Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Hesperioidea
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
- Sarangesa Moore, [1881]
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Small Flats, Elfins
Sarangesa (Hesperiidae)Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 176, TS: Sarangesa albicilia Moore
Sape Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lxvii [67], TS: Sape lucidella Mabille
Tabrena Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 10, TS: Sarangesa aurimargo Holland
Sarangesa (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 397]; [AfrL]
Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Sarangesa astrigera Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 669, TL: Zomba
Sarangesa astrigera ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 29]; [AfrL]
Ghana - Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Sarangesa bouvieri ; [BK: 399, pl. 58, f. 754]; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Uganda, Kenya. See [About maps]
Antigonus brigida Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 361
Sarangesa aurimargo Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 10, pl. 4, f. 8
Sarangesa brigida ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa brigida brigida ; [AfrL]
Kenya, Uganda
Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 48
Sarangesa brigida atra ; [BK: 399, pl. 58, f. 755]; [AfrL]
Sarangesa brigida sanaga ; [AfrL]
South West Africa. See [About maps]
Sarangesa gaerdesi Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 55
Sarangesa gaerdesi ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Petalidium latifolium [PBSA]
Sarangesa gaerdesi gaerdesi ; [AfrL]
South West Africa
gaerdesi smithae Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13) : 122
Sarangesa gaerdesi smithae ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Petalidium variabile
Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, E.Zaire, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Sarangesa haplopa Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119) : 431, TL: E. Ruwenzori, 7000'
Sarangesa haplopa ; [BK: 398, pl. 58, f. 751]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Justicia [BK]
W.Africa - W.Kenya, Zimbabwe. See [About maps]
Sarangesa tristis Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 269
Sarangesa laelius ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 32]; [BK: 397, pl. 58, f. 746]; [AfrL]
Rhodesia - Kenya, Sudan. See [About maps]
Marbled Elfin
Sape lucidella Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lxvii [67]
Sarangesa ganyi Bethune-Baker, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 109
Sarangesa lucidella ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 33 (text)]; [AfrL]
Sarangesa lucidella lucidella ; [BK: 397, pl. 58, f. 747]; [AfrL]
Sarangesa lucidella helena ; [AfrL]
Zaire. See [About maps]
Sarangesa lunula Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 375, pl. 34, f. 10, TL: Upper Kasai distr., Congo Free State
Sarangesa lunula ; [AfrL]
Nigeria - Kenya - Mozambique. See [About maps]
Sarangesa maculata ; [BK: 399, pl. 58, f. 752]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Sarangesa majorella ; [AfrL]
Ghana, Abyssinia
majorella exprompta Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5 (1) : 26
Sarangesa exprompta ; [BOW: pl. 130, pl. 30]
Sarangesa majorella exprompta ;
Sarangesa maxima Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 70
Sarangesa maxima ; [AfrL]
Angola - Cape - Natal - to (Rhodesia, Botswana) - Kenya, Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Elfin Skipper
Pterygospidea motozi Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 53
Sarangesa motozi ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 33]; [BK: 398, pl. 58, f. 750]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Peristrophe hensii [PBSA],
Barleria,
Justicia,
Peristrophe [BK]
W.Africa. See [About maps]
Sarangesa motozioides Holland, 1892; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 288, TL: Valley of the Ogové
Sarangesa motozioides ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Sarangesa pandaensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 101, pl. 16, f. 97, TL: Panda River, Lufira Valley
Sarangesa pandaensis ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 29 (text)]; [AfrL]
Sarangesa pandaensis pandaensis ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa pandaensis deningi ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa penningtoni ; [AfrL]
Botswana, South West Africa, S.Arabia, Sudan. See [About maps]
Orange Flat
Small Elfin
Cyclopides phidyle Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 56
eliminata Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 9
Sarangesa eliminata ; [BOW: pl. 130, pl. 32 (text)]
Sarangesa phidyle ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 34]; [BK: 398, pl. 58, f. 748]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Peristrophe hensii [PBSA],
Barleria,
Peristrophe [BK]
Kenya, Tanzania. See [About maps]
Sarangesa princei Karsch, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (24) : 373, TL: Kenya?, Janke Janka
Sarangesa princei ; [BK: 397, pl. 58, f. 745]; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Transvaal. See [About maps]
Sarangesa ruona Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 45
Sarangesa ruona ; [AfrL]
Natal, Transvaal, Botswana, Rhodesia - Kenya, Zaire. See [About maps]
Dusted Elfin
Sarangesa seineri Strand, 1909; Archiv Naturg. 75 (1) : 383
Saranges seineri ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 35]
Sarangesa seineri ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa seineri seineri ; [BK: 398, pl. 58, f. 749]; [AfrL]
Natal
Sarangesa seineri durbana ; [AfrL]
Moçambique, Rhodesia, South West Africa
Liberia - Gabon. See [About maps]
Hesperia tertullianus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 341
Pterygospidea grisea Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 344, TL: Gaboon
Sarangesa grisea ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 31]
Sarangesa tertullianus ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Uganda, W.Kenya?. See [About maps]
