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Poritiinae
- Telipna Aurivillius, 1895
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Telipna Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 198, TS: Liptena acraea Westwood
Telipna, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Telipna (Pentilini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 423
Telipna (Pentilina) ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Liptena acraea Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 77, f. 6
?Telipna acraea nigra Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 42, TL: NW. Cameroon
Telipna acraea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Liptena acraea ; Hewitson, 1866, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena): [66], pl. [33], f. 12
Telipna acraea ; [EBW]; [AfrL]
Ghana - Ivory Coast, Liberia
Telipna acraea acraea ; [BAFR, 422]; [AfrL]
Benin, S.Nigeria (Owerri, Port Harcourt)
Telipna acraea conjuncta ; [BAFR, 422]
Nigeria (E of Niger R.), Cameroun
Pentila acraea var. bimacula Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 199, TL: Abo; Mungo
Telipna acraea bimacula ; [BAFR, 422 (text)]
Zaire (Equateur, Kasai)
Telipna acraea nigrita ; [BAFR, 422]; [AfrL]
Telipna acraea fervida ; [AfrL]
Fernando Póo, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, N.Zaire (Equateur). See [About maps]
Telipna albofasciata ; [BAFR, 422]; [AfrL]
Telipna albofasciata albofasciata ; [AfrL]
Congo?
Telipna acraeoides laplumei ; [BAFR, 424 (text)]
Telipna albofasciata laplumei ; [AfrL]
West Africa (Niger R. - Ivory Coast, Liberia). See [About maps]
Telipna semirufa ; [BAFR, 422]; [AfrL]
Telipna semirufa semirufa ; [AfrL]
Telipna semirufa ivoiriensis ; [AfrL]
Ghana. See [About maps]
maesseni Stempffer, 1970; Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire (A) 32: 767, TL: Likpe Mate, Ghana
Telipna maesseni ; [BAFR, 422 (text)]
Nigeria (W of Niger R.) - Ghana, Guinea. See [About maps]
Telipna rothi ; [BAFR, 422]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Telipna citrimaculata Schultze, 1916; Archiv. Naturgesch. 81 A (12): 141, TL: Cameroon
Telipna citrimaculata ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, N.Zaire (Equateur)
Telipna citrimacula citrimacula ; [BAFR, 422]
Telipna citrimaculata citrimaculata ; [AfrL]
E.Zaire, SE.Zaire - W.Uganda
Telipna angustifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 77, pl. 14, f. 43
Telipna citrimacula angustifascia ; [BAFR, 422]
E.Uganda
Telipna citrimacula neavei ; [BAFR, 422 (text)]
Telipna citrimaculata neavei ; [AfrL]
Telipna citrimaculata victoriae ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Telipna aurivillii ; [AfrL]
Congo Republic, Zaire
Telipna aurivillii aurivillii ; [BAFR, 423]; [AfrL]
Uganda
Telipna aurivillii jefferyi ; [BAFR, 423]; [AfrL]
Congo Republic, SC.Zaire (Sankuru). See [About maps]
Telipna villiersi ; [BAFR, 423]; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic, S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps]
Telipna atrinervis ; [BAFR, 423]; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Telipna transverstigna Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 356, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Telipna transverstigma[sic?] ; [BAFR, 423]; [AfrL]
S.Sudan (Lotti Forest, Acholi Hills). See [About maps]
lotti Jackson, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (1) : 12
Telipna lotti ; [BAFR, 424]
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire?. See [About maps]
Telipna hollandi Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 80, pl. 14, f. 46-47, TL: Ituri Forest, NW.Beni
Telipna hollandi ; [BAFR, 424]; [AfrL]
Telipna hollandi hollandi ; [AfrL]
Telipna hollandi exsuperia ; [AfrL]
W.Congo Republic (Kellé, Ketta). See [About maps]
kelle Jackson, 1969; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (1) : 13, TL: Kelle
Telipna kelle ; [BAFR, 424]
-. See [About maps]
Telipna acraeoides ; [AfrL]
N.Angola
Telipna acraeoides acraeoides ; [BAFR, 424]
NE.Zaire. See [About maps]
Telipna plagiata Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 79, pl. 14, f. 44-45, TL: Lower Butahu River, Semliki Valley
Telipna plagiata ; [BAFR, 424]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Pentila acraea var. sanguinea Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 198, TL: Victoria
Telipna sanguinea ; [AfrL]
W.Nigeria, Cameroun, Zaire
Telipna sanguinea sanguinea ; [BAFR, 425]; [AfrL]
NE.Zaire (Medje). See [About maps]
Telipna medjensis Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 241, f. 8, TL: Congo
Telipna medjensis ; [BAFR, 425 (text)]
E.Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Telipna nyanza ; [BAFR, 425]; [EBW]; [AfrL]
Telipna nyanza nyanza ; [AfrL]
S.Zaire (Shaba)
Telipna katangae ; [BAFR, 425]
Telipna nyanza katangae ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Telipna erica Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 41, TL: Camerun
Telipna erica ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba)
Telipna erica erica ; [BAFR, 425 (text)]
-. See [About maps]
Consanguinea consanguinea
Telipna consanguinea consanguinea ; [AfrL]
Uganda (not Bwamba)
Telipna erica ugandae ; [BAFR, 425]
Telipna consanguinea ugandae ; [AfrL]
Telipna centralis ; [AfrL]
Telipna cuypersi ; [AfrL]
Telipna ducarmei ; [AfrL]
Tanzania. See [About maps]
Telipna sanguinea kigoma Kielland, 1978; Tijdschr. Ent. 121 (4) : 193, pl. 11, f. 43-45, TL: Tanzania, Kigoma, Lubalizi
Telipna kigoma ; [AfrL]
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Telipna rothioides Holland, 1920; Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 214, pl. 12, f. 7, TL: Congo
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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); 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!
- [EBW]
- Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
- [Wahlberg]
- Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
- [²]
- This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.
- Some related literature:
- Aurivillius, 1895
- Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter
Ent. Tidskr. 16
: 195-220,
: 255-268
- 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)
- 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
- Hewitson, 1866
- 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)
- 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
- Jackson, 1969
- A revision of the genus Telipna Aurivillius (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 23 (1)
: 1-23, pl. 1-5
- 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
- Kielland, 1978
- A provisional checklist of the Rhopalocera of the eastern side of Lake Tanganyika
Tijdschr. Ent. 121 (4)
: 147-237
- Plötz, 1880
- Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge
Stettin ent. Ztg 41
(1-3): 76-88,
(4-6): 189-206,
(7-9): 298-307
- Suffert, 1904
- Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 12-107, pl.
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