[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:
Boisduval, 1833
[Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice]
Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2)
: 149-270
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres
Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.
: 1-122, pl. 1-16
Boisduval, 1847
Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844
in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2
: 585-614
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Henning, 1992
Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 1. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Metamorphosis 3 (3)
: 100-114
Henning, 1993
Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Metamorphosis 4
(1): 5-18,
(2): 53-68
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist
in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar
: 762-793
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Silva-Brandão, Wahlberg, Francini, Azeredo-Espin, Brown, Paluch, Lees & Freitas, 2008
Phylogenetic relationships of butterflies of the tribe Acraeini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) and the evolution of host plant use
Mol. Phyl. Evol. 46 (2): 515-531
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Trimen, 1887
South-African Butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2
South-African Butts 2
: 1-242, pl. 7-9
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