prev	next	Scientific names	Finnish names	English names
All	Phengaris	Lepidochrysops	Euchrysops	(euchrysops)	Cupids
Photo	Maculinea	Polyommatus			Cupids
Goto:

Euchrysops Butler, 1900

Cupids
Euchrysops Butler, 1900; Entomologist 33 : 1, TS: Hesperia cnejus Fabricius
Euchrysops ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 344
Euchrysops (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449; [BK, 243]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 163; [AfrL]

Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, [1923]

Kenya, Tannzania - Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Rhodesia, S.Africa?. See [About maps] Euchrysops subpallida Bethune-Baker, [1923]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 350, pl. 12, f. 15, pl. 14, f. 53, pl. 31, f. 53, TL: Sagalla, B.E.A.; Nyujoro; Nairobi; Tongido; Fort Jamieson, Rhodesia; Hope Fountain, Bulawayo
Euchrysops subpallida var. major Bethune-Baker, [1923]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 351
Euchrysops subpallidus ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 40 (text only)]
Euchrysops subpallida ; [BAFR, 554]; [BK: 243, pl. 25, f. 357]; [AfrL]

Larva on Ocimum?, (eggs laid on flowers) [BK]

Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, [1923]

Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi. See [About maps] Mau Cupid
Euchrysops mauensis Bethune-Baker, [1923]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 352, pl. 12, f. 13, pl. 24, f. 54, pl. 31, f. 54, TL: The Mau Escarpment
Euchrysops mauensis ; [AfrL]

E. m. mauensis

W.Kenya (W of Rift Valley) Euchrysops mauensis mauensis ; [BAFR, 554]; [BK: 244]; [AfrL]
?Euchrysops subpallida mauensis ;

E. m. abyssiniae Storace, 1950

Ethiopia Euchrysops mauensis abyssiniae ; [BAFR, 554]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops katangae Bethune-Baker, [1923]

S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps] Euchrysops katangae Bethune-Baker, [1923]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 354, pl. 12, f. 11, pl. 24, f. 56, 56a, pl. 31, f. 56, 56a, TL: Kambove
Euchrysops katangae ; [BAFR, 554]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops nandensis (Neave, 1904)

Ethiopia, Kenya, N.Tanzania. See [About maps] Catochrysops nandensis Neave, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11 : 340, pl. 1, f. 11
Euchrysops nandensis ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 356, pl. 24, f. 58, pl. 31, f. 58; [BAFR, 554]; [AfrL]
Euchrysops nandensis nandensis ; [BK: 244, pl. 25, f. 359]

Euchrysops albistriata (Capronnier, 1889)

Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. See [About maps] Lycaena albistriata Capronnier, 1889; Bull. Ent. Soc. Belg. 33 : cxxi
Euchrysops albistriata ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 38]; [AfrL]

E. a. albistriata

Cameroun Euchrysops albistriata albistriata ; [BAFR, 554 (text)]; [AfrL]

E. a. greenwoodi D'Abrera, 1980

Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 554, fig., TL: Sierra Leone
Euchrysops albistriata greenwoodi ; [AfrL]

Euchrysops severini Hulstaert, 1924

W.Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia. See [About maps] Euchrysops albistrata severini ; [BAFR, 554]
Euchrysops albistriatus severini ; [BK: 244, pl. 25, f. 360]
Euchrysops severini ; [AfrL]

Euchrysops kabrosae (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

W.Kenya, E.Uganda (endemic). See [About maps] Catochrysops kabrosae Bethune-Baker, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 107
Euchrysops kabrosae ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 357, pl. 12, f. 14, pl. 24, f. 59; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 42]; [BAFR, 555]; [BK: 244, pl. 25, f. 361]; [AfrL]

E. k. kabrosae

Euchrysops kabrosae kabrosae ; [AfrL]

E. k. rosieae Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998

Euchrysops kabrosae rosieae ; [AfrL]

Euchrysops reducta Hulstaert, 1924

-. See [About maps] Euchrysops reducta ; [AfrL]

E. r. reducta

Zaire, C.A.R. Euchrysops reducta reducta ; [BAFR, 555 (text)]

