prev	next	Scientific names	Finnish names	English names
All	Pteroteinon	Gamia	Chondrolepis	(chondrolepis)	Snow Horned Skippers
Goto:

Chondrolepis Mabille, 1904

Snow Horned Skippers
Chondrolepis Mabille, 1904; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (C): 170, TS: Pamphila murga Mabille
Chondrolepis (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 423]; [AfrL]

7 spp.

Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936

Kenya. See [About maps] Chondrolepis cynthia Evans, 1936; Bull. Soc. Lep. Geneve 7: 185
Chondrolepis cynthia ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 56 (text)]; [AfrL]

Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)

E.Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Legge's Snow Horned Skipper
Chioneigia leggei Heron, 1909; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 19 : 173
Chondrolepis leggei ; [BK: 424, pl. 62, f. 833]; [AfrL]

Larva on Setaria [BK]

Chondrolepis nero Evans, 1937

Cameroons. See [About maps] Chondrolepis nero Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 140
Chondrolepis nero ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 56 (text)]; [AfrL]

Chondrolepis niveicornis (Plötz, 1883)

Cameroun - Ethiopia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Kenya. See [About maps] Snow Horned Skipper
Hesperia niveicornis Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 33
Pamphila murga Mabille, 1890; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 : 31
Chondrolpeis niveicornis ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 56]
Chondrolepis niveicornis ; [BK: 424, pl. 62, f. 831]; [AfrL]

Larva on Imperata [BK]

C. n. niveicornis

Chondrolepis niveicornis niveicornis ; [AfrL]

C. n. pseudonero Berger, 1984

Chondrolepis niveicornis pseudonero ; [AfrL]

Chondrolepis telisignata (Butler, 1896)

E.Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi. See [About maps] Perichares telisignata Butler, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 133
Chondrolepis telisignata ; [BK: 424, pl. 62, f. 832]; [AfrL]

Larva on Setaria [BK]

23.5.2007 (7)

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); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BK]

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

[BOW]

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

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:

Butler, 1896

On a collection of Butterflies obtained by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-land, between the months of January and April 1895b Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 108-136, pl. 6

Evans, 1937

A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 1-212, pl. 1-30

Heron, 1909

Ruwenzori Expedition Reports. 12. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 19 : 141-178, pl. 5

Mabille, 1890

Voyage de M. Ch. Allaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Lépidoptéres avec des notes sur quelques autres espéces d'Afrique Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 10 : 17-51, 2pls

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, 1883

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.