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Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Papilionoidea
Nymphalidae
Limenitidinae
- Euryphura Staudinger, [1891]
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Euryphura Staudinger, [1891]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 105, TS: Euryphene porphyrion Ward
Crenidomimas Karsch, 1894; Ent. Nachr. 20 (17) : 258, TS: Harma concordia Hopffer
Metacrenis Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2) : 259, TS: Harma concordia Hopffer
Euryphurana Hecq, 1992
Euryphura, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Euryphurana (Adoliadini) ; [AfrL]
Euryphura (Adoliadini) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]
The prophyrion species-group
Ghana - Cameroons. See [About maps]
Euryphene porphyrion Ward, 1871; Ent. mon. Mag. 8 : 118, TL: Cameroons
Euryphura porphyrion ; [BOW: pl. 103, f. 2]
Euryphura (Euryphura) porphyrion ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Nigeria
Euryphura porphyrion porphyrion ; [BAFR, 283]
Euryphura (Euryphura) porphyrion porphyrion ; [AfrL]
SW.Zaire, Gabon
porphyrion grassei Bernardi, 1965; Biol. gabon. 1: 309, TL: Gabon
Euryphura porphyrion grassei ; [BAFR, 283 (text)]
Euryphura (Euryphura) porphyrion grassei ; [AfrL]
NE.Zaire (Ituri)
Euryphura porphyrion congoensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 63, pl. 11, f. 21-24, TL: Upper Kasai Distr; Ituri Fores, NW.Beni
Euryphura porphyrion congoensis ; [BAFR, 283]
Euryphura (Euryphura) porphyrion congoensis ; [AfrL]
Euryphura (Euryphura) porphyrion fontainei ; [AfrL]
Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast. See [About maps]
Euryphura porphyrion togoensis Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 114, TL: Togo
Euryphura togoensis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Euryphura porphyrion togoensis ; [BAFR, 283]
Euryphura (Euryphura) togoensis ; [AfrL]
Kenya (coast) - Moçambique. See [About maps]
Mottled Green
Harma achlys Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 641, TL: Mozambique
Euryphura achlys ; [BOW: pl. 102, f. 20]
Euryphura achlus ; [BAFR, 283]
Euryphura achlys ; [BK: 306, pl. 41, f. 507]
Euryphura (Euryphura) achlys ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Chrysophyllum sp. [PBSA],
Deinbollia [BK]
Ivory Coast - E.Zaire (Ubangi R.). See [About maps]
Harma chalcis C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (8): 234, TL: Guinea
Euryphura chalcis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Euryphura chalcis ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 284]
Euryphura achlys chalcis ;
Euryphura (Euryphura) chalcis ; [AfrL]
Euryphura (Euryphura) chalcis chalcis ; [AfrL]
Euryphura (Euryphura) chalcis kiellandi ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Zaire, Angola, Uganda. See [About maps]
Euryphene plautilla Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Euryphene III Aterica): [39], pl. [20], f. 14-15, TL: Old Calabar
Harma claudianus Druce, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 157, TL: Cameroons
Cymothoe lisidora Aurivillius, 1891; Ent. Tidskr. 12 : 214, TL: Cameroons
Euriphura (Euriphene) plautilla var. (ab.) albofasciata Staudinger, 1896; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 213, TL: Cameroons
Euryphura plautilla aurimarginata Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 114, TL: Camerun, Barombi-Station
versicolora Schultze, 1920; Ergeb. 2tn. Dt. Zent. Afrika Exp. 1 (14): 703, TL: Cameroons
Euryphura plantilla[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 103, f. 1 (spell.?)]
