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Axiocerses Hübner, [1819]

Scarlets
Axiocerses Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (5): 72, TS: Papilio perion Stoll
Axioxerces[sic] (Aphnaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 436
Axiocerses (Aphnaeini) ; [BK, 189]; [AfrL]

Axiocerses harpax (Fabricius, 1775)

-. See [About maps] Papilio harpax Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 829
Papilio perion Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 176, pl. 379, f. B, C
Axiocerces harpax ; [EBW]
Axiocerses harpax ; [AfrL]

A. h. harpax

Guinea - Nigeria Axiocerses harpax harpax ; [BAFR, 485]; [AfrL]

A. h. kadugli Talbot, 1935

Senegal - Red Sea coast (Somalia, Arabia) Axiocerses harpax kadugli ; [BAFR, 485 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. h. piscatoris Clench, 1943

Liberia Axiocerses harpax piscatoris Clench, 1943; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 51: (219-220), TL: Fisherman's Lake, Liberia

A. h. efulena Clench, 1963

Cameroun Axiocerses harpax efulena Clench, 1963; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 71 (3): 183, TL: Efulen, Cameroun
Axiocerses harpax efulena ; [BAFR, 485 (text)]; [AfrL]

A. h. ugandana Clench, 1963

NE.Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya, N.Tanzania Common Scarlet
Axiocerses harpax ugandana Clench, 1963; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 71 (3): 184, TL: Bugoma Forest, Unyoro, Uganda
Axiocerses harpax uganda[sic?] ; [BAFR, 485 (text)]
Axiocerses harpax ugandana ; [BK: 189, pl. 17, f. 203]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acacia, (with Pheidole or Crematogaster) [BK]

Axiocerses tjoane (Wallengren, 1857)

S.Africa - E.Africa. See [About maps] Eastern Scarlet Scarlet Butterfly
Axiocerses tjoane ; [BK: 190, pl. 17, f. 204]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acacia spp. [PBSA], Brachystegia [BK]

A. t. tjoane

Axiocerses tjoane tjoane ; [AfrL]

A. t. rubescens Henning & Henning, 1996

Axiocerses tjoane rubescens ; [AfrL]

Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900

-. See [About maps] Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900; in Grose-Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 123, pl. 26, f. 10-11, TL: Moyabamba, East Africa
Axiocerses bambana ; [BAFR, 485]; [AfrL]

A. b. bambana

E.Africa Axiocerses bambana bambana ; [AfrL]

A. b. orichalcea Henning & Henning, 1996

Axiocerses bambana orichalcea ; [AfrL]

Axiocerses styx Rebel, 1908

E.Kenya (coast) - Tanzania - N.Malawi. See [About maps] Coast Scarlet
Axiocerses harpax styx ;
Axiocerses styx ; [BK: 190, pl. 17, f. 205]; [BAFR, 485]; [AfrL]

Larva on Brachystegia [BK]

Axiocerses amanga (Westwood, 1881)

AFrica (south of Sahara). See [About maps] Bush Scarlet
Zeritis amanga Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabeland: 351
Chrysorychia mendeche Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14) : 135, TL: Kenya, Mombasa?

= ; [NHM]

Axiocerses mendeche ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1900, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 124, pl. 26, f. 12-14
Axiocerses amanga ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 485]; [BK: 190, pl. 17, f. 206]; [AfrL]

Larva on Ximenia americana, X. caffra [PBSA], Acacia [BK]

A. a. amanga

Axiocerses amanga amanga ; [AfrL]

A. a. borealis Aurivillius, 1905

Axiocerses amanga borealis ; [AfrL]

A. a. baumi Weymer, 1901

Angola (interior) Axiocerses baumi ; [BAFR, 485]
Axiocerses amanga baumi ; [AfrL]

Axiocerses maureli Dufrane, 1954

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Axiocerses maureli ; [BAFR, 485 (text)]; [AfrL]

Axiocerses punicea (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Zimbabwe, Moçambique - Kenya. See [About maps] Punic Scarlet
Chrysorychia punicea Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14) : 134, TL: Mombasa
Axiocerses punicea ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1900, Rhop. Exot. [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 125, pl. 26, f. 15-17; [BAFR, 485]; [BK: 191, pl. 17, f. 207]; [AfrL]

A. p. punicea

Axiocerses punicea punicea ; [AfrL]

A. p. cruenta (Trimen, 1894)

Axiocerses punicea cruenta ; [AfrL]

Axiocerses argenteomaculata Pagenstecher, 1902

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Axiocerses argenteomaculata ; [BAFR, 486]; [AfrL]

Axiocerses jacksoni Stempffer, 1948

Ethiopia, N.Somalia. See [About maps] Axiocerses jacksoni ; [BAFR, 486]
Axiocerces jacksoni ; [EBW]
Axiocerses jacksoni ; [AfrL]

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References:

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[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

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Clench, 1943

A new Axiocerses from West Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 51: 219-220

Clench, 1963

Notes on Axiocerses (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 71 (3): 181-188

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

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Grose-Smith, 1889

Descriptions of twenty-four new Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, East Coast of Africa, in the Collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14) : 121-137

Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1900; Grose-Smith in Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1900

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

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Stoll, [1782]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

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