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Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Hesperioidea
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
- Eretis Mabille, 1891
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Elfs, Small Flats
Eretis Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): 71, TS: Eretis melania Mabille
Erites ; Watson, 1893, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 48 (missp.)
Eretis (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 395]; [AfrL]
Somalia - S.Africa - Angola, Abyssinia. See [About maps]
Pterygospidea djaelaelae Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 54
Eretis djaelaelae ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 9]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Phaulopsis imbricata,
Chaetacanthus setiger,
Dyschoriste sp.,
Justicia sp. [PBSA]
-. See [About maps]
Eretis herewardi ; [AfrL]
Eretis rotundimacula herewardi ; [BK: 396]
Eretis herewardi herewardi ; [AfrL]
Angola - W.Kenya
?Eretis rotundimacula ?Mabille & Boullet, 1916
Eretis herewardi rotundimacula ; [AfrL]
Moçambique, Rhodesia, Guinea - Angola, Tanzania, Kenya, S.Sudan. See [About maps]
Eretis melania Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): 71
Sarangesa perpaupera Holland, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 288, TL: Valle of the Ogové
Eretis melania ; [BK: 396, pl. 58, f. 742]; [AfrL]
W.Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps]
Eretis mitiana ; [BK: 396, pl. 58, f. 743]; [AfrL]
Eretis plistonicus ; [AfrL]
South Africa - E.Africa, Uganda. See [About maps]
Nisoniades umbra Trimen, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 (3) : 289
Eretis umbra ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Chaetacanthus setiger [PBSA],
Phaulopsis,
Dyschoriste,
Chaetacanthus,
Justicia,
Asystasia [BK]
Eretis umbra umbra ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Moçambique
Eretis umbra nox Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 71
Eretis umbra nox ; [AfrL]
Eretis umbra maculifera ; [BK: 395, pl. 58, f. 739]; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Eretis vaga ; [BK: 397, pl. 58, f. 744]; [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); 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
- [PBSA]
- Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
- Some related literature:
- Holland, 1892
- Descriptions of some new Species of African Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58)
: 284-294
- 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]
- Neave, 1910
- Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 2-86, pl. 1-3
- Trimen, 1862
- On some New Species of South African Butterflies
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 (3)
: 279-291
- Wallengren, 1857
- Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4)
: 1-55
- Watson, 1893
- A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1)
: 3-133, pl. 1-3
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Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.
Sierra Leone - Tanzania, Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Eretis lugens ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 10]; [BK: 396, pl. 58, f. 741]; [AfrL]