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- Geritola Libert, 1999
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Argyrotola Libert, 1999
Geritola (Epitolina) ; [AfrL]
Subgenus Geritola Libert, 1999
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Epitola albomaculata Bethune-Baker, 1903; Ann. nat. hist. (7) 12 : 329
Epitola albomaculata ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 462]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 10]
Geritola (Geritola) albomaculata ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Geritola) amieti ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Epitola concepcion Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 54, TL: Camerun, Barombi-Station
Epitola concepcion ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 462 (text)]
Geritola (Geritola) concepcion ; [AfrL]
W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps]
cyanea (Jackson, 1964); , TL: Mongiro Forest, Bwamba, W. Uganda
Epitola cyanea ; [BAFR, 462]
Geritola (Geritola) cyanea ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Sierra Leone?. See [About maps]
Epitola daveyi Roche, 1954; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 499, 491, pl. 20, f. 19-20, pl. 21, f. 21-22, TL: SE.Nigeria, Isoba
Epitola daveyi ; [BAFR, 462]
Geritola (Geritola) daveyi ; [AfrL]
W.Uganda, Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Epitola dubia ; [BAFR, 462]
Geritola (Geritola) dubia ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Geritola) frankdaveyi ; [AfrL]
Ivory Coast - Nigeria, Congo Republic, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Epitola gerina Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 19, pl. 1b, f. 13-14, TL: W.Africa (Congo)
Epitola gerina ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 462]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 19]
Geritola (Geritola) gerina ; [AfrL]
Gabon, Uganda. See [About maps]
Epitola goodi Holland, 1890; Psyche 5 : 424, TL: Kangwe
= Epitola gerina ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491
Epitola goodi ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [70] 58, pl. 17, f. 7-8; [BAFR, 462]
Geritola (Geritola) goodii ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Geritola) jackiana ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Geritola) larae ; [AfrL]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Epitola liana Roche, 1954; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 500, 491, pl. 21, f. 23-24, TL: Uganda, Bwamba
Epitola liana ; [BAFR, 463]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 23]
Geritola (Geritola) liana ; [AfrL]
Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Epitolia mirifica ; [BAFR, 463]
Geritola (Geritola) mirifica ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Epitola nitide Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 366, pl. 34, f. 1, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Epitola nitida[sic, recte nitide] ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 25]
Epitola nitide ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491; [BAFR, 463]
Geritola (Geritola) nitide ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Geritola) nitidica ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Geritola) prouvosti ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Epitola virginea Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 230, TL: Sierra Leone
Epitola virginea ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491, 501, pl. 20, f. 17-18; [BAFR, 463]
Geritola (Geritola) virginea ; [AfrL]
Cameroons. See [About maps]
Epitola zelica Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 272, TL: Barombi, Cameroons
= Epitola gerina ; Roche, 1954, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13) : 491
Epitola zelica ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 54, pl. 13, f. 5-6
Geritola (Geritola) zelica ; [AfrL]
Subgenus Argyrotola Libert, 1999
W.Uganda (Mongiro Forest). See [About maps]
Epitola subargentea ; [BAFR, 459]
Geritola (Argyrotola) subargentea ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Argyrotola) subargentea subargentea ; [AfrL]
Geritola (Argyrotola) subargentea continua ; [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); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
- [BAFR]
- D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
- [BOW]
- Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- Some related literature:
- Bethune-Baker, 1903
- On new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa
Ann. nat. hist. (7) 12
: 324-334
- Bethune-Baker, 1904
- On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81)
: 222-233
- Druce, 1910
- Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Tropical West Africa
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1)
: 356-378, pl. 33-35
- Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
- 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, 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)
- Holland, 1890
- Descriptions of New West African Lycaenidae. (1)
Psyche 5
: 423-431
- 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
- Roche, 1954
- Revisional notes on the genus Epitola Westwood (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Net.) 3 (13)
: 489-502, pl. 19-22
- Suffert, 1904
- Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 12-107, pl. 1-3
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