E. r. niveocincta Ungemach˛

Ethiopia Euchrysops reducta niveocincta ; [BAFR, 555 (text)]

Euchrysops malathana (Boisduval, 1833)

south of Sahara, Madagascar, SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Smoky Bean Cupid
Lycaena malathana Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 26, TL: Madagascar
Lycaena asopus Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 642, TL: Mozambique

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 358

Lycana kama Trimen, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 : 403

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 358

Lycaena conguensis Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 218

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 358

Euchrysops malathana ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 358, pl. 25, f. 60, pl. 31, f. 59; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 43]; [BAFR, 555]; [BK: 244, pl. 25, f. 362]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Larva on Sphenostylis angustifolius, Canavalia, Vigna spp., Vigna triloba [PBSA], Medicago, Psidium [BK]

Euchrysops nilotica (Aurivillius, 1904)

Sahel, W.Africa - Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia (subdeserts). See [About maps] Desert Bean Cupid
Euchrysops nilotica ; [AfrL]; [BK: 245]

Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855)

south of Sahara, S.Arabia, Madagascar, Comoro Is.. See [About maps] African Cupid
Lycaena osiris Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 642
Lycaena anubis Snellen, 1872; Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 7 / 15 : 21, pl. 1, f. 6-9

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 360

Lycanea phoa Snellen, 1872; Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 7 / 15 : 22

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 360

Lycaena pyrrhops Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 217

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 360

Catochrysops cuprescens Sharpe, 1898; in Neumann, Elephant hunt. (App.): 442

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 360

Euchrysops osiris ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 359, pl. 25, f. 61, pl. 32, f. 60; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 44]; [BAFR, 555]; [BK: 245, pl. 25, f. 364]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Larva on Rhynchosia totta, Vigna tenuis, V. triloba [PBSA], Becium, Ocimum [BK]

Euchrysops barkeri (Trimen, 1893)

Natal, Transvaal, Zululand, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone - Tanzania. See [About maps] Barker's Cupid
Lycaena barkeri Trimen, 1893; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2) : 129
Lycaena asteris Snellen, 1872; Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 7 / 15 : 18, pl. 1, f. 4-5
Lepidochrysops barkeri ; [BAFR, 557]
Euchrysops barkeri ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 347, pl. 23, f. 51, pl. 30, f. 51; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 39]; [BK: 245, pl. 25, f. 365]; [AfrL]

Larva on Crotalaria, Rhynchosia, Vigna triloba [PBSA], Eriosema, Ocimum, Tecomaria [BK]

Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, [1923]

Kenya, Uganda, S.Ethiopia. See [About maps] Brown Cupid
Euchrysops brunneus Bethune-Baker, [1923]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 361, pl. 25, f. 62, pl. 32, f. 61, TL: Nairobi Distr., B.E.A.
Euchrysops brunneus ; [BAFR, 555]; [BK: 246, pl. 25, f. 366]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops cyclopteris (Butler, 1876)

N.Nigeria, C.A.R., Sudan, Ethiopia. See [About maps] Lampides cyclopteris Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 483
Euchrysops cyclopteris ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 355, pl. 12, f. 10, pl. 24, f. 57, pl. 31, f. 57; [BAFR, 555]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops abyssinica (Aurivillius, 1922)

Ethiopia. See [About maps] ?Euchrysops abyssinia[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 37]
Euchrysops abyssinicus ; [BAFR, 555 (text)]
Euchrysops abyssinica ; [AfrL]

?Euchrysops jacksoni Stempffer, 1952˛

Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda. See [About maps] Euchrysops jacksoni ; [BAFR, 555]

Euchrysops decaryi Stempffer, 1947

Madagascar. See [About maps] Euchrysops decaryi Stempffer, 1947; Revue Fr. Ent. 14: (139-140)
Euchrysops decaryi ; [BAFR, 556]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops lois (Butler, [1886])

Somalia, Arabia. See [About maps] Catochrysops lois Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4) : 762, TL: Somalia
Euchrysops lois ; [BAFR, 556]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops migiurtiniensis Stempffer, 1946

N.Somalia. See [About maps] Euchrysops migiurtiniensis ; [BAFR, 556]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops philbyi Gabriel, 1954