thecla (Plötz, 1879) (Antigonus); Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (7-9) : 361
Sarangesa thecla ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa thecla thecla ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa thecla mabira ; [BK: 399, pl. 58, f. 753]; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Sarangesa tricerata ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 36]; [AfrL]
Sarangesa tricerata tricerata ; [AfrL]
Sarangesa tricerata compacta ; [AfrL]
Ceylon, S.India - Bombay - Madhya Pradesh, Kangra - Assam, Burma, Lucknow. See [About maps]
Common Small Flat
Sarangesa dasahara Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 787, TL: Bengal
?Nisoniades dasahara Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 787, TL: Bengal
Sarangesa dasahara dasahara, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Sarangesa dasahara ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 38]; [MRS, 711]
NW.Himalaya - Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, S.Yunnan
Hesperia philippus Mabille, 1883; REF#: lxxvi, TL: "Brazil"
Sarangesa dasahara dasahara ; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965, Tyô to Ga 15 (4) : 84, f. 25-26; [BMP: 341, pl. 53, f. 12]; Huang & Xue, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 145 (name)
Sarangesa albicilia Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 176, pl. 68, f. 5, 5a
N.Kanara - Sind, Madhya Pradesh, Kangra - Kumaon. See [About maps]
Spotted Small Flat
Sarangesa purendra Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 262
Pyrgus? purendra Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 250 (nom. nud.?)
Sarangesa purendra ; [BIR, 464]
Kutch
Tiny Flat
Sarangesa sati de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 391, pl. G, f. 37, TL: Kutch; Rajputana
= ?Sarangesa purendra ;
sati ; [BIR, 464]
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Sarangesa helmi Karsch, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (24) : 373
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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); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
- [BIR]
- Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
- [BK]
- Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
- [BMP]
- Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
- [BOW]
- Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- [CiNii]
- http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
- [MRS]
- Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
- [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
- [Yutaka Inayoshi]
- A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
- Some related literature:
- Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Descriptions of some new African Butterflies
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97)
: 104-110
- Butler, 1894
- 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)
- de Nicéville, 1891
- On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3)
: 341-398, pl. F-G
- Druce, 1910
- Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1)
: 356-378, pl. 33-35
- Evans, 1937
- A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum
Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.
: 1-212, pl. 1-30
- Evans, 1949
- A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum
Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 1-502, pl. 1-53
- Hewitson, 1878
- Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4)
: 340-348
- Holland, 1892
- Descriptions of some new Species of African Lepidoptera
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58)
: 284-294
- Holland, 1894
- African Hesperiidae
Ent. News 5 (1)
: 26-31, pl. 1
- 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
- Huang & Xue, 2004
- A Contribution to the Butterfly Fauna of Southern Yunnan
Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 135-154, pl. 11
- Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965
- Hesperiid butterflies from South Vietnam (2)
Tyô to Ga 15 (4)
: 84-105
- Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera
Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1)
: 44-118, pl. 5-16
- Karsch, 1896
- Aethiepische Hesperiiden
Ent. Nachr. 22 (24)
: 372-378
- 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]
- Moore, [1858]
- A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company
in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1:
: 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
- Moore, [1866]
- On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3)
: 755-823, pl. 41-43
- Moore, [1881]
- The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 1
(1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880),
(2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881),
(3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881),
(4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
- Moore, 1882
- List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra Discrict, N.W Hiamalaya; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1)
: 234-263, pl. 11-12
- Neave, 1910
- Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910
: 2-86, pl. 1-3
- 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
- Rebel, 1914
- Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera
Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28
: 219-294, pl. 17-24
- Strand, 1909
- Schmetterlinge aus dem Sambesi-Gebiet, gesammelt und dem Berliner Museum geschenkt von Herrn Franz Seiner
Archiv Naturg. 75 (1)
: 375-386
- Swinhoe, 1907
- New Species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119)
: 430-436
- Vári, 1976
- South African Lepidoptera 7. Descriptions and notes of new taxa of Rhopalocera
Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13)
: 121-144, 5pls
- Walker, 1870
- A list of the Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science
Entomologist 5
(76): 48-57,
(80-81): 123-134,
(82): 151-155
- Wallengren, 1857
- Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade ĺren 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
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