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Zeritis Boisduval, [1836]
Zeritis Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : pl. 22, TS: Zeritis neriene Boisduval
Zeritis Aurivillius, 1898; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 297, 333, TS: Zeritis neriene Boisduval
Zeritis (Aphnaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 436; [BK, 189]; [AfrL]
Zeritis neriene Boisduval, [1836]
Guinea - S.Sudan, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Zeritis neriene Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : pl. 22 [pl. 6C], f. 6
Zeritis neriene ; [BAFR, 484]; [BK: 189, pl. 17, f. 202]; [AfrL]
Zeritis pulcherrima Aurivillius, 1923
Sudan, C.A.R.. See [About maps] Zeritis pulcherrima ; [BAFR, 484]; [AfrL]
Zeritis aurivillii Schultze, 1908
N.Cameroun (Demsa). See [About maps] Zeritis aurivillii Schultze, 1908; Soc. Ent. 23 (17) : 131, TL: Kamerun
Zeritis aurivillii ; [BAFR, 484]; [AfrL]
Zeritis fontainei Stempffer, 1956
Zaire, Angola, Zambia. See [About maps] Zeritis fontainei ; [BAFR, 484]; [AfrL]
Zeritis sorhagenii (Dewitz, 1879)
S.Zaire, N.Zambia. See [About maps] Plebeius sorhagenii Dewitz, 1879; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2) : 204
Zeritis sorhagenii ; [BAFR, 484]; [AfrL]
Zeritis krystyna D'Abrera, 1980
C.Angola. See [About maps] Zeritis krystyna D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 484, fig., TL: Muene Indala, Angola
Zeritis krystyna ; [AfrL]

Unknown or unplaced taxa
Zeritis latifimbriata Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 105, TL: Sierra Leone
Zeritis latifimbriata ; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 555, pl. 17, f. 5
Zeritis fallax Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 104, TL: Sierra Leone
Zeritis fallax ; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 555, pl. 17, f. 4

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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
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 1-561, pl. 1-6
Boisduval, [1836]
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 1-690, pl. 1-24
Crowley, 1890
On some new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 551-556, pl. 17-18
Dewitz, 1879
Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge Nova Acta Leop. Carol. (2) 41 (2) : 173-210, [1-38], pl. 25-26, [1-2]
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
Schultze, 1908
Drei neue Tagfalter aus Kamerun Soc. Ent. 23 (17) : 130-131
Sharpe, 1890
On some new Species of African Lycaenidae in the Collection of Philip Crowley, Esq Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 103-106

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