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Parosmodes Holland, 1896

Parosmodes Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 45, TS: Pamphila morantii Trimen
Parosmodes (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 419]; [AfrL]

Parosmodes morantii (Trimen, 1873)

Natal, Swaziland, Moçambique, Botswana, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Morant's Skipper
Pamphila morantii Trimen, 1873; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 122, TL: Natal
Pamphila ranoha Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabeland: 353
Pamphila icteritia Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): 180
Parosmodes morantii ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 3]; [BK: 419, pl. 61, f. 819]; [AfrL]

Larva on Combretum queinzii, Bridelia micrantha [PBSA], Combretum, Quisqualis, Terminalis, Bridelia [BK]

P. m. morantii

Parosmodes morantii morantii ; [BK, 420]; [AfrL]

P. m. axis Evans, 1937

W.Kenya - Ghana Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 114
Parosmodes morantii axis ; [BK, 420]; [AfrL]

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References:

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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

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Evans, 1937

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

Evans, 1955

Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8 : 881-885

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

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]

Trimen, 1873

On some new species of Butterflies discovered in Extra-Tropical Southern Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 101-124, pl. 1

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