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Euptera Staudinger, 1891

Euptera Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 98, TS: Euptera sirene Staudinger

= Cymothoe ; [NHM]

Euptera, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Euptera (Adoliadini) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Euptera crowleyi (Kirby, 1889)

Benin, SE.Nigeria. See [About maps] Euphaedra(?) crowleyi Kirby, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (15) : 247, TL: Agove
Cymothoe crowleyi ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890, Rhop. Exot. [2] 1: (Cymothoe) 2, pl. 1, f. 5
Euptera crowleyi ; [BAFR, 281]; [AfrL]

E. c. crowleyi

Euptera crowleyi crowleyi ; [AfrL]

E. c. centralis Libert, 1995

Euptera crowleyi centralis ; [AfrL]

Euptera dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1904

Sierra Leone. See [About maps] Euptera dorothea Bethune-Baker, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 223, TL: Sierra Leone
Euptera dorothea ; [AfrL]

E. d. dorothea

Euptera dorothea dorothea ; [AfrL]

E. d. warrengashi Libert, 2002

Euptera dorothea warrengashi ; [AfrL]

Euptera elabontas (Hewitson, 1871)

Sierra Leone - Zaire, N.Zambia, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps] Euryphene elabontas Hewitson, 1871; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Euryphene VII): [48], pl. [24], f. 33, TL: Africa (Creek Town)
Euptera elabontas, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cymothoe elabontas ; [BOW: pl. 98, f. 14]
Euptera elabontas ; [BAFR, 280]; [AfrL]

E. e. elabontas

Euptera elabontas elabontas ; [BK: 317, pl. 43, f. 532]; [AfrL]

E. e. mweruensis Neave, 1910

Euptera elabontas mweruensis Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 38, pl. 2, f. 2, TL: N.Rhodesia
Euptera elabontas mweruensis ; [AfrL]

E. e. canui Collins, 1995

Euptera elabontas canui ; [AfrL]

Euptera hirundo Staudinger, 1891

-. See [About maps] Euptera hirundo Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 101, TL: Gaboon
Euptera hirundo ♀ f. rufa Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 62
Euptera hirundo ; [AfrL]

E. h. hirundo

Gabon, Cameroun, Nigeria, Congo Republic - W.Zaire Euptera hirundo hirundo ; [BAFR, 281]; [AfrL]

E. h. lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921

E.Zaire, Uganda Euptera hirundo lufirensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 61, pl. 11, f. 25-26
Euptera hirundo lufirensis ; [BAFR, 281]; [AfrL]

Euptera intricata Aurivillius, 1894

Cameroun - S.Zaire. See [About maps] Euptera intricata Aurivillius, 1894; Ent. Tidskr. 15 : 303, f. 12, TL: Cameroons
Euptera intricata ; [BAFR, 280]; [AfrL]

Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Malawi, Moçambique - Tanzania - E.Kenya. See [About maps] Euryphene kinugnana Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14) : 133, TL: Mombasa
Euptera pluto kinugnana f. rufa Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 61, TL: Nyasaland
Euptera kinugnana, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Thaleropis kinugnana ; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891, Rhop. Exot. [2] 1: (Thaleropis) 3, pl. 1, f. 5-7
Euptera pluto kinugnana ; [PBSA]; [BAFR, 280]
Euptera kinugnana ; [BK: 317, pl. 43, f. 533]; [AfrL]

Larva on Bequaertiodendron natalense [BK]

E. k. kinugnana

Euptera kinugnana kinugnana ; [AfrL]

E. k. insularis Collins, 1995

Madagascar Euptera kinugnana insularis ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Euptera mirifica Carpenter & Jackson, 1950

NE.Zaire (Epulu, Ituri). See [About maps] Euptera mirifica Carpenter & Jackson, 1950; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 : 100, TL: Belg. Congo
Euptera mirifica ; [BAFR, 281]; [AfrL]

Euptera neptunus Joicey & Talbot, 1924

C.Zaire, E.Zaire. See [About maps] Euptera pluto neptunus Joicey & Talbot, 1924; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3) : 541, TL: Kondola distr., Lindi Valley, Belgian Congo
Euptera pluto neptunus ; [BAFR, 280 (text)]
Euptera neptunus ; [AfrL]

Euptera pluto (Ward, 1873)

-. See [About maps] Euryphene pluto Ward, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 59, TL: Cameroons
Cymothoe pluto ; [BOW: pl. 99, f. 13]
Euptera pluto ; [AfrL]

E. p. pluto

Cameroun - Gabon, W.Zaire Euptera pluto pluto ; [BAFR, 280 (text)]; [AfrL]

E. p. primitiva Hancock, 1984

?primitiva van Someren, 1939; J. E.Afr. Uganda nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 92, TL: Uganda
Euptera pluto primitiva ; [AfrL]

E. p. occidentalis Chovet, 1998

Euptera pluto occidentalis ; [AfrL]

