Meza

Meza Hemming, 1939

Meza Hemming, 1939; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 8 (3): 39; TS: Hesperia meza Hewitson
Gastrochaeta Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (1): 28 (preocc. Gastrochaeta Dujardin, 1841); TS: Gastrochaeta mabillei Holland
Gastrochaeta Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 37 (preocc. Gastrochaeta Dujardin, 1841); TS: Gastrochaeta mabillei Holland

Gastrochaeta; [NHM-BMW]
Meza; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Meza (Hesperiinae); [AfrL]

Meza banda (Evans, 1937)

Meza banda; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza cybeutes (Holland, 1894)

Cameroons, Congo. See [maps]

Gastrochaeta cybeutes Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (3): 94

Meza cybeutes; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 54; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. c. cybeutes

Meza cybeutes cybeutes; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. c. pallida (Evans, 1937)

Meza cybeutes pallida; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. c. volta Miller, 1971 Ghana

Meza cybeutes volta Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 7; TL: Ghana, Likpe

Meza cybeutes volta; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza elba (Evans, 1937)

Meza elba; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza gardineri Collins & Larsen, 2008

Zambia. See [maps]

Meza gardineri Collins & Larsen, 2008; Metamorphosis 19 (2): 94; TL: Zambia, NW Province, Ikelenge (11°15S 24°16E)

Meza gardineri; [iNaturalist]

Meza indusiata (Mabille, 1891)

Cameroons. See [maps]

Hypoleucis indusiata Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxiii; TL: Victori
Acleros kasai Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 410, pl. 67, f. 5; TL: Upper Kasai District, Congo Free State

Meza indusiata; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 57; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza larea (Neave, 1910)

Nyasaland. See [maps]

Meza larea; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 56 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza leucophaea (Holland, 1894)

Parnara leucophaea Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (3): 93; TL: Valley of Ogové

Meza leucophaea; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

M. l. leucophaea

Meza leucophaea leucophaea; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

M. l. bassa Lindsey & Miller, 1965

Meza leucophaea bassa; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza mabea (Holland, 1894)

Parnara mabea Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (3): 92

Meza mabea; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza mabillei (Holland, 1894)

Cameroons. See [maps]

Gastrochaeta mabillei Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (1): 28

Meza mabillei; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 55; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Meza meza (Hewitson, 1877)

Togo - Angola. See [maps]

Hesperia meza Hewitson, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109): 79

Meza meza; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 56; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

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
[FLMNH] Florida Museum of Natural History
Bulletin of the Allyn Museum
[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:

Collins & Larsen, 2008
Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies - Fourth ABRI research paper Metamorphosis 19 (2) : 42-113
Druce, 1909
On some New and Little-known Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 406-413, pl. 67
Hemming, 1939
On five genera in the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera at present without valid names Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 8 (3) : 39
Hewitson, 1877
Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109) : 76-85
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
Miller, 1971
Descriptions of new species and notes on other Hesperiidae of Africa Bull. Allyn Mus. 2

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