Arabia. See [About maps] Euchrysops philbyi ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 556]

Euchrysops unigemmata (Butler, 1895)

Malawi, Zaire. See [About maps] Euchrysops unigemmata ; [BAFR, 556]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops crawshayi (Butler, 1899)

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, ?Zaire (Kivu). See [About maps] Scolitantides crawshayi Butler, 1899; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1899 : 422, pl. 25, f. 2, 2a
Scotlantiades[sic] subdita Grose-Smith, 1901; in Grose-Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 129, pl. 27, f. 7-8, TL: Nandi

= ; [NHM]

crawshayinus Aurivillius, 1925˛
Cyclyrius crawshayi ;
Harpendyreus crawshayi ;
Scolitantides crawshayi ;
Euchrysops crawshayi ; [AfrL]

Larva on Anchusa, Cynoglossum, (attended by Monomorium ants) [BK]

E. c. crawshayi

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Euchrysops crawshayi crawshayi ; [BAFR, 556]; [BK: 246, pl. 25, f. 367]; [AfrL]

E. c. fontainei Stempffer, 1967

Burundi, Rwanda, E.Zaire, NW.Tanzania Euchrysops crawshayi fontainei ; [BAFR, 556 (text)]; [AfrL]

Euchrysops dolorosa (Trimen, 1887)

S.Africa. See [About maps] Lycaena dolorosa Trimen, 1887; South-African Butts 2 : 41
Euchrysops dolorosa ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 348, pl. 23, f. 52, 52a, pl. 31, f. 52; [AfrL]

?Euchrysops acholi (Bethune-Baker)

Lake Victoria, Nyanza. See [About maps] Euchrysops acholi ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 41 (text only)]

?Euchrysops leucyanea (Hewitson)

Nigeria - Cameroons. See [About maps] Euchrysops leucyanea ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 47]

Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)

India, Ceylon, Burma, Oriental Region, Australia. See [About maps] Gram Blue
Hesperia cnejus Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 430, no. 100-101, TL: Tranquebar, S.India
Lycaena pandia Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 418, TL: Kashmir

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 344

Lycaena patala Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 419, TL: Kashmir

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 344

Lycaena monica Reakirt, 1866; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3) : 244, TL: "California"
Lycaena samoa Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; Stettin ent. Ztg 30 (1-3) : 73, pl. 4, f. 18, TL: Samoa

= ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 344

Cupido amazara Kirby, 1871; Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 376 (repl. hypoleuca)
Catochrysops hapalina Butler, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2) : 148, pl. 24, f. 2-3, TL: Mhow, C.India
Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13 (75) : 194, TL: Rat
Catochrysops theseus Swinhoe, 1885; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 : 131, pl. 9, f. 8, TL: Bombay
Euchrysops suffusus Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 137, TL: Bali
?Lycaena hypoleuca ?Prittwitz, 1867; Stett. ent. Ztg. 28 (7-9) (preocc.): 273, TL: ?Botany Bay, Australia
Euchrysops cnejus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Euchrysops cnejus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Everes monica ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 45
Euchrysops suffusus ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 346
Catochrysops cnejus ; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 92; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 585
Euchrysops cnejus ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 391; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 344, pl. 23, f. 50, pl. 30, f. 50; [BIR, 287]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 9, 10]; [BOR, 650]; [MRS, 686]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 164

868x1111 (~114Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, between Pattaya and Bang Phra, a roadside. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	981x1232 (~172Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swamp at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1018x747 (~115Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 4th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
707x739 (~44Kb) underside Cambodia, Siem Reap, a wasting land at the airport. 9th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	600x400 (~33Kb) larva India: Melghat, 4.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar	600x400 (~38Kb) ova India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
600x400 (~31Kb) underside India: Melghat, 4.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Cycas spp., Phaseolus spp., Eugenia dalbergioides, Cylista scariosa, Butea frondosa, Acacia spp., Vigna catjang, Asukia minima, A. mungo, Canavalia maritima [MRS], Macroptilium lathyroides, Phaseolus vulgaris, Sesbania spp., Vigna luteola, V. unguiculata, V. vexillata K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Cycas, Hevea, Abrus, Acacia, Butea, Cajanus, Canavalia, Crotalaria, Desmodium, Flemingia, Lablab, Macroptilium, Paracalyx, Phaseolus, Pisum, Psophocarpus, Pueraria, Sesbania, Vigna, Dendrobium, Clerodendrum, (attended by Camponotus, Crematogaster, Iridomyrmex, Polyrhachis) Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 164

