W.Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea. See [About maps]
Idiomorphus hewitsonii Doumet, 1861; Rev. Zool. (2) 13 : 175, pl. 5, f. 2
Nigeria - Cameroun, Zaire. See [About maps]
Mycalesis medontias Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis IX): [63], pl. [33], f. 56-57, TL: West Africa
Nigeria, Congo, Uganda. See [About maps]
Idiomorphus iccius Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Idiomorphus): [68], pl. [35], f. 4-5, TL: Old Calabar
-. See [About maps]
Bicyclus ephorus Weymer, 1892; Stettin ent. Ztg 53 (4-6) : 79
Cameroun - Ivory Coast. See [About maps]
Bicyclus sweadneri Fox, 1963; Ann. Carnegie Mus. 36 : 215
forests (Zaire, Uganda). See [About maps]
Mycalesis graueri Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 256
Cameroun - Angola, Uganda. See [About maps]
Idiomorphus sebetus Hewitson, 1877; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [66], pl. [34], f. 6-7, TL: Gaboon
S.Nigeria - Cameroun, Gabon, Fernando Póo (Macías Nguema I.). See [About maps]
Idiomorphus italus Hewitson, 1865; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Idiomorphus): [67], pl. [35], f. 1-3, TL: Old Calabar
forests (Togo - Sierra Leone). See [About maps]
Idiomorphus zinebi Butler, 1869; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 3 (13) : 19, pl. 9, f. 4, TL: Gold Coast
Kenya, E.Zaire, Uganda (Toro). See [About maps]
Mycalesis mesogena Karsch, 1894; Ent. Nachr. 20 (14/15) : 236
Cameroun - Sierra Leone. See [About maps]
Bicyclus sangmelinae, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis sambulos Hewitson, 1877; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65], pl. [34], f. 63-64, TL: Gaboon
C.Kenya (highlands), Loita, Mau Hills, N.Tanzania, N.Lake Victoria, S.Sudan. See [About maps]
Kenyan Bush Brown
Senegal - W.Kenya, Tanzania (forests), Uganda, Zaire, Gabon, Angola. See [About maps]
Mycalesis mandanes Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis IX): [64] (as Mycalesis madnanes), pl. [33], f. 61-62, TL: Angola; Gaboon
Nigeria - W.Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania. See [About maps]
Mycalesis auricruda Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus. : 131, pl. 3, f. 6, TL: Ashanti
Gambia - Angola, Uganda, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Mycalesis vulgaris Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus. : 130, pl. 3, f. 2
-. See [About maps]
Papilio dorothea Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 19, pl. 204, f. E-F
Cameroun - Angola, E.Zaire. See [About maps]
Bicyclus moyses Condamin & Fox, 1964; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 26 : 629
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Jeffery's Bush Brown
Senegal - Ethiopia, W.Kenya, Angola. See [About maps]
Mycalesis sandace Hewitson, 1877; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65], pl. [34], f. 65, TL: Fernando Po
Zululand - Swaziland, E.Transvaal, Rhodesia - Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps]
Mycalesis ena Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 107 [wet-season], TL: Lake Nyassa
Moçambique, Rhodesia, Zambia, Zimbabwe - Zaire, E.Kenya. See [About maps]
Mycalesis campina Aurivillius, 1901; Ent. Tidskr. 22 : 114, f. 20 [dry-season]
S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola. See [About maps]
Bicyclus vansoni Condamin, 1965; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 27 : 1101
E.Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Bicyclus condamini van Son, 1963; Novos Taxa ent. 29 : 6
E.Tanzania (Usambara Mts. - Iringa). See [About maps]
Mycalesis danckelmani Rogenhofer, 1891; in Baumann, Usambara un seine Nachbargebiete, App. 3: 330, TL: Tanzania
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis aurivillii Butler, [1896]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 : 724, pl. 42, f. 2
Zaire (NW of L.Victoria). See [About maps]
Mycalesis albocincta Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 260, pl. 21, f. 33-34
SW.Uganda (Kigezi). See [About maps]
Mycalesis neustetteri Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 257, pl. 21, f. 29-32
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis matuta Karsch, 1894; Ent. Nachr. 20 (14/15) : 228
W.Uganda - E.Zaire. See [About maps]
persimilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1921); Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 76, pl. 13, f. 38-40
W.Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahale Mts.). See [About maps]
Bicyclus similis Condamin, 1963; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 25 : 902
Cameroun - W.Kenya, Uganda, Angola. See [About maps]
Mycalesis (Monotrichtis) buea Strand, 1912; Archiv Naturg. 77 (Suppl. 4) : 109, TL: Buea; Musake
Ghana - Kenya. See [About maps]
Papilio martius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 219
W.Africa - W.Kenya, Angola. See [About maps]
Mycalesis istaris Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 197, TL: Aburi
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis sophrosyne Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (4-6): 196, TL: Victoria und Bonjongo
Gabon, Zaire, N.Angola. See [About maps]
lamani (Aurivillius, 1900); Öfvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 57 : 1040
W.Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire, S.Zaire. See [About maps]
Mycalesis mollitia Karsch, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (18): 281
Ghana - Cameroun. See [About maps]
Bicyclus sylvicolus Condamin, 1961; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 23 : 788
Guinea - Ghana. See [About maps]
Mycalesis abnormis Dudgeon, 1909; Bull. ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 : lii
