[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
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[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
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Some related literature:
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Dickson, 1968
Some Observations on the Phasis thero (L.) group (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) with a description of a New Species
Ent. Rec. J. Var. 80
: 267-270
Dickson, 1977
A New Species of the Phasis thero (L.) Group (Lepidotera: Lycaenidae) from the Roggeveld Escarpment
Ent. Rec. J. Var. 89 (12)
: 317-319
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Dickson & Wykeham, 1974
A recently discovered race of the Cape lycaenid Phasis thero (L.)
Ent. Rec. J. Var. 86 (7-8)
: 177-180
Drury, [1773]
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1
: pl. 1-50 (1770), (1773) ,
: 1-123 (1837)
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6)
: 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus
Mantissa Insectorum 2
: 1-382
Heath, 1997
A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Metamorphosis Occ. Suppl. 2
: 1-60
Herbst, 1793
Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzun der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte
in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 6
: 1-162
Murray, 1935
South African Butterflies: A Monograph of the Family Lycaenidae: 195pp
S. Afr. Butts:
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
: 1-322
Stoll, [1781]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4
(26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780),
(29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781),
(32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Tite & Dickson, 1973
The genus Aloides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 29 (5)
: 227-280, pl. 1-5
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