Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Hesperioidea
Hesperiidae
Hesperiinae
- Andronymus Holland, 1896
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Darts
Andronymus Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 80, TS: Pamphila philander Hopffer
Acromecis Mabille, 1904; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (C): 171, TS: Apaustus neander Plötz
Andronymus (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 423]; [AfrL]
Andronymus bjornstadi ; [AfrL]
Tropical Africa, Zambia. See [About maps]
White Dart
Hesperia caesar Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 340
Andronymus caesar ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Macrolobium,
Blihia,
Deinbollia,
Phialodiscus [BK]
Andronymus caesar caesar ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Moçambique
Pamphila philander Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 643, TL: Mozambique
Andronymus hero philander ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 15]
Andronymys caesar philander ; [BK: 423, pl. 62, f. 830]
Andronymus caesar philander ; [AfrL]
Andronymus evander ; [AfrL]
Congo. See [About maps]
Andronymus fenestrella Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12) : 481, TL: Makala-Beni, Congo Free State
Andronymus fenestrella ; [AfrL]
Andronymus helles ; [AfrL]
Andronymous hero ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 15 (text)]
Andronymus hero ; [AfrL]
Andronymus marcus ; [AfrL]
Andronymus marina ; [AfrL]
Tropical Africa. See [About maps]
Common Dart
Nomad Dart
Apaustus neander Plötz, 1884; Stettin ent. Ztg 45 (4-6) : 154
Andronymus neander ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 14]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Brachystegia [BK]
Andronymus neander neander ; [BK: 423, pl. 62, f. 829]; [AfrL]
Andronymus neander thomasi ; [AfrL]
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- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [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
- [BK]
- Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
- [BOW]
- Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- Some related literature:
- Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo
Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12)
: 469-482
- 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
- Hopffer, 1855
- [Lepidoptera Diurna]
Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855
: 639-643
- Mabille, 1904
- Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae
in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17
(A): 1-78 (1903),
(B): 79-142 (1904),
(C): 143-182 (1904),
(D): 183-210 (1904)
- Plötz, 1884
- Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Apaustus Hbn. und ihre Arten
Stettin ent. Ztg 45 (4-6)
: 151-166
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