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Mesoxantha Aurivillius, 1898
Mesoxantha Aurivillius, 1898; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 153, 157, TS: Papilio ethosea Drury
Mesoxantha, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
 Mesoxantha (Biblidini) ; [Wahlberg]
Mesoxantha (Bibldini) ; [AfrL]
Mesoxantha ethosea (Drury, 1782)
Sierra Leone - Angola. See [About maps] Papilio ethosea Drury, 1782; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3: index, : 51, pl. 37, f. 3-4
Mesoxantha ethosea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
 Mesoxantha ethosea ; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 12]; [AfrL]
M. e. ethosea
Sierra Leone - Ivory Coast, Ghana Mesoxantha ethosea ethosea ; [BAFR, 241 (text)]; [AfrL]
M. e. ethoseoides Rebel, 1914
Cameroun, Gabon - E.Zaire, S.Zaire Mesoxantha ethoseoides Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 240 (note)
Mesoxantha ethosea ethoseoides ; [BAFR, 241]; [AfrL]
M. e. reducta Rothschild, 1918
Uganda Mesoxantha ethosia[sic] reducta Rothschild, 1918; Novit. Zool. 25 : 343
Mesoxantha ethosea reducta ; [BAFR, 241 (text)]; [AfrL]
?Mesoxantha katera Stoneham, 1935
Uganda. See [About maps] Mesoxantha katera Stoneham, 1935; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (25) : 2
Mesoxantha katera ; [EBW, (name only)]

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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
[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
[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
Drury, 1782
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 3 : 1-76, pl. 1-50
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 219-294, pl. 17-24
Rothschild, 1918
Some Apparently New Forms of African Nymphalidae Novit. Zool. 25 : 338-345
Stoneham, 1935
New forms of Euryphura, etc., from Uganda Protectorate and Kenya Colony, Brithish East and Central Africa Bull. Stoneham Mus. (25) : 1-2

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