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Pseudopontia Plötz, 1870

Pseudopontia Plötz, 1870; Stettin ent. Ztg 31 (7-9) : 348, TS: Pseudopontia calabarica Plötz
Globiceps C. & R. Felder, 1869; Petites Nouvelles ent. 1 (8): [31] (preocc. Globiceps Lepeletier & Serville, 1825, Globiceps Ares, 1852), TS: Globiceps paradoxa C. & R. Felder
Gonophlebia C. & R. Felder, 1870; Petites Nouvelles ent. 2 (24) 9: 5, TS: Globiceps paradoxa C. & R. Felder
Pseudopontia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Pseudopontia (Pseudopontiinae) ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 2; [AfrL]; Mitter et al., 2011, Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 154

Pseudopontia paradoxa (C. & R. Felder, 1869)

-. See [About maps] Globiceps paradoxa C. & R. Felder, 1869; Petites Nouvelles ent. 1 (8): [31]
Pseudopontia calabarica Plötz, 1870; Stettin ent. Ztg 31 (7-9) : 348, pl. 3, f. 1a-f, TL: Old Calabar

= ; Mitter et al., 2011, Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 154

Pseudopontia cepheus Ehrmann, 1894; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 2 : 77, TL: Liberia, Grand Sess, West Africa

= ; Mitter et al., 2011, Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 154

Pseudopontia paradoxa, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Pseudopontia cepheus ; [EBW]
Pseudopontia paradoxa ; [EBW]; [AfrL]; Mitter et al., 2011, Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 154

1027x685 (~100Kb) Ghana, Ankasa NP, Photo © Torben B. Larsen

P. p. paradoxa

Sierra Leone - Cameroun, C.A.R., Congo, Uganda Pseudopontia paradoxa paradoxa ; [BAFR, 53]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 2, pl. 1, f. 4; [AfrL]

Pseudopontia mabira Mitter & Collins, 2011

N.Zaire, Uganga. See [About maps] Pseudopontia mabira Mitter & Collins, 2011; in Mitter et al., Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 155, f. 2B, 4C, 7C, TL: Uganda, Mabira Forest

Pseudopontia gola Sáfián & Mitter, 2011

Sierra Leone, Liberia. See [About maps] Pseudopontia gola Sáfián & Mitter, 2011; in Mitter et al., Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 156, TL: Sierra Leone, Gola North Forest Reserve

Pseudopontia australis Dixey, 1923

S.Zaire, Gabon, .... See [About maps] Pseudopontia paradoxa australis Dixey, 1923; Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 : lxiv, pl. B, f. 6
Pseudopontia paradoxa australis, LepIndex Card [NHM]
Pseudopontia paradoxa australis ; [BAFR, 53 (text)]; [AfrL]
Pseudopontia australis ; Mitter et al., 2011, Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 156

Pseudopontia zambesi Mitter & De Prins, 2011

Angola, Zambia, S.Zaire. See [About maps] Pseudopontia zambesi Mitter & De Prins, 2011; in Mitter et al., Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 156, TL: Zambia, Mwinilunga, Ikelenge, Isombu stream

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References:

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[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

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Wahlberg]

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

Some related literature:

Dixey, 1923

Pseudopontia pradoxa; its Affinities, Mimetic Relations and Geographical Races Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 1922 : lxi-lxiv, pl. B

Ehrmann, 1894

New west African butterflies J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 2 : 77-78

Mitter & Collins in Mitter et al., 2011; Mitter & De Prins in Mitter et al., 2011; Mitter et al., 2011; Sáfián & Mitter in Mitter et al., 2011

in Mitter, Larsen, de Prins, Collins, Weghe, Sáfián, Zakharov, Hawthorne, Kawahara & Regier, The butterfly subfamily Pseudopointiinae is not monobasic: marked genetic diversity and morphology reveal three new species of Pseudopontia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Syst. Ent. (2011) 36: 139-163

Plötz, 1870

Pseudopontia Calabarica n. gen. et n. sp. Stettin ent. Ztg 31 (7-9) : 348-349, pl. 3

Winhard, 2000

Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls

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