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Epitola Westwood, [1851]

Epitola Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 68, f. 5, TS: Epitola elion Westwood
Epitola (Liptenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 425; [BK, 170]
Epitola (Epitolina) ; [AfrL]

Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Papilio posthumus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 149
Epitola elion Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 471, (2): pl. 68, f. 5

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

Epitola belli Hewitson, 1874; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 13 : 382

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

Epitola elion ; Hewitson, 1862, Spec. Cat. Lep. Lyc. B. M. : 1, pl. 1, f. 1; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1
Epitola posthumus ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 18, pl. 1a, f. 8; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 27-28]; [BAFR, 459]; [AfrL]

Epitola urania Kirby, 1887

-. See [About maps] Epitola urania Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (114) : 441, TL: Cameroons
Epitola urania ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23, pl. 6, f. 1-2; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [AfrL]

E. u. urania

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast - Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic Epitola urania urania ; [BAFR, 459]

E. u. tanganikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921

E.Zaire - Kinda, W.Uganda Epitola urania tanganikensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 86, pl. 14, f. 63, TL: Albertville, Tanganyika
Epitola urania tanganikensis ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BAFR, 459 (text)]

Epitola intermedia Roche, 1954

W.Uganda, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Epitola intermedia Roche, 1954; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 497, 490, pl. 19, f. 9-10, TL: Uganda, Katera
Epitola intermedia ; [BAFR, 460]

Epitola convexa Roche, 1954

W.Uganda, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Epitola convexa Roche, 1954; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 496, 490, pl. 20, f. 11-12, TL: Uganda, Bwamba
Epitola convexa ; [BAFR, 460]

Epitola mongiro Jackson, 1968²

W.Uganda, NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [About maps] Epitola mongiro ; [BAFR, 460 (text)]

Epitola nigrovenata Jackson, 1962²

S.Nigeria, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Epitola nigrovenata ; [BAFR, 462]

Epitola pseudelissa Jackson, 1968²

Nigeria, Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Epitola pseudelissa ; [BAFR, 463]

Epitola ikoya Roche, 1954

Nigeria. See [About maps] Epitola ikoya Roche, 1954; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 497, 490, pl. 19, f. 5-8, TL: S.Nigeria, Lagos
Epitola ikoya ; [BAFR, 463]

Epitola dunia Kirby, 1887

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Epitola dunia Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (114) : 443, TL: Cameroons
Epitola dunia ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 27, pl. 7, f. 1-2; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 54, pl. 13, f. 7-8; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 490; [BAFR, 464]

Epitola azurea Jackson, 1962²

Uganda. See [About maps] Epitola azurea ; [BAFR, 465]

Epitola ivoirensis Jackson, 1967²

Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Epitola ivoirensis ; [BAFR, 465]

Epitola conjuncta Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893

-. See [About maps] Epitola conjuncta Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 86, pl. 20, f. 3-4, TL: Sierra Leone
Epitola conjuncta ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 16]

E. c. conjuncta

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, NW.Congo Republic (Etoumbi) Epitola conjuncta conjuncta ; [BAFR, 466]

E. c. budduana Talbot, 1937²

Uganda conjuncta budduana Talbot, 1937²; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 : 62
Epitola conjuncta budduana ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 466 (text)]

Epitola lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1922²

SW.Nigeria (Ibadan). See [About maps] lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1922²; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 54 : 461
Epitola lamborni ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 466]

Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893

Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85, pl. 20, f. 1-2, TL: Sierra Leone
Epitola pinodoides ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 466 (text)]

Epitola pseudoconjuncta Jackson, 1962²

Uganda. See [About maps] Epitola pseudoconjuncta ; [BAFR, 466]

Epitola pulverulenta Dufrane, 1953²

E.Zaire (Kivu). See [About maps] Epitola pulverulenta ; [BAFR, 467 (text)]

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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

[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!

[BK]

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

[BOW]

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

[²]

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

Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1922

Description of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly Lycaenidae from southern Nigeria, and one from Damba Island, Victoria Nyanza Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 54 : 461-464

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

Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891; 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

Hewitson, 1862

Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum Spec. Cat. Lep. Lyc. B. M. : [4],[1],2-15,pl. I-VIII,[1-8] (links to Ill. diurn. Lep. Lyc.)

Hewitson, 1863; 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, 1874

A list of Butterflies taken on the March to Coomassie by Lieutenant Alwin S. Bell, of the 2nd West-India Regiment, between Mansu and the River Prah, with Description of new Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 13 : 380-383

Holland, 1920

Lepidoptera of the Congo. Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition Together with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 109-369, pl. 6-14

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, 1895

Aethiopische Rhopaloceren. I & II Ent. Nachr. 21 (18): 275-286, (19/20): 289-322

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

Roche, 1954

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

Staudinger, 1889

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

Talbot, 1937

New African Lycaenidae and Nymphalidae, and two new Diestogyna Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86 : 59-72

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