E. c. cnejus

Euchrysops cnejus cnejus ; [BMP: 247, pl. 36, f. 4-6]

Larva on Phaseolus radiatus, Vigna cylindrica, (symbiosis with Camponotus compressus (Fabricius)) [BMP]

E. c. cnidus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Torres Strait Is., N.Australia - Southport, New Guinea, Papua, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons Cupid
Euchrysops cnidus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 100, TL: Cape York.
Euchrysops cnejus cnidus ; [BAUR, 361]

E. c. vitiensis (Butler, 1883)

Fiji Catochrysops vitiensis Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (72) : 389, TL: Fiji
Euchrysops cnejus vitiensis ; [BAUR, 361 (text)]

E. c. luzonicus (Röber, 1886)

Philippines (Palawan, Cebu, Leyte, Luzon, Tawitawi), Sangihe, Talaud Plebejus luzonicus Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 60, pl. 5, f. 22, TL: Luzon
Euchrysops luzonicus ; Bethune-Baker, [1923], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 347, pl. 23, f. 50a
Euchrysops cnejus luzonicus ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 164

E. c. ssp.

Sulawesi, Banggai, Sula, Tukangbesi Euchrysops cnejus ssp. ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 164

3.5.2013 (31)

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

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[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

[BOR]

D'Abrera, 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[Kedar Tokekar]

India

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[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

[˛]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1906

Descriptions of some new African Butterflies Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97) : 104-110

Bethune-Baker, [1923]

Monograph of the genus Catochrysops Boisd. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 (3-4) : 275-366, pl. 12-32

Boisduval, 1833

Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 1-122, pl. 1-16, : (Repaged offprint from Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 2 (2) : 149-270)

Butler, 1876

On a Collection of Lepidoptera recently received from Abyssinia Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 480-490

Butler, 1883

New Lepidoptera from the Viti Islands Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (72) : 389-391

Butler, 1883

On a collection of Indian Lepidoptera received from Lieut.-Colonel Charles Swinhoe; with numerous notes by the collector Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2) : 144-175, pl. 24

Butler, 1884

The Lepidoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. "Challenger", Part II Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13 (75) : 183-203

Butler, [1886]

An account of two collections of Lepidoptera recently received from Somali-land Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4) : 756-776, pl. 47

Butler, 1899

On two small collections of Butterflies made by Mr. Richard Crawshay during 1898 in British E. Africa Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1899 : 417-427, pl. 25

Butler, 1900

On a new Genus of Lycaenidae hitherto confounded with Catochrysops Entomologist 33 : 1-2

Capronnier, 1889

Liste des Lépidoptčres capturés au Congo par Messieurs Thys, Legat, Martini et Machado en 1887 Bull. Ent. Soc. Belg. 33 : cxviii-cxxvii [118-127]

