[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
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[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
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Some related literature:
Bethune-Baker, 1906
Descriptions of some new African Butterflies
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97)
: 104-110
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)
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera
Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn)
: 1-595, pl. 1-69
de Nicéville, 1891
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3)
: 341-398, pl. F-G
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Druce, 1910
Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1)
: 356-378, pl. 33-35
Evans, 1937
A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum
Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.
: 1-212, pl. 1-30
Evans, 1949
A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum
Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.
: 1-502, pl. 1-53
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
Huang & Xue, 2004
A Contribution to the Butterfly Fauna of Southern Yunnan
Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 135-154, pl. 11
Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965
Hesperiid butterflies from South Vietnam (2)
Tyô to Ga 15 (4)
: 84-105
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
Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company
in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1:
: 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, [1866]
On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3)
: 755-823, pl. 41-43
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 1
(1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880),
(2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881),
(3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881),
(4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Moore, 1882
List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra Discrict, N.W Hiamalaya; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1)
: 234-263, pl. 11-12
Neave, 1910
Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 2-86, pl. 1-3
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
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera
Ann. Mus. Wien. 28
: 219-294, pl. 17-24
Strand, 1909
Schmetterlinge aus dem Sambesi-Gebiet, gesammelt und dem Berliner Museum geschenkt von Herrn Franz Seiner
Archiv Naturg. 75 (1)
: 375-386
Swinhoe, 1907
New Species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119)
: 430-436
Vári, 1976
South African Lepidoptera 7. Descriptions and notes of new taxa of Rhopalocera
Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13)
: 121-144, pl. 13-17
Walker, 1870
A list of the Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science
Entomologist 5
(76): 48-57,
(80-81): 123-134,
(82): 151-155
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4)
: 1-55
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)
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