prev	next	Scientific names	Finnish names	English names
All	Epitola	Geritola	Cerautola	(cerautola)	(cerautola)
Photo	Simiskina	Iridana			(cerautola)
Goto:

Cerautola Libert, 1999

Hewitola Libert, 1999
Cerautola (Epitolina) ; [AfrL]

Cerautola adolphifriderici (Schultze, 1911)

Cameroun. See [About maps] Epitola adolphi friderici Schultze, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (7/8) : 95
Epitola adolphi-friderici ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490
Epitola adolphifriderici ; [BAFR, 460]
Cerautola (Cerautola) adolphifriderici ; [AfrL]

Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)

Sierra Leone - Uganda. See [About maps] Epitola ceraunia Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 149, TL: West Africa
Epitola dewitzi Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (114) : 442, TL: Cameroons

= ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [NHM]

Epitola dewitzi ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 24, pl. 6, f. 3-6
Epitola ceraunia ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 18, pl. 1a, f. 6-7; [BAFR, 459]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 15]
Cerautola (Cerautola) ceraunia ; [AfrL]

Cerautola crippsi (Stoneham, 1934)

E.Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] crippsi (Stoneham, 1934) (Epitola); Bull. Stoneham Mus. (17): 1, TL: Kenya
Epitola crippsi ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490
Hewitsonia crippsi ; [BK: 172, pl. 14, f. 161]; [BAFR, 468]
Cerautola (Cerautola) crippsi ; [AfrL]

Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)

Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps] Epitola crowleyi Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 106, TL: Sierra Leone
Epitola crowleyi ; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 555, pl. 17, f. 6-7; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 17, 18]; [EBW]; [BAFR, 459]
Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi ; [AfrL]

800x1000 (~94Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian	800x970 (~114Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian	1544x1028 (~379Kb) larva Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian
1544x1028 (~189Kb) underside Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian

C. c. crowleyi

Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi crowleyi ; [AfrL]

C. c. holochroma (Berger, 1981)

Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi holochroma ; [AfrL]

C. c. congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999

Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi congdoni ; [AfrL]

C. c. leucographa Libert, 1999

Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi leucographa ; [AfrL]

Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)

Sierra Leone - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Epitola miranda Staudinger, 1889; Ent. Nachr. 15 (11) : 176, TL: Sierra Leone
Epitola miranda ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 87, pl. 20, f. 9-10; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 25]; [EBW]
Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda ; [AfrL]

780x1021 (~83Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian	800x979 (~80Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian	1544x1028 (~389Kb) larva Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian
1544x1028 (~171Kb) underside Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian

C. m. miranda

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast - Nigeria, Cameroun Epitola miranda miranda
Epitola miranda miranda ; [BAFR, 458]
Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda miranda ; [AfrL]

C. m. vidua (Talbot, 1935)

Lake Victoria (Sesse I., Bugala I.) miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935); Ent. mon. Mag. 71 : 75
Epitola miranda vidua ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BAFR, 458]; [BK: 171, pl. 14, f. 156]
Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda vidua ; [AfrL]

Cerautola semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916)

Cameroun, Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17 (101) : 378
Epitola ammon Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 83, pl. 14, f. 60-61, TL: Penghe, Ituri River

= ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490

Epitola semibrunnea ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BAFR, 459]
Cerautola (Cerautola) semibrunnea ; [AfrL]

C. s. semibrunnea

Cerautola (Cerautola) semibrunnea semibrunnea ; [AfrL]

C. s. bamptoni Libert & Collins, 1999

Cerautola (Cerautola) semibrunnea bamptoni ; [AfrL]

Cerautola decellei (Stempffer, 1956)

NE.Zaire (Ituri, Kisangani). See [About maps] Epitola decellei ; [BAFR, 458 (text)]
Cerautola (Hewitola) decellei ; [AfrL]

Cerautola hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877)

Cameroun, Congo Republic, Angola. See [About maps] hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877); Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 221
falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879) (Epitola); Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2) : 181, pl. 25, f. 3

= ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490

Epitola hewitsoni ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BAFR, 458]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 20]
Cerautola (Hewitola) hewitsoni ; [AfrL]

Cerautola hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933)

Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [About maps] hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933); Stylops 2 : 11
Epitola hewitsonioides ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BAFR, 458]
Cerautola (Hewitola) hewitsonioides ; [AfrL]

3.5.2013 (12)

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

[EBW]

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

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Szabolcs Safian]

Hungary; Hungarian Lepidopterologial Society; Butterflies of Ghana

Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1916

Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17 (101) : 378-385

Crowley, 1890

On some new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 551-556, pl. 17-18

Dewitz, 1879

Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2) : 173-210, [1-38], pl. 25-26, [1-2]

Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893

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

Hawker-Smith, 1933

New species and races of Lipteninae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Stylops 2 : 1-12

Hewitson, 1878

Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)

Hewitson, 1873

Description of six new species of Epitola from the west coast of Africa Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 149-151

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

Kirby, 1887

Descriptions of new Species of Epitola from Cameroons &c. in the Collection of Henley Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (114) : 441-445

Mabille, 1877

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

Roche, 1954

Revisional notes on the genus Epitola Westwood (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 489-502, pl. 19-22

Schultze, 1911

Epitola aus dem afrikanischen Aequatorial-Urwalde Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (7/8) : 95-96

Sharpe, 1890

On some new Species of African Lycaenidae in the Collection of Philip Crowley, Esq Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 103-106

Staudinger, 1889

Zwei neue afrikanische Lycaeniden Ent. Nachr. 15 (11) : 176-179

Stoneham, 1934

New species of Lycaenidae, Leach., from Kenya Colony, British East Africa Bull. Stoneham Mus. (17): 1-3

Talbot, 1935

New species and forms of African Lycaenidae Ent. mon. Mag. 71 : 69-78,115-127,147-153

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.