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Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895

Dots
Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 202, TS: Liptena adelgitha Hewitson
Micropentila (Liptenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 424; [BK, 170]
Micropentila (Liptenina) ; [AfrL]

Micropentila adelgitha (Hewitson, 1874)

Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [About maps] Liptena adelgitha Hewitson, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 36
Teriomima adelgitha ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 79, pl. 19, f. 5-6
Micropentila adelgitha ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila subplagata Bethune-Baker, 1915

Cameroun, S.Uganda (Masaka). See [About maps] Micropentila subplagata ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila souanke Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Congo Republic. See [About maps] Micropentila souanke ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila fulvula Hawker-Smith, 1933

Congo Republic, Cameroun. See [About maps] Micropentila fulvula ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila adelgunda (Staudinger, [1892])

Cameroun. See [About maps] Teriomima adelgunda Staudinger, [1892]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2) : 219, TL: Barombi, Cameroons
Teriomima adelgunda ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 80, pl. 19, f. 1-3
Micropentila adelgunda ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila bitjeana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

S.Cameroun (Bitje, Ja R.). See [About maps] Micropentila bitjeana ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1903

Cameroun, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Micropentila dorothea ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila gabunica Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Gabon, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Micropentila gabunica ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

Micropentila brunnea (Kirby, 1887)

-. See [About maps] Lucia(?) brunnea Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (113) : 368, TL: "West Africa(?)"
Lucia(?) brunnea ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1888, Rhop. Exot. [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 16, pl. 4, f. 5-6
Micropentila brunnea ; [AfrL]; [BK, 170 (note)]

M. b. brunnea

Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Fernando Póo Micropentila brunnea brunnea ; [BAFR, 450]; [AfrL]

M. b. centralis Bennett, 1966

Congo Republic Micropentila brunnea centralis ; [BAFR, 451 (text)]; [AfrL]

Micropentila victoriae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

E.Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Victoria Dots
Micropentila victoriae ; [BK: 170, pl. 14, f. 155]; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila katerae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

W shore of Lake Victoria, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Micropentila katerae ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila flavopunctata Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Congo Republic, Cameroun, Nigeria. See [About maps] Micropentila flavopunctata ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila bakotae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Congo Republic. See [About maps] Micropentila bakotae ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila nigeriana Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Cameroun - Ghana. See [About maps] Micropentila nigeriana ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila mpigi Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Uganda. See [About maps] Micropentila mpigi ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila fontainei Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

E.Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] Micropentila fontainei ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila fuscula (Grose-Smith, 1898)

Nigeria. See [About maps] Teriomima fuscula Grose-Smith, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 : 355, TL: Warri
Teriomima fuscula ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1902, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 145, pl. 30, f. 9-10
Micropentila fuscula ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila ogojae Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Nigeria, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Micropentila ogojae ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila alberta (Staudinger, [1892])

Gabon, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Teriomima alberta Staudinger, [1892]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2) : 220, TL: Ogowe, Gaboon
Teriomima alberta ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892, Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 82, pl. 19, f. 11-14
Micropentila alberta ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila mabangi Bethune-Baker, 1904

Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Micropentila mabangi Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 226, TL: Sierra Leone
Micropentila mabangi ; [BAFR, 451]; [AfrL]

Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910

Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Micropentila cingulum Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 364, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Micropentila cingulum ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]

Micropentila ugandae Hawker-Smith, 1933

Uganda, Zaire, Congo Republic, Gabon, Cameroun. See [About maps] Micropentila ugandae ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]

Micropentila bunyoro Stempffer & Bennett, 1965

Uganda, NE.Zaire. See [About maps] Micropentila bunyoro ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]

Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895

Cameroun. See [About maps] Micropentila triangularis Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 203, TL: Vevaka
Micropentila triangularis ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]

Micropentila catocala Strand, 1914

Cameroun. See [About maps] Micropentila catocala ; [BAFR, 453 (text)]; [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

[BK]

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

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1895

Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 195-220, : 255-268

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

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, 1898

Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum Novit. Zool. 5 : 350-358

Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1888; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1902

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, 1874

Descriptions of new Lycaenidae from West Africa Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 36

Kirby, 1887

Descriptions of new Species of Papilionidae, Pieridae, and _Lycaenidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (113) : 360-369

Staudinger, [1892]

Neue afrikanische Lycaeniden Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2) : 215-223

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