Euptera richelmanni Weymer, 1907

Cameroun. See [About maps] Euptera richelmanni Weymer, 1907; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2) : 42, pl. 2, f. 6, TL: Kamerun
Euptera richelmanni ; [BAFR, 281 (text, only type)]; [AfrL]

Euptera zowa Fox, 1965

Liberia - Nigeria. See [About maps] Euptera zowa Fox, 1965; Mem. amer. ent. Soc. 19 : 216, TL: Liberia
Euptera pluto zowa ; [BAFR, 280 (text)]
Euptera zowa ; [AfrL]

?Euptera sirene Staudinger, 1891

Ghana - Cameroun, E.Zaire. See [About maps] Euptera sirene Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 98, pl. 1, f. 6, TL: Gold Coast
Cymothoe sirene ; [NHM]
Euptera sirene ; [BAFR, 281]

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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

[BK]

Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[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.

[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

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1894

Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter Ent. Tidskr. 15 : 273-314

Bethune-Baker, 1904

On new Species of Rhopalocera from Sierra Leone Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14 (81) : 222-233

Carpenter & Jackson, 1950

New butterflies from East Africa and the Ituri forest Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 19 : 97-108

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, 1890; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891

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

Hewitson, 1871

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [3] : (Systematic Index) III, (Callithea): [1-2], pl. [1] (1857), (Callithea Agrias II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Epicalia & Myscelia I): [5-6], pl. [3] (1851), (Epicalia II): [7-8], pl. [4] (1852), (Timetes): [9-10], pl. [5] (1852), (Neptis): [11-12], pl. [6] (1868), (Limenitis I-II): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1859), (Heterochroa): [17-18], pl. [9] (1867), (Diadema): [19-20], pl. [10] (1863), (Diadema II): [21-22], pl. [11] (1865), (Diadema III): [23-24], pl. [12] (1868), (Amechania): [25-26], pl. [13] (1861), (Romaleosoma): [27-28], pl. [14] (1864), (Romaleosoma II-III): [29-32], pl. [15-16] (1865), (Romaleosoma IV): [33-34], pl. [17] (1866), (Euryphene): [35-36], pl. [18] (1864), (Euryphene II): [37-38], pl. [19] (1865), (Euryphene III Aterica): [39-40], pl. [20] (1865), (Euryphene IV): [41-42], pl. [21] (1865), (Aterica & Euryphene V-VI): [43-46], pl. [22-23] (1866), (Euryphene VII): [47-48], pl. [24] (1871), (Euryphene VIII & Aterica): [49-50], pl. [25] (1871), (Euryphene IX): [51-52], pl. [26] (1874), (Aterica & Harma): [53-54], pl. [27] (1866), (Harma): [55-56], pl. [28] (1864), (Harma II): [57-58], pl. [29] (1866), (Harma III-IV): [59-60], pl. [30-31] (1869), (Harma V-VI & Euryphene X): [61-62], pl. [32-33] (1874), (Adolias): [63-64], pl. [34] (1861), (Adolias II): [65-66], pl. [35] (1862), (Adolias III): [67-68], pl. [36] (1863), (Adolias IV): [69-70], pl. [37] (1875), (Agrias): [71-72], pl. [38] (1860), (Agrias & Nymphalis): [73-74], pl. [39] (1855), (Agrias & Siderone): [75-76], pl. [40] (1854), (Prepona): [77-78], pl. [41] (1859), (Prepona II & Agrias): [79-80], pl. [42] (1876), (Pandora & Prepona): [81-82], pl. [43] (1854), (Apatura): [83-84], pl. [44] (1869), (Nymphalis): [85-86], pl. [45] (1854), (Nymphalis II): [87-88], pl. [46] (1859), (Charaxes III): [89-90], pl. [47] (1863), (Charaxes IV): [91-92], pl. [48] (1874), (Charaxes V): [93-94], pl. [49] (1876), (Paphia II): [95-96], pl. [50] (1869), (Paphia & Siderone): [97-98], pl. [51] (1856), (Siderone): [99-100], pl. [52] (1860), (Zeuxidia & Aemona): [101-102], pl. [53] (1868), : iv

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

Joicey & Talbot, 1924

New forms of African Lepidoptera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (3) : 539-564

Kirby, 1889

Descriptions of new Species of African Nymphalidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (15) : 246-249

Neave, 1910

Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 2-86, pl. 1-3

Schultze, 1916

Weitere neue Rhopaloceren aus der Ausbeute der II Inner-Afrika-Expedition des Herzogs Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg Archiv Naturg. 81 A (12) : 136-142

van Someren, 1939

Butterflies of Kenya and Uganda. [Suppl. 3] J. E.Afr. Uganda nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 15-100

Staudinger, 1891

Neue exotische Lepidopteren Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 61-157, pl. 1-2

Ward, 1873

Descriptions of new species of African Lepidoptera Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 209-210, 10: 59-60

Weymer, 1907

Exotische Lepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2) : 1-51, pl. 1-2

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