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- Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891
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Playboys
Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (40) : 366, TS: Pilodeudorix barbatus Druce
Hypokopelates Druce, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (40) : 364, TS: Hypolycaena mera Hewitson
Kopelates Druce, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (40) : 364, TS: Kopelates virgata Druce
Actis Karsch, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (19/20): 315, TS: Actis mimeta Karsch
Diopetes Karsch, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (19/20): 317, TS: Deudorix deritas Hewitson
Actis (Deudorigini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 439; [BK, 205]
Kopelates (Deudorigini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 439
Hypokopelates (Deudorigini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 439; [BK, 205]
Diopetes (Deudorigini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 439
Pilodeudorix (Deudorigini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 439; [BK, 205]
Pilodeudorix (Deudoricina) ; [AfrL]
Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates anetia ; [BAFR, 522]
Pilodeudorix anetia ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Deudorix angelita Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 54, TL: Yaunde, S.Cameun
Pilodeudorix angelita ; [AfrL]
S.Cameroun - Congo Republic, C.Zaire
Hypokopelates angelita angelita
Hypokopelates angelita angelita ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix angelita angelita ; [AfrL]
W.Cameroun - Ivory Coast
Hypokopelates angelita schultzei ; [BAFR, 519 (text)]
Pilodeudorix angelita schultzei ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Hypolycaena aruma Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 124, TL: Gaboon
Hypolycaena aruma ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 33, pl. 5b, f. 47-48
Hypokopelates aruma ;
Pilodeudorix aruma ; [AfrL]
S.Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic
Hypokopelates aruma aruma
Hypokopelates aruma aruma ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix aruma aruma ; [AfrL]
E.Zaire
Deudorix aruma var. simplex Schultze, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (3) : 39
Hypokopelates aruma simplex ; [BAFR, 519 (text)]
Pilodeudorix aruma simplex ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix aruma nigeriana ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix aruma pallidior ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Diopetes aurivilliusi ; [BAFR, 524]
Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi ; [AfrL]
SW.Uganda. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates azurea ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix azurea ; [AfrL]
E.Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Actis perigrapha baginei Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 205, 439, pl. 20, f. 252, TL: Kakamega, Kenya
Pilodeudorix baginei ; [AfrL]
S.Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, SW.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Pilodeudorix bemba ; [BAFR, 522 (text)]; [AfrL]
Savannah (Ivory Coast - E.Africa) - S.Africa. See [About maps]
Blue Heart Playboy
Deudorix caerulea Druce, 1890; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25) : 28, TL: W.Africa, Lagos
Pilodeudorix caerulea ; [BAFR, 522]; [BK: 206, pl. 20, f. 254]; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix caerulea caerulea ; [BK, 206 (note)]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Sithon camerona Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 201, TL: Cameroons
Pilodeudorix barbatus Druce, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (40) : 366
Hypolycaena nobilis Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 149, pl. 1, f. 8, TL: Cameroons
= Pilodeudorix barbatus ; [NHM]
Pilodeudorix camerona ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast - Cameroun, N.Zaire, Uganda
Pilodeudorix camerona camerona ; [BAFR, 522]; [AfrL]
SE.Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, SW.Tanzania?