Euryphura plautilla ; [BAFR, 284]
Euryphura (Euryphura) plautilla ; [AfrL]
Uganda. See [About maps]
Euryphura isuka Stoneham, 1935; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (25): 1, TL: Kenya
= Euryphura plautilla albimargo ; [NHM]
Euryphura isuka ; [BOW: pl. 102, f. 22]; [BAFR, 283]
Euryphura (Euryphura) isuka ; [AfrL]
Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
?Euryphura plautilla f. albimargo Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 63, pl. 11, f. 20, TL: Itoa River, Ituri Forest
?ithako Stoneham, 1935; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (25): 3, TL: Kenya
?neo-oliva van Someren, 1939; J. E.Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 62, TL: Uganda
?neo-albofasciata van Someren, 1939; J. E.Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 62, TL: Uganda
?conformis van Someren, 1939; J. E.Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 62, TL: Uganda
?neo-athymoides van Someren, 1939; J. E.Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 64, TL: Uganda
?bicolor van Someren, 1939; J. E.Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65) : 64, TL: Uganda
Euryphura albimargo ; [BK: 306, pl. 41, f. 508]
Larva on
Chrysophyllum [BK]
?athymoides Schultze, 1920; Ergeb. 2tn. Dt. Zent. Afrika Exp. 1 (14): 703, TL: Cameroons
Euryphura (Euryphura) athymoides ; [AfrL]
Euryphura (Euryphura) ducarmei ; [AfrL]
Rhodesia, Mozambique, Malawi, S.Tanzania, Zambia, S.Zaire, E.Angola. See [About maps]
Harma concordia Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 641, TL: Mozabigue
Crenidomimas concordia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Crenidomimas concordia ; [BAFR, 298]
Euryphura (Crenidomimas) concordia ; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Ivory Coast. See [About maps]
Euryphura (Euryphene) nobilis Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 107, pl. 1, f. 3, TL: Sierra Leone
Euryphura nobilis ; [BOW: pl. 102, f. 23]; [BAFR, 283]
Euryphurana nobilis ; [AfrL]
Euryphurana nobilis nobilis ; [AfrL]
nobilis viridis Hancock, 1990²
Euryphurana nobilis viridis ; [AfrL]
Togo - Cameroun. See [About maps]
Euryphura oliva Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 112, TL: Togo
Euryphura oliva ; [BAFR, 284]
Sierra Leone
Euryphura oliva albula Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 113, TL: Togo
Euryphura albula ; [BOW: pl. 102, f. 21]
Nigeria - C.Zaire. See [About maps]
Euryphura ochracea Bartel, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 : 146, TL: Congo, Mukenge
Euryphura ochracea ; [BAFR, 285]
SW.Uganda (Rutenga Forest). See [About maps]
vansomereni Jackson, 1956; J. E Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 23 : 68, TL: Uganda
Euryphura vansomereni ; [BAFR, 284]
NW.Zaire (Umangi). See [About maps]
Euryphura aurantiaca Aurivillius, 1898; Ent. Tidskr. 19 : 179, TL: Umangi
Euryphura aurantiaca ; [BAFR, 284]
?Euryphura plautilla aurantiaca ;
Cameroun. See [About maps]
Euryphura euthalioides Schultze, 1916; Archiv Naturg. 81 A (7) : 160, TL: NW.Cameroun
Euryphura euthalioides ; [BAFR, 284 (text)]
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Euryphura fulminia Bartel, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 : 147, TL: West Africa
Euryphura fulminea[?] ; [NHM]
Euryphene doralice Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts [3] (Euryphene IV): [42], pl. [21], f. 18-20, TL: Old Calabar
Euryphura doralice ; [NHM]
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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
- [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
- [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
- [²]
- This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.
- Some related literature:
- Aurivillius, 1891
- Verzeichniss einer vom Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabun und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-sammlung
Ent. Tidskr. 12
: 193-228, pl. 1-3
- Aurivillius, 1898
- Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika
Ent. Tidskr. 19
: 177-186
- Bartel, 1905
- Neue Aethiopische Rhopalocera des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin
Novit. Zool. 12
: 129-152
- Butler, 1895
- On collections of Lepidoptera from British Central Africa and Lake Tanganyika
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (2)
: 250-270, pl. 15-16
- Druce, 1874
- Descriptions of Fifteen new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly from South America
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1)
: 155-160
- C. & R. Felder, 1860
- Lepidopterologische Fragmente. V-VI
Wien. ent. Monats. 4
(4): 97-112, pl. 1-2,
(8): 225-251, pl. 3-4
- Hewitson, 1865
- 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
- Hopffer, 1855
- [Lepidoptera Diurna]
Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855
: 639-643
- Jackson, 1956
- Notes on the Rhopalocera of the Kigezi District of Uganda with descriptions of new species and subspecies
J. E Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. 23
: 63-102, 13pls
- 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, 1894
- Ueber die seltene Nymphalide Harma concordia Hopff
Ent. Nachr. 20 (17)
: 257-259
- Schultze, 1916
- Neue Rhopaloceren aus Kamerun
Archiv Naturg. 81 A (7)
: 159-167
- van Someren, 1939
- Butterflies of Kenya and Uganda. [Suppl. 3]
J. E.Afr. Ug. nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (65)
: 15-100
- Staudinger, 1891
- Neue exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1)
: 61-157, pl. 1-2
- Staudinger, 1896
- Neue exotische Tagfalter
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9
(1): 193-224, pl. 1-2 (July 1896),
(2): 225-240, pl. 5 (Jan. 1897)
- Suffert, 1904
- Neue Nymphaliden aus Africa
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1)
: 108-123
- Ward, 1871
- Descriptions of new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera
Ent. mon. Mag. 8
: 34-36, 58-60, 81-82, 118-122
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