,93-98 (1835),
: pl. 100,102-104 (1836),
: pl. 1-2,41,63 (1837),
: 1-576 (1844)
Hampson, 1891
Lepidoptera from the Sabaki River, East Africa, with Description of new Specis
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (38)
: 179-184
Herbst, 1796
Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzun der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte
in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 8: 1-304, pl. 181-230
Hewitson, 1862; Hewitson, 1864; Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1866; Hewitson, 1873; Hewitson, 1877
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [4]
: (Systematic Index) IV,
(Clerome): [1-2], pl. [1] (1863),
(Drusilla & Hyantis): [3-4], pl. [2] (1862),
(Dasyophthalma & Thaumantis): [5-6], pl. [3] (1862),
(Morpho I): [7-8], pl. [4] (1856),
(Pavonia I-II): [9-10], pl. [5-6] (1877),
(Opsiphanes): [11-12], pl. [7] (1873),
(Corades): [13-14], pl. [8] (1863),
(Pronophila): [15-16], pl. [9] (1857),
(Pronophila II): [17-18], pl. [10] (1860),
(Pronophila III-IV): [19-22], pl. [11-12] (1868),
(Pronophila V): [23-24], pl. [13] (1871),
(Pronophila VI-VII): [25-28], pl. [14-15] (1872),
(Pronophila VIII-IX): [29-32], pl. [16-17] (1874),
(Debis I): [33-34], pl. [18] (1862),
(Debis II-III): [35-38], pl. [19-20] (1863),
(Haetera): [39-40], pl. [21] (1860),
(Daedalma): [41-42], pl. [22] (1858),
(Euptychia & Ragadia): [43-44], pl. [23] (1862),
(Hypocista): [45-46], pl. [24] (1863),
(Mycalesis I-IV): [47-54], pl. [25-28] (1862),
(Mycalesis V-VI): [55-58], pl. [29-30] (1864),
(Mycalesis VII-VIII): [59-62], pl. [31-32] (1866),
(Mycalesis IX): [63-64], pl. [33] (1873),
(Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65-66], pl. [34] (1877),
(Idiomorphus): [67-68], pl. [35] (1865),
(Melanitis): [69-70], pl. [36] (1863),
(Taxila): [71-72], pl. [37] (1861),
(Taxila II): [73-74], pl. [38] (1862),
(Sospita): [75-76], pl. [39] (1861),
(Sospita II): [77-78], pl. [40] (1862),
(Dodona Sospita): [79-80], pl. [41] (1866),
(Mesosemia I): [81-82], pl. [42] (1857),
(Mesosemia II-III): [83-86], pl. [43-44] (1858),
(Mesosemia IV-VI): [87-92], pl. [45-47] (1859),
(Mesosemia VII-VIII): [93-96], pl. [48-49] (1860),
(Mesosemia IX-X): [97-100], pl. [50-51] (1870),
(Mesosemia XI): [101-102], pl. [52] (1871),
(Mesosemia XII): [103-104], pl. [53] (1873),
(Eurygona I-II): [105-108], pl. [54-55] (1853),
(Eurygona III-IV): [109-112], pl. [56-57] (1855),
(Eurygona V-VII): [113-118], pl. [58-60] (1856),
(Eurygona VIII): [119-120], pl. [61] (1860),
(Eurygona IX): [121-122], pl. [62] (1870),
(Eurygona X): [123-124], pl. [63] (1872)
Hewitson, 1874
A list of Butterflies taken on the March to Coomassie by Lieutenant Alwin S. Bell, of the 2nd West-India Regiment, between Mansu and the River Prah, with Description of new Species
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 13
: 380-383
Hewitson, 1877
Descriptions of new species of RhopaloceraEnt. mon. Mag. 14
: 107-108
Holland, 1920
Lepidoptera of the Congo. Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition Together with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species
Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6)
: 109-369, pl. 6-14
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
Joicey & Talbot, 1924
New forms of African Lepidoptera
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3)
: 539-564
Karsch, 1892
Insekten von Baliburg (Deutch-Westafrika) gesammelt von Herrn Dr. Eugen Zintgraff
Ent. Nachr. 18 (11/12)
: 161-183
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
Karsch, 1894
Einige neue afrikanische Tagfalter aaus den Familien der Nymphaliden, Acraeïden, Danaïdiden und Satyriden
Ent. Nachr. 20 (14/15)
: 209-240
Karsch, 1895
Aethiopische Rhopaloceren. I & II
Ent. Nachr. 21
(18): 275-286,
(19/20): 289-322
Kirby, 1871
A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal Lepidoptera
Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: vii + 690pp
: 1-690
Overlaet, 1954
Trois rhopaloceres africains nouveaux
Ann. Mus. Congo Belge (N.S.) Sci. zool. 1
: 490-493
Overlaet, 1955
Exploration du Parc National d l'Upemba
Miss. de Witte 27
: 1-106
Plötz, 1880
Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge
Stettin ent. Ztg 41
(1-3): 76-88,
(4-6): 189-206,
(7-9): 298-307
Rebel, 1911
Neue Tagfalter aus Zentralafrika
Ann. Mus. Wien. 24
: 409-414, pl. 13-14