Deudorix camerona katanga Clench, 1965; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 73: (178-181), TL: Elizabethville, Katanga
Pilodeudorix camerona katanga ; [BAFR, 522 (text)]; [AfrL]
W.Uganda, Zaire. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates canescens Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 90, pl. 15, f. 72-73, TL: Albertville, Tanganyika
Hypokopelates canescens ; [BAFR, 522]
Pilodeudorix canescens ; [AfrL]
Ghana - Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire. See [About maps]
Diopetes catalla Karsch, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (19/20): 318
Diopetes catalla ; [BAFR, 524]
Pilodeudorix catalla ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone. See [About maps]
Deudorix catori Bethune-Baker, 1903; Ann. nat. hist. (7) 12 : 331
Hypokopelates catori ; [BAFR, 521]
Pilodeudorix catori ; [AfrL]
Congo Republic, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Deudorix congoana Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923; Ergebn. D.Z.-Afr. 2tn. Exp. 1 (17) : 1218
Pilodeudorix congoana ; [BAFR, 523]; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix congoana congoana ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Gabon, NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [About maps]
Deudorix corruscans Aurivillius, 1898; Ent. Tidskr. 18 : 216, TL: Cameroun; Ogowe
Diopetes corruscans ; [BAFR, 523]
Pilodeudorix corruscans ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix corruscans corruscans ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix corruscans kakumi ; [AfrL]
Ivory Coast, Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire, Angola, Uganda. See [About maps]
Deudorix deritas Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3) : 352
Deudorix deritas ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 30, pl. 5a, f. 58-59
Diopetes deritas ; [BAFR, 523]
Pilodeudorix deritas ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria. See [About maps]
Deudorix diyllus Hewitson, 1878; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 32, pl. 5a, f. 70-71, TL: Sierra Leone
Hypolycanea debilis Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 150, TL: Sierra Leone
Pilodeudorix diyllus ; [BAFR, 523]; [BOW: pl. 126, f. 23]; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix diyllus diyllus ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix ducarmei ; [AfrL]
NE.Zaire. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates elealodes ; [BAFR, 521]
Pilodeudorix elealodes ; [AfrL]
Ghana, Cameroun, Gabon. See [About maps]
Diopetes fumata ; [BAFR, 524]
Pilodeudorix fumata ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix hamidou ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix hugoi ; [AfrL]
S.Nigeria, Congo Republic, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps]
Hypokopelates infuscata ; [BAFR, 521 (text)]
Pilodeudorix infuscata ; [AfrL]
Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Malawi, SW.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates kafuensis ; [BAFR, 522]
Pilodeudorix kafuensis ; [AfrL]
SW.Cameroun (Makak). See [About maps]
kallipygos (Birket-Smith, 1960); , TL: Makak, Nyong R., Cameroun
Hypokopelates kallipygos ; [BAFR, 521 (text)]
Pilodeudorix kallipygos ; [AfrL]
Cameroun. See [About maps]
Diopetes kedassa Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 369, pl. 34, f. 13, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
Diopetes kedassa ; [BAFR, 524]
Pilodeudorix kedassa ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix kiellandi ; [AfrL]
Cameroun (Efulon). See [About maps]
Deudorix laticlavia Clench, 1965; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 73: (178-181), TL: Efulen, Cameroun
Diopetes laticlavia ; [BAFR, 524 (text)]
Pilodeudorix laticlavia ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroun, E.Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Deudorix leonina Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 231, TL: Sierra Leone
Hypokopelates leonina ; [BAFR, 520]
Pilodeudorix leonina ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix leonina leonina ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun
Hypokopelates dimitris D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 520, fig., TL: Ikom, Nigeria
Pilodeudorix leonina dimitris ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix leonina indentata ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Hypolycaena mera Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 124, TL: Angola
Hypolycaena mera ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 33, pl. 5b, f. 49-50
Pilodeudorix mera ; [AfrL]
N.Angola - Cameroun, Zaire
Hypokopelates mera mera
Hypokopelates mera mera ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix mera mera ; [AfrL]
E.Zaire, Uganda
Hypokopelates mera kinumbensis ; [BAFR, 519 (text)]
Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis ; [AfrL]
Cameroun (Efulon). See [About maps]
Deudorix nirmo Clench, 1965; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 73: (178-181), TL: Efulen, Cameroun
Diopetes nirmo ; [BAFR, 524 (text)]
Pilodeudorix nirmo ; [AfrL]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates nyanzana ; [BAFR, 521]
Pilodeudorix nyanzana ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [About maps]
Deudorix obscurata Trimen, 1891; Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891 : 84
Deudorix caerulea obscurata ;
Pilodeudorix caerulea obscurata ; [BK, 206 (note)]
Pilodeudorix obscurata ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire, Uganda, W.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Myrina otraeda Hewitson, 1863; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 29, pl. 15, f. 34, TL: Sierra Leone
Hypokopelates otraeda ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix otraeda ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix otraeda otraeda ; [AfrL]
Cameroun
Myrina genuba Hewitson, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 12 : 106, TL: Cameroons
Myrina genuba ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 25, pl. 3b, f. 103-104