-. See [About maps]
smithi (Aurivillius, 1928); in Carpenter, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 76 : 36
-. See [About maps]
madetes (Hewitson, 1874); Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 13 : 381
E.Zaire, Uganda, Kenya. See [About maps]
Mycalesis golo Aurivillius, 1893; Ent. Tidskr. 14 : 267, f. 2
SE.Nigeria - E.Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Mycalesis rhacotis Hewitson, 1866; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis VII-VIII): [61], pl. [32], f. 50, TL: Old Calabar
E.Zaire - S.Zaire. See [About maps]
Bicyclus nachtetis Condamin, 1965; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 27 : 1104
Cameroun - Zaire, Angola. See [About maps]
Mycalesis technatis Hewitson, 1877; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [66], pl. [34], f. 67, TL: Gaboon
E.Nigeria - Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic. See [About maps]
Mycalesis nobilis Aurivillius, 1893; Ent. Tidskr. 14 : 269, pl. 6, f. 1-2
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis ignobilis Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (1) : 124, TL: Gold Coast
Ghana - Ivory Coast. See [About maps]
Bicyclus maesseni Condamin, 1970; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 32 : 1071
Cameroun (Bitje-Ja). See [About maps]
Bicyclus rileyi Condamin, 1961; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 23 : 792, TL: Cameroun, Bitje-Ja
E.Nigeria - E.Zaire. See [About maps]
Mycalesis alboplaga Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 257, pl. 21, f. 27-28
Gabon. See [About maps]
Bicyclus xeneoides Condamin, 1961; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 23 : 791
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis xeneas Hewitson, 1866; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis VII-VIII): [60], pl. [31], f. 48, TL: Old Calabar
Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon. See [About maps]
Bicyclus howarthi Condamin, 1963; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 25 : 908
-. See [About maps]
Papilio evadne Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 48, pl. 222, f. E-F
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis trilophus Rebel, 1914; Ann. k.k. naturh. Hofmus. Wien. 28 : 257
Guinea - Ghana. See [About maps]
Mycalesis dekeyseri Condamin, 1958; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 20 : 1348
Ghana - Cameroun, S.Zaire (Shaba), Uganda. See [About maps]
Mycalesis dubia Aurivillius, 1893; Ent. Tidskr. 14 : 270, f. 4
Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W.Tanzania, Kenya (montane). See [About maps]
Dentate Bush Brown
E.Nigeria - Angola, Zambia, Kenya. See [About maps]
Saussure's Bush Brown
-. See [About maps]
Mycalesis saussurei suffusa Riley, 1921; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1921 (1-2) : 240
Cameroun, E.Nigeria. See [About maps]
Mycalesis anisops Karsch, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (11/12) : 176
Rhodesia, Moçambique, Natal, Swaziland - Ethiopia, S.Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire, Comoros, Socotra. See [About maps]
Squinting Bush Brown
Larva on Ehrharta erecta? [PBSA]
Africa (savannah, South of Sahara). See [About maps]
Common Bush Brown
Larva on Ehrharta erecta [PBSA]
SW.Tanzania (Mpanda), Zambia, Malawi, N.Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Mycalesis cottrelli van Son, 1952; Ann. Transv. Mus. 22 (1) : 33 [dry-season]
N.Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), S.Tanzania, W.Tanzania. See [About maps]
Mycalesis cooksoni Druce, 1905; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1905 (2) : 251, pl. 13, f. 1, TL: NW.Rhodesia
Guinea - Kenya, Tanzania (mountainous terrain). See [About maps]
Hill Bush Brown
Senegal - Ethiopia, W.Kenya - Mozambique, Zimbabwe. See [About maps]
Mycalesis angulosa Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus. : 130, pl. 3, f. 8
Senegal - Kenya, SW.Ethiopia. See [About maps]
Mycales milyas Hewitson, 1864; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis V-VI): [57], pl. [30], f. 34, TL: White Nile
Ethiopia, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan, N.Uganda - N.Nigeria, Senegal. See [About maps]
pavonis (Butler, 1876); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18 : 481
Gambia - Angola, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
?Mycalesis saga Butler, 1868; Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus. : 130, pl. 3, f. 1, TL: Sierra Leone
Guinea, Sierra Leone - Gabon, C.Zaire (Kasai). See [About maps]
Mycalesis taenias Hewitson, 1877; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65], pl. [34], f. 66, TL: Gaboon
Ivory Coast - Uganda, E.Zaire. See [About maps]
Mycalesis uniformis Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12) : 470, TL: Makala-Beni
Ivory Coast, Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps]
Mycalesis hyperanthus Bethune-Baker, 1908; Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12) : 469, TL: Makala; Beni-Mawambe
Nigeria, Cameroun - Gabon, Congo Republic, C.Zaire. See [About maps]
Mycalesis sciathis Hewitson, 1866; Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Mycalesis VII-VIII): [62], pl. [32], f. 55-56, TL: Old Calabar
Guinea - Nigeria, Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps]
Mycalesis procora Karsch, 1893; Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2) : 210
Cameroun - Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps]
Mycalesis analis Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 113, f. 1, TL: Camerun, Yaunde16.4.2013 (84)
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