Melphina

Melphina Evans, 1937

Melphina evansi Berger, 1974

Melphina flavina Lindsey & Miller, 1965

Melphina hulstaerti Berger, 1974

Melphina malthina (Hewitson, 1876)

Sierra Leone - Gabon. See [maps]

malthina (Hewitson, 1876) (Hesperia); Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 457
Pamphila euryspila Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxix; TL: Sierra Leone

Melphina malthina; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 45; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & Larsen, 2005

Melphina maximiliani Belcastro & Larsen, 2005; Butterflies of West Africa: 559

Melphina melphis (Holland, 1894)

Nigeria. See [maps]

Melphina melphis; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 27 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Melphina noctula (Druce, 1909)

Cameroun. See [maps]

Parnara noctula Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 411, pl. 67, f. 7; TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft
Parnara palocampta Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 411, pl. 67, f. 8; TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 3000ft

Melphina statira (Mabille, 1891)

Sierra Leone. See [maps]

Pamphila statira Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxx; TL: Sierra Leone
?Parnara argyrodes Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (3): 93; TL: Valley of Ogové

Melphina statira; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 47; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Melphina statirides (Holland, 1896)

Sierra Leone. See [maps]

Baoris statirides Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 69, pl. 5, f. 6

Melphina tarace (Mabille, 1891)

Uganda, Sierra Leone, Cameroons. See [maps]

Pamphila tarace Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxix; TL: Sierra Leone
?Parnara flavifasciola Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 412, pl. 67, f. 9; TL: Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2000ft

Melphina unistriga (Holland, 1893)

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
[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
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Druce, 1909
On some New and Little-known Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 406-413, pl. 67
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, 1894
African Hesperiidae Ent. News 5 (1) : 26-31, pl. 1
Holland, 1894
Some new and little-known African Hesperiidae Ent. News 5 (3) : 89-95, pl. 3
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
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii