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Megalopalpus Röber, 1886
Megalopalpus Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 51, TS: Megalopalpus simplex Röber
Megalopalpus (Miletini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 427; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 84
Megalopalpus (Miletina) ; [AfrL]
Megalopalpus angulosus Grünberg, 1910
Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire. See [About maps] Megalopalpus angulosus Grünberg, 1910; S.B. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 10: 478, TL: Equatorial Guinea, Makomo and Acu
Megalopalpus angulosus ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85; [BAFR, 469]; [AfrL]
Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893
Liberia, Ivory Coast - Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Megalopalpus metaleucus Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 217, TL: Togo, Bismarckburg
Megalopalpus metaleucus ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85; [BAFR, 470]; [AfrL]
Megalopalpus simplex Röber, 1886
Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Megalopalpus simplex Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 51, pl. 4, f. 4 ♀, TL: Equatorial Africa
Liptena bicoloria Capronnier, 1889; C.R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 33 : cxxi, TL: Zaire, Lopori Shoven
= ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85
Allotinus similis Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 262, TL: Cameroun, Barombi
= ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85
Megalopalpus gigas Bethune-Baker, 1914; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914 : 335, pl. 58, f. 9, 9a, TL: Cameroun/Gabon
= ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85
Melagopalpus simplex ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85
Megalopalpus simplex ; [AfrL]
Megalopalpus zymna (Westwood, [1851])
Fernando Póo, Liberia - Cameroun, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Zimbabwe, S.Sudan. See [About maps] Pentila zymna Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 76, f. 6, TL: Nigeria, Ashanti
Megalopalpus zymna f. pallida Aurivillius, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 362, TL: Uganda, Ruwenzori
= ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85
Pentila symna[sic] ; Hemming, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl.: 280 (missp.)
Megalopalpus zymna ; Eliot, 1986, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 5, 85; [BAFR, 469]; [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
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1922
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
Bethune-Baker, 1914
Notes on the taxonomic value of the genital armature in Lepidoptera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914 : 314-335, pl. 55-65
Capronnier, 1889
Liste des Lépidoptčres capturés au Congo par Messieurs Thys, Legat, Martini et Machado en 1887 C.R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 33 : cxviii-cxxvi [118-126]
Westwood, [1851]
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Eliot, 1986
A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent. ) 53 (1) : 1-105, 108fgs
Grünberg, 1910
Neue westafrikanische Lepidopteren S.B. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 10: 469-480
Hemming, 1967
Generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl.: -
Karsch, 1893
Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). 1. Abtheilung: Apterygota, Odonata, Orthoptera Saltatoria,Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 1-266, pl. 1-6
Kirby, 1890
Descriptions of new Species of African Lycaenidae, chiefly from the Collections of Dr Staudinger and Mr Henley Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 261-274
Röber, 1886
Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 45-72, pl. 2-5

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