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera
Ann. Mus. Wien. 28
: 219-294, pl. 17-24
Riley, 1921
Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Dollman Collection
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921 (1-2)
: 234-259, pl. 4-7
Rogenhofer, 1891
Afrikanische Schmetterlinge des k. k. naturhist. Hofmuseums
Ann. Mus. Wien 6 (3)
: 455-466, pl. 15
Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa
Novit. Zool.10 (3): 491-542,
12: 175-191
Schultze, 1914
Zwei neue Mycalesis-Arten von der Insel Fernando-Poo
Ent. Rundsch. 31 (9)
: 49-50
Sharpe, 1896
Descriptions of Two new Species of Lepidoptera collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in East Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18
: 158-159
Sharpe, 1898
A list of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Arthur H. Neumann, in Neumann, A. H., Elephant Hungting in East Equatorial Africa
in Neumann, Elephant hunt. (App.): ?,438,442
van Son, 1952
Descriptions of new Rhodesian Mycalesis (Lepidoptera-Satyridae)
Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (1)
: 33-35
van Son, 1955
Butterflies of southern Africa. II. Nymphalidae: Danainae and Satyrinae
Transv. Mus. Mem. 8: 1-166, 37pls
van Son, 1963
New African Butterflies - 2
Novos Taxa ent. 29
: 1-11, 1pl
Staudinger, 1887
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)
Strand, 1909
Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ost Afrika gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 22 (2/3)
: 104-121
Strand, 1910
Neue Tagfalter-Formen aus Usambara, gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. J. Vosseler
Soc. Ent. 25 (2)
: 5-6
Strand, 1912
Westafrikanische Lepidoptera de Familien Danaididae, Satyridae, Nymphalididae, Notodontidae und Drepanidae
Archiv Naturg. 77 (Suppl. 4)
: 107-123
Strand, 1913
Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Sud-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera
Archiv Naturg. 79 A (7)
: 138-151
Strand, 1914
Lepidoptera aus Kamerun gesammelt von Herrn Leutnant von Rothkirch un Panthen
Arch. Naturgesch. 80 A (2)
: 139-161
Thurau, 1903
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Ost Afrika. Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See-un Kenya-Gebirgs-Expedition der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung
Berl. ent. Z. 48
: 117-143
Trimen, 1895
On some new species of Butterflies from Tropical and Extra Tropical S. Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2)
: 181-194, pl. 5
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Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Satyrinae
W.Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea. See [maps]
Nigeria, Congo, Uganda. See [maps]
forests (Zaire, Uganda). See [maps]
Cameroun - Angola, Uganda. See [maps]
forests (Togo - Sierra Leone). See [maps]
Kenya, E.Zaire, Uganda (Toro). See [maps]
C.Kenya (highlands), Loita, Mau Hills, N.Tanzania, N.Lake Victoria, S.Sudan. See [maps]
Kenyan Bush Brown
Senegal - W.Kenya, Tanzania (forests), Uganda, Zaire, Gabon, Angola. See [maps]
Senegal - Ethiopia, W.Kenya, Angola. See [maps]
Zululand - Swaziland, E.Transvaal, Rhodesia - Kenya, Uganda. See [maps]
Moçambique, Rhodesia, Zambia, Zimbabwe - Zaire, E.Kenya. See [maps]
S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola. See [maps]
E.Rhodesia. See [maps]
-. See [maps]
W.Africa - W.Kenya, Angola. See [maps]
W.Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire, S.Zaire. See [maps]
Cameroun - Zaire, Angola. See [maps]
Cameroun (Bitje-Ja). See [maps]
Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W.Tanzania, Kenya (montane). See [maps]
Dentate Bush Brown
E.Nigeria - Angola, Zambia, Kenya. See [maps]
Saussure's Bush Brown
-. See [maps]
Rhodesia, Moçambique, Natal, Swaziland - Ethiopia, S.Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire, Comoros, Socotra. See [maps]
Squinting Bush Brown
Africa (savannah, South of Sahara). See [maps]
Common Bush Brown
SW.Tanzania (Mpanda), Zambia, Malawi, N.Rhodesia. See [maps]
N.Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), S.Tanzania, W.Tanzania. See [maps]
Guinea - Kenya, Tanzania (mountainous terrain). See [maps]
Hill Bush Brown
Senegal - Ethiopia, W.Kenya - Mozambique, Zimbabwe. See [maps]
Gambia - Angola, W.Kenya. See [maps]
Ethiopia, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan, N.Uganda - N.Nigeria, Senegal. See [