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Eronia Hübner, [1823]: Eronia Hübner, [1823]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [130], TS: Eronia cleodora Hübner
Eronia (Pierinae) ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7
Eronia ; [AfrL]

Eronia cleodora Hübner, [1823]

Transkei - Natal - Transvaal, Moçambique, Botswana, Zambia, Africa (dry). See [About maps] Vine Leaf Vagrant
Eronia cleodora Hübner, [1823]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [130] [dry-season]
Eronia dilata Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888 : 96 [extreme wet season], TL: Taveta
Eronia erxia Hewitson, 1867; Ill. exot. Butts [1] (Callidryas and Eronia): [64], pl. [33], f. 7
cleodora f. semipunctata Le Doux, 1923; Dt. ent. Zs. 1923 : 583 [very dry form]
cleodora f. punctata Le Doux, 1923; Dt. ent. Zs. 1923 : 584 [extereme dry form]
Eronia cleodora ; Doubleday, 1847, Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 9, f. 1; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. exot. Butts [1] (Callidryas and Eronia): [64]; [EBW]; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis zeyheri [PBSA], Salvadora [BK]

S.Africa - E.Africa Eronia cleodora cleodora ; [BAFR, 59]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 3; [AfrL]

E. c. dilatata Butler, 1888

coast (Kenya, Tanzania) Eronia cleodora dilatata ; [BAFR, 59 (text)]; [AfrL]

Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847)

Transkei - Natal - Transvaal, Moçambique - Rhodesia - Tanzania - Kenya - S.Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, Angola. See [About maps] Autumn Leaf Vagrant Orange and Lemon
Dryas leda Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 588 [wet-season]
Eronia leda cygnophila Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 85, TL: Dar-es-Salaam
leda f. pupillata Strand, 1911; Ent. Rundsch. 28: 137 [intermediate]
leda f. trimeni Oberthür, 1878; Étud. d'Ent. 3 : 30 [dry-season]
Eronia leda ; [EBW]; [BAFR, 59]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 5; [AfrL]

Larva on Capparis corymbifera [PBSA], Cadaba, Salvadora [BK]

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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
[BHL]: The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BK]: Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[EBW]: Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[HBN]: Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[PBSA]: Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1847: Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614
Butler, 1888: Descriptions of some new Lepidoptera from Kilima-njaro Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888 : 91-98
Doubleday, 1847: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Le Doux, 1923: Neue Formen von Pieris zochalia Bsd. und Eronia cleodora Hbn. Dt. ent. Zs. 1923 : 582-584
Hewitson, 1867: Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Ill. exot. Butts [1] : (Systematic Index) I, (Ornithoptera and Papilio): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855), (Papilio II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1856), (Papilio III): [5-6], pl. [3] (1858), (Papilio IV): [7-8], pl. [4] (1859), (Papilio V): [9-10], pl. [5] (1861), (Papilio VI): [11-12], pl. [6] (1864), (Papilio VII-VIII): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1865), (Papilio IX): [17-18], pl. [9] (1868), (Papilio X-XII): [19-22], pl. [10-12] (1869), (Papilio XIII): [23-24], pl. [13] (1873), (Papilio XIV): [25-26], pl. [14] (1875), (Papilio XV): [27-28], pl. [15] (1877), (Pieris I): [29-30], pl. [16] (1852), (Pieris II): [31-32], pl. [17] (1853), (Pieris III-VI): [33-40], pl. [18-21] (1861), (Pieris VII): [41-42], pl. [22] (1862), (Pieris VIII): [43-44], pl. [23] (1866), (Euterpe): [45-46], pl. [24] (1860), (Euterpe II): [47-48], pl. [25] (1872), (Euterpe and Leptalis): [49-50], pl. [26] (1853), (Leptalis II): [51-52], pl. [27] (1857), (Leptalis III): [53-54], pl. [28] (1858), (Leptalis IV): [55-56], pl. [29] (1860), (Leptalis V-VII): [57-62], pl. [30-32] (1870), (Callidryas and Eronia): [63-64], pl. [33] (1867), (Euploea): [65-66], pl. [34] (1858), (Euploea II): [67-68], pl. [35] (1866), (Heliconia I): [69-70], pl. [36] (1853), (Heliconia II-III): [71-74], pl. [37-38] (1854), (Heliconia IV): [75-76], pl. [39] (1858), (Heliconia V): [77-78], pl. [40] (1867), (Heliconia VI): [79-80], pl. [41] (1871), (Heliconia and Tithorea VII): [81-82], pl. [42] (1873), (Heliconia VIII): [83-84], pl. [43] (1875), (Athesis): [85-86], pl. [44] (1872), (Mechanitis I): [87-88], pl. [45] (1856), (Mechanitis II-III): [89-92], pl. [46-47] (1860), (Ithomia I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1851), (Ithomia II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1852), (Ithomia III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1853), (Ithomia IV-V): [99-102], pl. [51-52] (1854), (Ithomia VI-XIII): [103-118], pl. [53-60] (1855)
Hübner, [1823]: Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
Oberthür, 1878: Faune des Lépidoptères de la côte orientale d'Afrique Étud. d'Ent. 3 : 11-36, pl. 1-3
Suffert, 1904: Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl. 1-3
Winhard, 2000: Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls

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