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Gorgyra Holland, 1896

Gorgyra Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 31, TS: Apaustus aburae Plötz
Gyrogra Lindsey & Miller, 1965; Mem. Am. ent. Soc. 19 : 84, TS: Parnara subnotata Holland
Gyrogra (Hesperiinae) ; [AfrL]
Gorgyra (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 414]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra aburae (Plötz, 1879)

Ghana - Gaboon. See [About maps] Apaustus aburae Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 359
Gorgyra aburae ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 20]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909

Cameroons, Gabon. See [About maps] Gorgyra afikpo Druce, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 411, pl. 67, f. 6, TL: Afikpo, N.Nigeria
Gorgyra afikpo ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 21]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra aretina (Hewitson, 1878)

W.Africa - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Ceratrichia aretina Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 343, TL: Calabar
Gorgyra aretina ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 22]; [BK: 414, pl. 60, f. 801]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra bibulus Riley, 1929

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria. See [About maps] Gorgyra bibulus ; [BK: 415, pl. 61, f. 805]; [AfrL]

Larva on Drypetes [BK]

Gorgyra diva Evans, 1937

coast inland to Usambara Mts. (Kenya, Tanzania). See [About maps] Gorgyra diva ; [BK: 415, pl. 61, f. 802]; [AfrL]

Larva on Brysocarpus [BK]

Gorgyra johnstoni (Butler, 1893)

from (Mozambique, Zimbabwe) - to (Zaire, Kenya). See [About maps] Aeromachus? johnstoni Butler, 1893; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 673
Gorgyra johnstoni ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 23]; [BK: 415, pl. 61, f. 804]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra minima Holland, 1896

W.Africa - Congo, W.Tanzanina, Uganda, Kenya. See [About maps] Gorgyra minima ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 23 (text)]; [BK: 415, pl. 61, f. 803]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra mocquerysii Holland, 1896

W.Africa - Uganda. See [About maps] Gorgyra mocquerysii ; [BK: 499]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra rubescens Holland, 1896

Cameroons. See [About maps] Gorgyra rubescens ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 24]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra subfacatus (Mabille, 1890)

Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Gorgyra subfacatus ; [AfrL]; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 25 (text)]

Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896

Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Gorgyra subflavidus Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 34
Gorgyra subflavida ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 22 (text)]
Gorgyra subflavidus ; [BK: 414, pl. 60, f. 800]; [AfrL]

Gorgyra subnotata (Holland, 1894)

W.Africa. See [About maps] Parnara(?) subnotata Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (3) : 94
Gorgyra subnotata ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 25]
Gyrogra subnotata ; [AfrL]

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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); 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

Some related literature:

Butler, 1893

On two collection of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C.B., from British Central Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 643-684, pl. 60 (1894)

Druce, 1909

On some New and Little-known Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 : 406-413, pl. 67

Hewitson, 1878

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

Holland, 1894

Some new and little-known African Hesperiidae Ent. News 5 (3) : 89-95, pl. 3

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

Lindsey & Miller, 1965

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

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

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