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Apaturopsis Aurivillius, 1898
Apaturopsis Aurivillius, 1898; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 128, 151, TS: Apatura cleochares Hewitson
Apaturopsis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Apaturopsis (Apaturinae) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Apaturopsis cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)
Rhodesia, Moçambique, Angola, Congo, Uganda. See [About maps] Painted Empress
Apatura cleochares Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 58
Apaturopsis cleocharis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
cleoharis ; Kirby, [1875], Zool. Rec. 10 (year 1873): 382 (missp.)
Apaturopsis cleocharis ; [BOW: pl. 92, f. 5]; [EBW]; [BK, 305, pl. 41]
Apaturopsis cleochares ; [AfrL]
Ivory Coast - Angola, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya Apaturopsis cleochares cleochares ; BAFR, 214; [BK, 305 (note)]; [AfrL]
A. c. schulzei Schmidt, 1921
NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts.), E.Rhodesia (Chirinda Forest) Apaturopsis cleocharis[sic] schultzei Schmidt, 1921; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 35 (1/2) : 43
Apaturopsis cleochares schulzei[sic?] ; [BK, 305 (note)]; [BAFR, 214 (as Apaturopsis schulzei schulzei)]
Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei ; [AfrL]

Apaturopsis kilusa (Grose-Smith, 1891)
Madagascar. See [About maps] Thaleropsis kilusa Grose-Smith, 1891; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (37) : 125, TL: NW.Madagascar
Apaturopsis kilusa ; [BAFR, 214]; [BOW: pl. 92, f. 5 (text only)]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Apaturopsis paulianii Viette, 1962
SW.Madagascar (Massif de l'Anavelona). See [About maps] Apaturopsis paulianii Viette, 1962; , TL: SW.Madagascar (Massif de l'Anavelona)
Apaturopsis pauliani ; [BAFR, 214 (text)]
Apaturopsis paulianii ; [MadL]; [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); 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
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 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
[MadL]
Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group


Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 1-561, pl. 1-6
Grose-Smith, 1891
Descriptions of Ten new Species of Butterflies from the North-west Coast of Madagascar, captured by Mr. J. T. Last, in the Collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7 (37) : 122-128
Hewitson, 1873
Descriptions of three new species of Rhopalocera from Angola Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 57-58
Schmidt, 1921
Neue oder wenig bekannte afrikanische Rhopaloceren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 35 (1/2) : 32-51


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