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Caenides Holland, 1896

Caenides Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 85, TS: Hesperia dacela Hewitson
Leona Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 7, 153, TS: Hesperia leonora Plötz
Leona (Hesperiinae) ; [AfrL]
Caenides (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 427]; [AfrL]

Caenides allyni Miller, 1971

Congo. See [About maps] Caenides allyni Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 8, TL: Belgian Congo, Katanga, Kafakumba
Leona allyni ; [AfrL]

Caenides halma (Evans, 1937)

Kenya, Uganda, W.Tanzania. See [About maps] Leona halma Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 155
Caenides halma ; [BK: 428, pl. 63, f. 842]
Leona halma ; [AfrL]

Caenides leonora (Plötz, 1879)

Ghana - Congo. See [About maps] Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 355
Proteides xanthargyra Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxii

= ; [NHM]

Caenides leonora ;
Leona leonora ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 40]; [AfrL]

C. l. leonora

Leona leonora leonora ; [AfrL]

C. l. dux (Evans, 1937)

Leona leonora dux ; [AfrL]

Caenides luehderi (Plötz, 1879)

-. See [About maps] Plastingia luehderi Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 357
?Caenides alenicola Strand, 1912; Archiv Naturg. 78 A (9): 56
Caenides umbrina Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 275, pl. 22, f. 45, 47

= ; [NHM]

Leona luehderi ; ; [AfrL]

C. l. luehderi

Senegal - Cameroun Caenides luehderi luehderi ; [BK, 428 (note)]
Leona luehderi leuhderi ; [AfrL]

C. l. laura (Evans, 1937)

Kenya, Uganda luehderi laura (Evans, 1937) (Leona); Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 156
Caenides luehderi laura ; [BK: 428, pl. 63, f. 843]
Leona luehderi laura ; [AfrL]

Caenides lissa (Evans, 1937)

Uganda. See [About maps] Leona lissa Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 154, 157
Caenides lissa ;
Leona lissa ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 41 (text)]; [AfrL]

C. l. lissa

Cameroun Caenides lissa lissa ; [BK, 428 (note)]
Leona lissa lissa ; [AfrL]

C. l. lima (Evans, 1937)

Kenya, Uganda Caenides lissa lima ; [BK: 428, pl. 63, f. 844]
Leona lissa lima ; [AfrL]

Caenides meloui Riley, 1926

Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Coenides[sic] meloui Riley, 1926; Novit. Zool. 33 (1) : 50, TL: Bingerville, Ivory Coast
Leona meloui ; [AfrL]

Caenides na Lindsey & Miller, 1965

Liberia. See [About maps] Caenides na Lindsey & Miller, 1965; Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19 : 127
Leona na ; [AfrL]

Caenides stoehri (Karsch, 1893)

Ghana - Cameroons. See [About maps] Pamphila stoehri Karsch, 1893
Pamphila stöhri Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 252
Caenides stoehri ; Miller, 1971, Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 8
Leona stohri ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 41]
Leona stoehri ; [AfrL]

Caenides benga (Holland, 1891)

Cameroons. See [About maps] Caenides benga ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 33]; [AfrL]

Caenides dacena (Hewitson, 1876)

Sierra Leone - Gaboon. See [About maps] Hesperia dacena Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 453
Caneides dacena ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 34]
Caenides dacena ; [AfrL]

Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896

Cameroons, Congo. See [About maps] Caenides hidaroides Aurivillius, 1896; Ent. Tidskr. 17 : 289
Caenides artopta Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 377, pl. 35, f. 13, TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State

= ; [NHM]

Caenides hidarioides[sic, recte hidaroides] ; [BOW: pl. 128, f 35]
Caenides hidaroides ; [AfrL]

Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)

Senegal - Gaboon. See [About maps] Hesperia soritia Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 453
Caenides soritia Hewitson; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 36]
Caenides soritia ; [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

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BK]

Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[FLNHM]

Florida Museum of Natural History ; Bulletin of the Allyn Museum

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1896

Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun Ent. Tidskr. 17: : 279-292

Aurivillius, 1925

Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80

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

Hewitson, 1876

Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 449-457

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

Karsch, 1893

Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). 1. Abtheilung: Apterygota, Odonata, Orthoptera Saltatoria,Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 1-266, pl. 1-6

Lindsey & Miller, 1965

Superfamily Hesperoidea. in Fox, The Butteflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438

Mabille, 1891

Description d'Hespérides nouvelles Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii,[59-88], (17): cvi-cxxi,[106-121], (18): clxviii-clxxxvii,[168-187]

Miller, 1971

Descriptions of new species and notes on other Hesperiidae of Africa Bull. Allyn Mus. 2

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. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 219-294, pl. 17-24

Riley, 1926

List of Hesperiidae in the Tring Museum collected on the Ivory Coast by G. Melou Novit. Zool. 33 (1) : 49-52

Strand, 1912

Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition de Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kameroun und Spanish-Guinea Archiv Naturg. 78 A (9): 30-84, 92-111

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