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Fresna Evans, 1937

Acraea Skippers
Fresna Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 164, TS: Hesperia netopha Hewitson
Fresna (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 429]; [AfrL]

Fresna cojo (Karsch, 1893)

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya. See [About maps] Fresna cojo ; [BK: 430, pl. 63, f. 850]; [AfrL]

Fresna maesseni Miller, 1971

Ghana. See [About maps] Fresna maesseni Miller, 1971; Bull. Allyn Mus. 2: 9, TL: Ghana, Likpe
Fresna maesseni ; [AfrL]

Fresna netopha (Hewitson, 1878)

from (Sierra Leone - Angola) - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Yellow Acraea Skipper
Hesperia netopha Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 345, TL: West Africa
Fresna netopha ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 12]; [BK: 430, pl. 63, f. 848]; [AfrL]

Larva on Paullinia [BK]

Fresna nyassae (Hewitson, 1878)

from (Ghana - Kenya) - S.Africa. See [About maps] Variegated Acraea Skipper
Hesperia nyassae Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 345, TL: Nyassa
Parnara nyassae ennuari Riley, 1921; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921: 257
Fresna nyassae ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 13]; [BK: 430, pl. 63, f. 849]; [AfrL]

Larva on Albizia [BK]

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References:

[About maps]

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[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

[FLNHM]

Florida Museum of Natural History ; Bulletin of the Allyn Museum

Some related literature:

Evans, 1937

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

Hewitson, 1878

Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 340-348

Miller, 1971

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

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