Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Papilionoidea
Lycaenidae
Poritiinae
- Tetrarhanis Karsch, 1893
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Tetrarhanis Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 217, TS: Liptena ilma Hewitson
Lectiles Birket-Smith, 1960; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 22 : 966
Tetrarhanis (Liptenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 424; [BK, 169]
Tetrarhanis (Liptenina) ; [AfrL]
Congo Republic, Cameroun, SE.Nigeria. See [About maps]
Liptena nubifera Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 362, pl. 33, f. 14, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Liptena nubifera ; [BOW: pl. 124, f. 41]
Tetrarhanis nubifera ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Liptena ilma Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pentila & Liptena II): [68], pl. [34], f. 13, TL: Angola
Liptena ilma ; [BOW: pl. 124, f. 38]
Tetrarhanis ilma ; [AfrL]
Angola, Zaire, Congo Republic
Tetrarhanis ilma ilma ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]
SW.Uganda, NW.Tanzania
ilma daltoni (Eltringham, 1929) (Liptena); Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77 : 493
?ilma daltoni (??Poulton, 1929)
Tetrarhanis ilma daltoni ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]
E.Zaire (Kivu)
Liptena ilma lathyi Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 82, pl. 14, f. 52, TL: Ruthsuru River, N. Kivu
Tetrarhanis ilma lathyi ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
W.Kenya, Uganda
Tetrarhanis ilma ugandae ; [BK: 169, pl. 14, f. 152]; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
Gabon, Cameroun, Nigeria, Togo. See [About maps]
Liptena ilma var. simplex Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 201, TL: Itoki, Kitta, Ekundu
Tetrarhanis simplex ; [BAFR, 452]; [AfrL]
Ivory Coast, Liberia. See [About maps]
Tetrarhanis simplex symplocus Clench, 1965; Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19: (267-403) , TL: Harbel, Marshall Terr., Liberia
Tetrarhanis symplocus ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
Gabon, Equatorila Guinea, Liberia, Cameroun. See [About maps]
Tetrarhanis laminifer Clench, 1965; Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19: (267-403) , TL: Batanga, Cameroun
Tetrarhanis laminifer ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
W.Zaire (Mbandaka), Congo Republic, Gabon. See [About maps]
Tetrarhanis rougeoti ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
Zaire - Cameroun. See [About maps]
Liptena (Tetrarhanus) schoutedeni Berger, 1954; Ann. Mus. Congo belge Zool. (4) 1 : 308
Lectiles collitorum Birket-Smith, 1960; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 22 : 968
Tetrarhanis schoutedeni ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Tetrarhanis stempfferi ; [AfrL]
Liberia, Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire
Tetrarhanis stempfferi stempfferi ; [BAFR, 452 (text)]; [AfrL]
SW.Uganda (Kigezi)
Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Liptena diversa Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 225, TL: Sierra Leone
Tetrarhanis diversa ; [AfrL]
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast - Gabon, Zaire
Tetrarhanis diversa diversa ; [BAFR, 453]
-. See [About maps]
Tetrarhanis ilala ; [AfrL]
Kakamega Forest (W.Kenya, E.Uganda)
Tetrarhanis diversa ilala ; [BK: 169, pl. 14, f. 153]; [BAFR, 453 (text)]
Tetrarhanis ilala ilala ; [AfrL]
Congo Republic
Tetrarhanis etoumbi; [BAFR, 453 (text, = T. diversa?)]
Tetrarhanis ilala etoumbi ; [AfrL]
Tetrarhanis baralingam ; [AfrL]
Tetrarhanis okwangwo ; [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
- [BOW]
- Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- Some related literature:
- Aurivillius, 1895
- Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter
Ent. Tidskr. 16
: 195-220,
: 255-268
- Berger, 1954
- Liptena (Tetrarhanis) nouveaux du Congo Belge. (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae)
Ann. Mus. Congo belge Zool. (4) 1
: 306-309
- Bethune-Baker, 1904
- On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81)
: 222-233
- Birket-Smith, 1960
- Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons (1949-1950) XXVII. - Lepidoptera
Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 22
: 521-554, 924-983, 1259-1284
- Clench, 1965
- in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, The Butteflies of Liberia. Superfamily Lycaenoidea
Mem. Amer. ent. Soc. 19
: 267-403, f. 163-233
- 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
- Eltringham, 1929
- African Rhopalocera: Descriptions and notes
Trans. R. ent. Soc. 77
: 475-505, pl. 30-31
- Hewitson, 1873
- 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)
- 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, 1893
- Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). 1. Abtheilung: Apterygota, Odonata, Orthoptera Saltatoria,Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2)
: 1-266, pl. 1-6
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