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Salamis Boisduval, 1833

Mother-of-Pearls
Salamis Boisduval, 1833; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2) : 194, TS: Salamis augustina Boisduval
Salamis Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 46, TS: Salamis augustina Boisduval
Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 23, TS: Papilio anacardii Linnaeus
Salamis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Salamis (Kallimini) ; [MadL]
Salamis (Junoniini) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]
Protogoniomorpha (Junoniini) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Salamis cacta (Fabricius, 1793)

-. See [About maps] Lilac Beauty
Papilio cacta Fabricius, 1793
Salamis cacta languida Bartel, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 : 135, TL: Central Africa
Salamis cacta, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Salamis cacta ; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 6]; [BK, 344, pl. 48]; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

S. c. cacta

Sierra Leone - Angola, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya, Ethiopia Salamis cacta cacta ; [BAFR, 224]; [BK, 344 (note)]; [AfrL]

S. c. amaniensis Vosseler, 1907

Moçambique, Mount Selinda, E.Tanzania, E.Kenya, E.Rhodesia (Chirinda Forest), Malawi Salamis amaniensis Vosseler, 1907; Dt. Ent. Zs. 1907: 379
Salamis cacta amaniensis ; [BAFR, 224 (text)]; [BK, 344 (note)]; [AfrL]

S. c. eileenae Henning & Joannou, 1994

Salamis cacta eileenae ; [AfrL]

Salamis anteva (Ward, 1870)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Junonia anteva Ward, 1870
Salamis anteva var. lambertoni Oberthür
Salamis anteva, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Salamis anteva ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 5]; [BAFR, 224]; [MadL]; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Salamis anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sierra Leone - E.Africa, Natal - Abyssinia. See [About maps] Clouded Mother-of-Pearl
Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 467
Protogoniomorpha anacardii, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Salamis anacardi ; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 4]
Salamis anacardii ; [BAFR, 226]
Protogoniomorpha anacardii ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

S. a. anacardii

Salamis anacardii anacardii ; [BK, 343, pl. 48]
Protogoniomorpha anacardii anacardii ; [AfrL]

Larva on Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Isoglossa, Justicia, Mimulopsis, Paulowilhelmia, Iopsis [BK]

S. a. duprei (Vinson, 1863)

Madagascar Salamis duprei Vinson, 1863; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) 3 : 424
Salamis duprei ; [BAFR, 226]
Salamis anacardii duprei ; [MadL]
Protogoniomorpha anacardii duprei ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

S. a. nebulosa Trimen, 1881

Natal, Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia, Okavango Salamis nebulosa Trimen, 1881; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1881 (3) : 441
Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa ; [AfrL]

Salamis parhassus (Druce, 1782)

Tropical Africa. See [About maps] Forest Mother-of-Pearl
Protogoniomorpha parhassus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Salamis parhassus ; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 9]; [BAFR, 226]
Protogoniomorpha parhassus ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Larva on Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Isoglossa, Mimulopsis, Paulowilhelmia [BK]

S. p. parhassus

Salamis parhassus parhassus ; [BK, 343]

S. p. aethiops (Palisot de Beauvais, 1805)

Natal, Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia Papilio aethiops Palisot de Beauvais, 1805; Ins. Afr. Amer.: 22

Larva on Asystasia coromandeliana, Isoglossa mossambicensis [PBSA]

Salamis cytora Doubleday, 1847²

Sierra Leone - Ghana, Togo, Benin. See [About maps] cytora Doubleday, 1847²
?Salamis amarantha Butler, 1869; Cistula ent. 1 (1) : 6, TL: Old Calabar
Salamis cytora ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 11]; [BAFR, 224]
Protogoniomorpha cytora ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Salamis temora C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Nigeria - E.Africa, Abyssinia. See [About maps] Salamis temora C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 404
Salamis temora ; [BOW: pl. 107, f. 10]
Protogoniomorpha temora ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Larva on Asystasia, Mellera, Justicia, Mimulopsis, Paulowilhelmia [BK]

S. t. temora

E.Nigeria, Cameroun - Angola, Zaire, Uganda, W.Tanzania, W.Kenya, Ethiopia Blue Mother-of-Pearl
Salamis temora temora ; [BAFR, 226]; [BK, 342, pl. 48]
Protogoniomorpha temora temora ; [AfrL]

S. t. virescens Suffert, 1904

E.Tanzania (Nguru, Uluguru Mts.) Salamis temora virescens Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 109, TL: Mhonda
Protogoniomorpha temora virescens ; [AfrL]
Salamis temora virescens ; [BAFR, 226 (text)]

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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

[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.

[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:

Bartel, 1905

Neue Aethiopische Rhopalocera des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin Novit. Zool. 12 : 129-152

Boisduval, 1833

[Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice] Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2) : 149-270

Boisduval, 1833

Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 1-122, pl. 1-16, : (Repaged offprint from Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 2 (2) : 149-270)

Butler, 1869

Descriptions of New Rhopalocera from the Collection of Herbert Druce Esq. Cistula ent. 1 (1) : 1-16

C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Suffert, 1904

Neue Nymphaliden aus Africa Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 108-123

Trimen, 1881

On some new species of Rhopalocera from Southern Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1881 (3) : 433-445

Vinson, 1863

Salamis de Dupré Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) 3 : 424-426, pl. 10

Vosseler, 1907

Eine neue Salamis aus Ostusambara (Lep.) Dt. Ent. Zs. 1907

Wallengren, 1857

Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 1-55

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