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Tuxentius Larsen, 1982

Pied Pierrots Pies
Tuxentius (Polyommatini) ; [BK, 233]; [AfrL]

Tuxentius calice (Hopffer, 1855)

-. See [About maps] Lycaena calice Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 642, TL: Mozambique
Castalius calice ; [BOW: pl. 121, f. 4]
Tuxentius calice ; [AfrL]

Larva on Zizyphus [BK]

T. c. calice

Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola, Malawi, S.Tanzania Castalius calice calice
Castalius calice calice ; [BAFR, 547]
Tuxentius calice calice ; [AfrL]

T. c. gregorii (Butler, 1894)

N.Tanzania, Kenya Lycaena gregorii Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894 : 568
Castalius calice gregorii ; [BAFR, 547 (text)]
Tuxentius calice gregorii ; [BK: 233, pl. 24, f. 332]; [AfrL]

Tuxentius ertli (Aurivillius, 1907)

Malawi, Tanzania. See [About maps] Castalius ertli ; [BAFR, 547]
Tuxentius ertli ; [AfrL]

Tuxentius kaffana (Talbot, 1935)

SW.Ethiopia. See [About maps] Castalius kaffana ; [BAFR, 548]
Tuxentius kaffana ; [AfrL]

Tuxentius cretosus (Butler, 1876)

-. See [About maps] Castalius cretosus ; [BOW: pl. 121, f. 5]
Tuxentius cretosus ; [BK: 233, pl. 24, f. 333]; [AfrL]

Larva on Zizyphus [BK]

T. c. cretosus

Kenya (coastal), Ethiopia Castalius cretosus cretosus
Castalius cretosus cretosus ; [BAFR, 548]
Tuxentius cretosus cretosus ; [BK, 234 (note)]; [AfrL]

T. c. lactinatus (Butler, [1886])

Somalia Castalius lactinatus Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4) : 764, pl. 47, f. 3, TL: Somalia
Castalius cretosus lactinatus ; [BAFR, 548]
Tuxentius cretosus lactinatus ; [AfrL]

T. c. usemia (Neave, 1904)

N.Kenya, Uganda Castalius cretosus usemia ; [BAFR, 548 (text)]
Tuxentius cretosus usemia ; [BK, 233 (note)]; [AfrL]

T. c. nodieri (Oberthür, 1883)

Senegal - east Castalius cretosus nodieri ; [BAFR, 548 (text)]
Tuxentius cretosus nodieri ; [AfrL]

Tuxentius melaena (Trimen, 1887)

-. See [About maps] Dark Pied Pierrot
Lycaena melaena Trimen, 1887; South-African Butts 2 : 82
Castaleus[sic] melaena ; [BOW: pl. 121, f. 9]
Tuxentius melaena ; [AfrL]

Larva on Zizyphus spp., Zizyphus mucronata [PBSA]

T. m. melaena

Natal, Transvaal - Rhodesia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia Castalius melaena melaena
Castalius melaena melaena ; [BAFR, 548]
Tuxentius melaena melaena ; [BK: 234, pl. 24, f. 335]; [AfrL]

T. m. griqua (Trimen, 1887)

Cape Lycaena griqua Trimen, 1887; South-African Butts 2 : 84, TL: South Africa
Castalius melaena griqua ; [BAFR, 548 (text)]
Tuxentius melaena griqua ; [AfrL]

Tuxentius interruptus (Gabriel, 1954)

SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Tuxentius interruptus ; [BK, 234 (note)]
Castalius melaena interruptus ; [BAFR, 548 (text)]

Tuxentius stempfferi (Kielland, 1976)

Tanzania. See [About maps] ?melaena stempfferi ;
Tuxentius stempfferi ; [BK, 243 (note)]; [AfrL]

Tuxentius hesperis (Vári, 1976)

South Africa (Viool's Drift). See [About maps] Castalius hesperis Vári, 1976; Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13) : 133
Tuxentius hesperis ; [AfrL]

Tuxentius carana (Hewitson, 1876)

-. See [About maps] Lycaena carana Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lycaena): [70], pl. [35], f. 6, TL: Angola
Tuxentius carana ; [AfrL]

T. c. carana

Angola, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire Castalius carana carana
Castalius carana carana ; [BAFR, 548 (text)]
Tuxentius carana carana ; [AfrL]

T. c. kontu (Karsch, 1893)

Guinea - Nigeria Castalius carana koutu[sic?] ; [BAFR, 548 (spell.?)]
Tuxentius carana kontu ; [AfrL]

Tuxentius margaritaceus (Sharpe, 1892)

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaire, Camroun. See [About maps] Castalius margaritaceus Sharpe, 1892; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 : 636, TL: Sotik, Kavirondo
Castalius margaritaceus ; [BOW: pl. 121, f. 8]; [BAFR, 548]
Tuxentius margaritaceus ; [AfrL]

Larva on Gouania [BK]

T. m. margaritaceus

Tuxentius margaritaceus margaritaceus ; [BK: 234, pl. 24, f. 334]

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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

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

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

[PBSA]

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

Some related literature:

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, 1894

On a collection of Lepidoptera from British East Africa, made by Dr J. W. Gregory between the Moths of March & August 1893 Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894 : 557-593, pl. 36-37

Hewitson, 1876

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)

Hopffer, 1855

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

Sharpe, 1892

Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 : 187-194, pl. 16-17, : 633-638, pl. 48

Trimen, 1887

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

Vári, 1976

South African Lepidoptera 7. Descriptions and notes of new taxa of Rhopalocera Ann. Transv. Mus. 30 (13) : 121-144, 5pls

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