[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
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Some related literature:
Butler, 1894
On two collection of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893
: 643-684, pl. 60 (1894)
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
Hewitson, 1878
Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4)
: 340-348
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
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lindsey & Miller, 1965
Superfamily Hesperoidea. in Fox, The Butteflies of Liberia
Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19
: 1-438
Plötz, 1879
Verzeichniss de vom verstobenen Prof. Dr. R. Bucholtz in West-Africa -- beim Meerbusen von Guinea -- gesammelten Hesperien
Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9)
: 353-364
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