Druce, 1895

A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

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

Grose-Smith in Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1901

Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies Rhop. Exot. [1] 1: (Ornithoptera) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 2: (Ornithoptera) 3-4, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) [5-6] 1-2, pl. 3 (1900), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) 7-8, pl. 4 (1901), [1] 1: (Papilio) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 1: (Papilio) 3-5,7-14, pl. 2-6 (1888), [1] 1: (Papilio) 15-20, pl. 7-9 (1890), [1] 1: (Papilio) 21-25, pl. 10-11 (1891), [1] 2: (Papilio) 27-31, pl. 12-13 (1893), [1] 2: (Papilio) 33-35, pl. 14 (1894), [1] 2: (Papilio) 37-38, pl. 15 (1895), [1] 2: (Papilio) 39-40, pl. 16 (1897), [1] 3: (Papilio) 41-46, pl. 17-19 (1899), [1] 3: (Papilio) 47-48, pl. 20 (1900), [1] 3: (Papilio) 49-50, pl. 21 (1901), [1] 3: (Papilio) 51-55, pl. 22-23 (1902), [1] 1: (Delias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 2: (Delias) 5-7, 9-11, pl. 2-3 (1893), [1] 2: (Delias) 12-18, pl. 4-5 (1895), [1] 2: (Delias) 20-22, pl. 6 (1896), [1] 3: (Delias) 24-26, pl. 7 (1897), [1] 3: (Delias) 28-35, pl. 8-9 (1901), [1] 3: (Delias) 36-38, pl. 10 (1902), [1] 1: (Pieridae) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Pinacopteryx) 1-4, pl. 1 (1893), [1] 1: (Callosune) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 3: (Huphina) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [1] 3: (Huphina) [8],9-10, pl. 3 (1899), [1] 1: (Elodina) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [1] 1: (Belenois) 1-4, pl. 1 (1892), [1] 2: (Belenois) 5-8, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Mylothris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1900), [1] 1: (Ixias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Appias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1894), [1] 1: (Pierinae) 5-7, pl. 2 (1889), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 5-9, 11-15, pl. 2-3 (1897), [2] 1: (Asthipa) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 2: (Asthipa) 5-6, pl. 2 (1896), [2] 2: (Ravadeba) 7, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 5-12, pl. 2-3 (1896), [2] 3: (Mycalesis) 13-18, pl. 4-5 (1902), [2] 3: (Libythea) 1-2, pl. 1 (1902), : (Ragadia-Argyronympha-Hypocysta) : 1-6, pl. [1] (1895), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 1-5, pl. 1 (1893), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 7-9, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 10-14, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 3: (Pedaliodes) 15-20, pl. 4-5, (Oxeoschistus) 1 (1900), [2] 3: (Pronophila) 1-2, pl. 1, (Oxeoschistus) 2-3, pl. 1 (1900), [2] 2: (Elymnias) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 3: (Elymnias) 5-6, pl. 2, (Bruasa) 6-7, pl. 1 (1897), [2] 1: (Morpho) 1-2, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Morphotenaris-Hyantis) 1-3, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1894), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 9-11, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 13-15, pl. 4 (1896), [2] 3: (Tenaris) 17-18, pl. 5 (1898), [2] 1: (Heliconius) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Acraea) 1-6, pl. 1-2 (1889), [2] 1: (Acraea) 7-10, pl. 3 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 11-14, pl. 4 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 15-18, pl. 5 (1894), [2] 3: (Acraea) 19-29, pl. 6-8, (Planema) 29-30, pl. [1] (1901), [2] 1: (Cethosia) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 3: (Cirrhochroa) 1, pl. [1], (Cupha) 2-4, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Terinos) 1-2, pl. 1 (1894), [2] 1: (Thaleropis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 2: (Doleschallia) 1-3,5-7, pl. 1-2 (1893), [2] 2: (Kallima) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Hypolimnas) 1-2, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 3-4, pl. 2 (1897), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 5-6, pl. 3 (1898), [2] 1: (Euxanthe) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 1: (Hestina) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 1: (Cymothoe) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Limenitis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1899), [2] 2: (Neptis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 3: (Neptis) 5-11, pl. 2-3 (1899), [2] 3: (Neptis) 13-17, pl. 4-5 (1900), [2] 1: (Euthalia-Tanaecia) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euthalia) 5-10, pl. 2-3 (1891), [2] 2: (Euthalia) 11-14, pl. 4 (1894), [2] 3: (Euthalia) 15, pl. 5, (Dichorragia) 16, pl. 1 (1898), [2] 1: (Apatura) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Euphaedra) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euryphene) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 1-2,[3-4] pl. 1-2 (1887), [2] 1: (Charaxes) [5], pl. 3 (1888), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 7-9, pl. 4 (1890), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 11-13, pl. 5 (1891), [2] 1: (Mynes) 1-2, pl. 1 (1888), [2] 2: (Mynes) 3-6, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Prothoe) 1-2, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 3: (Erycinidae) 1-10, pl. 1-2 (1902), [3] 2: (Dicallaneura-etc) 1-6, pl. 1 (1897), [3] 3: (Dicallaneura-etc) 7-11, pl. 2 (1901), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 1-4,[5-9] 1-5, pl. 1-2 (1887), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 11-17, 19-22, pl. 3-5 (1888), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23-25, 27-29, 31-33, pl. 6-8 (1889), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 35-48, pl. 9-11 (1890), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 49-51,53-64, pl. 12-15 (1891), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 65-68, pl. 16 (1892), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [69-72] 57-60, pl. 17 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) [73-77] 61-65,79-84, pl. 18-19 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85-107, pl. 20-23 (1893), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109-120, pl. 24-25 (1894), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 121-125, pl. 26 (1900), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 127-131, 133-141, pl. 27-29 (1901), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143-146, pl. 30 (1902), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 1-6, pl. 1 (1894), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 7-13, 15-22, pl. 2-3 (1895), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 23-25, 27-31, pl. 1-2 (1895), [3] 2: (Waigeum) 34-38, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 39-46, pl. 3-4 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 5-8, pl. 2 (1897), [3] 2: (Pseudonotis) 1-3, pl. [1], (Epimastidia) 4-5, pl. [1], (Lampides) 5-8, pl. [1] (1897), [3] 2: (Lampides) 9-10, pl. 2, (Thysonotis) 47, pl. 5 (1897), [3] 3: (Holochila) 9-11, pl. 3 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 9-12, pl. 3, (Ilerda) 13, pl. [1], (Horaga) 14-15, pl. [1] (1902), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 47x,48-50, pl. 6 (1898), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 23-26, pl. 4 (1898), [3] 3: (Holochila) 13-15, pl. 4 (1899), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 27-29, pl. 5, (Waigeum) [30], pl. 2 (1899), [3] 3: (Holochila) 17-19, pl. 5 (1899), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 51-54, pl. 7 (1899), [3] 3: (Jamides) 11-14, pl. 1 (1900), [3] 3: (Hypolycaena-etc) 1-4, pl. [1] (1900), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 31-33, pl. 6, (Thysonotis) 55-56, pl. 8 (1900), [3]: (Additions-Corrections) 1-2,[3],vii-x

Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Neue Schmetterlinge aus dem "Museum Godeffroy" in Hamburg Stettin ent. Ztg 30 (1-3) : 65-80, pl. 1-4

Hopffer, 1855

[Lepidoptera Diurna] Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 639-643

Kirby, 1871

A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal Lepidoptera Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: vii + 690pp : 1-690

Mabille, 1877

Catalogue des Lépidoptčres du Congo. [1] Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 214-240

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)

Neave, 1904

On a large collection of Rhopalocera from the shores of the Victoria Nyanza Novit. Zool. 11 : 323-363

Reakirt, 1866

Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3) : 238-249

Rothschild, 1915

On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402

Rothschild, 1915

On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227

Röber, 1886

Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 45-72, pl. 2-5

Sharpe, 1898

A list of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Arthur H. Neumann, in Neumann, A. H., Elephant Hungting in East Equatorial Africa in Neumann, Elephant hunt. (App.): ?,438,442

Snellen, 1872

Bijdrage tot de Vlinder-Fauna van Neder-Guinea, Zuidwestelijk gedeelte van Afrika Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 7 / 15 : 1-110

Stempffer, 1947

Description d'un Lycenide nouveau de Madagascar Revue Fr. Ent. 14: 139-140

Swinhoe, 1885

On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. Part I-IV Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 : 124-148, pl. 9 (I. Rhopalocera), : 287-307, pl. 20-21 (II. Heterocera), : 447-476, pl. 27-28 (III. Heterocera), : 852-886, pl. 56-57 (IV. Heterocera)

Trimen, 1862

On some New Species of South African Butterflis, collected in British Kaffraria by W. S. M. D'Urban, Esq., during 1860-61 Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 : 398-406

Trimen, 1887

South-African Butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2 South-African Butts 2 : 1-242, pl. 7-9

Trimen, 1893

On some new or imperfectly-known species of South African butterflies Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2) : 123-143, pl. 8

Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003

The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

The Butterflies of Australia, a Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera, introducing ... Butts Australia: 239pp, 42 pls

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.