[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
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Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5)
: 1-561, pl. 1-6
Aurivillius, 1916
Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Zool. Ark. 10 (14)
: 1-6
Bethune-Baker, 1924
Descriptions of new African Rhopalocera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 14
: 130-135
Boisduval, [1836]
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1
: 1-690, pl. 1-24
Butler, 1874
Descriptions of three new species and a new genus of Diurnal Lepidoptera, from the collection of Andrew Swanzy, Esq.
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4)
: 531-533, pl. 11
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Dewitz, 1879
Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge
Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2)
: 173-210, [1-38], pl. 25-26, [1-2]
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
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia
Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19
: 1-438
Heath, 1997
A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Metamorphosis Occ. Suppl. 2
: 1-60
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
Schultze, 1908
Drei neue Tagfalter aus Kamerun
Soc. Ent. 23 (17)
: 130-131
Stempffer, 1956
Contribution à l'étude des Lépidoptères Lycaenidae l'Afrique Equatoriale
Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge (8) 49
: 1-54
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
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