Pilodeudorix otraeda genuba ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps]
Diopetes pasteon Druce, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (1) : 370, pl. 34, f. 14, TL: Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons
bwamba Stempffer, 1962²
Diopetes pasteon ; [BAFR, 524]
Pilodeudorix pasteon ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Congo Republic, Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps]
Diopetes pseudoderitas ; [BAFR, 524]
Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas ; [AfrL]
Pilodeudorix rodgersi ; [AfrL]
Cameroun (Efulon). See [About maps]
Deudorix sadeska Clench, 1965; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 73: (178-181), TL: Efulen, Cameroun
Diopetes sadeska ; [BAFR, 524 (text)]
Pilodeudorix sadeska ; [AfrL]
NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [About maps]
tenuivittata (Stempffer, 1951) (Deudorix); Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 56 : 119
Hypokopelates tenuivittata ; [BAFR, 521]
Pilodeudorix tenuivittata ; [AfrL]
Ivory Coast - Cameroun, Zaire. See [About maps]
Actis ula Karsch, 1895
Actis ula ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix ula ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Deudorix violetta Aurivillius, 1898; Ent. Tidskr. 18 : 216, TL: Gabon
Diopetes violetta ; [BAFR, 523]
Pilodeudorix violetta ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Kopelates virgata Druce, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (40) : 365
Hypolycaena gracilis Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 152, pl. 1, f. 9, TL: Sierra Leone
Kopelates virgata ; [BAFR, 519]
Pilodeudorix virgata ; [AfrL]
Senegal, Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Uganda. See [About maps]
Hypolycaena zela Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 14, pl. 5, f. 41-43, TL: Sherborough Island
Pilodeudorix zela ; [BAFR, 523]; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Moçambique. See [About maps]
Virachola zeloides Butler, 1901; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7 (39) : 289
Pilodeudorix zeloides ; [BAFR, 523]; [AfrL]
E.Zaire, SW.Uganda, Rwanda?, Burundi?. See [About maps]
Deudorix zelomima Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 265, pl. 22, f. 43
Pilodeudorix zelomima ; [BAFR, 523 (text)]; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates sevastopulo D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 520, fig., TL: Ikom, Nigeria
Nigeria, Uganda. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates obscura ; [BAFR, 520 (text)]
S.Nigeria, Cameroun - Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates ultramarina ; [BAFR, 521]
Hypokopelates sp.
?Hypokopelates sp. ; [BK: 205, pl. 51, f. 253a (Kapsemoite, Nandi Hills)]
Congo Republic, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal. See [About maps]
Hypokopelates anetta ; [BAFR, 522]
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Lycaena anta Trimen, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 : 402, TL: Natal
Deudorix anta ; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 25, pl. 5, f. 49-51
Hypokopelates anta ; [NHM]
9.5.2012 (52)
- 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
- [EBW]
- Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
- [LAMAS-NEO]
- Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- [²]
- This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.
- Some related literature:
- Aurivillius, 1898
- Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Ent. Tidskr. 18
: 213-222 (1898)
- 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
- Butler, 1901
- Descriptions of new Species of Lycaenidae in the Collection of the British Museum
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7 (39)
: 288-291
- Clench, 1965
- African Deudorix (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): notes and descriptions
J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 73: 178-181
- Druce, 1890
- Descriptions of twelve new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa, and one from the Solomon Islands, in the Collection of Herbert Druce
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25)
: 24-31
- Druce, 1891
- Descriptions of some new Genera and Species of West-African Lycaenidae
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (40)
: 364-367
- 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, 1863; Hewitson, 1869; 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)
- Hewitson, 1873
- Descriptions of nine new species of Lycaenidae from the west coast of Africa
Ent. mon. Mag. 10
: 122-125
- Hewitson, 1874
- Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own Collection
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3)
: 343-355
- Hewitson, 1875
- Description of a new species of Myrina
Ent. mon. Mag. 12
: 106
- 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, 1895
- Aethiopische Rhopaloceren. I & II
Ent. Nachr. 21
(18): 275-286,
(19/20): 289-322
- 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
- Rebel, 1914
- Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera
Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28
: 219-294, pl. 17-24
- Schultze, 1917
- Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II. Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Meclenburg
Archiv Naturg. 82 A (3)
: 34-39
- Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923
- Lepidoptera (3)
Ergebn. D.Z.-Afr. 2tn. Exp. 1 (17)
: 1113-1242
- Staudinger, 1891
- Neue exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1)
: 61-157, pl. 1-2
- Stempffer, 1951
- Contribution à l'etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 56
: 119-128
- 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
- Trimen, 1862
- On some New Species of South African Butterflis, collected in British Kaffraria by W. S. M. D'Urban, Esq., during 1860-61
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1
: 398-406
- Trimen, 1891
- On Butterflies collected in tropical South-Western Africa, by Mr. A. W. Eriksson
Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1891
: 59-107, pl. 8-9
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