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Cerautola Libert, 1999
Hewitola Libert, 1999
Cerautola (Epitolina) ; [AfrL]

Subgenus Cerautola Libert, 1999

Cerautola adolphifrederici (Schultze, 1911)
Cameroun. See [About maps] Epitola adolphifrederici ; [BAFR, 460]
Cerautola (Cerautola) adolphifriderici ; [AfrL]

Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
Sierra Leone - Uganda. See [About maps] Epitola ceraunia Hewitson, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 149, TL: West Africa
Epitola dewitzi Kirby, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (114) : 442, TL: Cameroons
= ; [NHM]
Epitola ceraunia ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 18, pl. 1a, f. 6-7; [BAFR, 459]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 15]
Cerautola (Cerautola) ceraunia ; [AfrL]

Cerautola crippsi (Stoneham, 1934)
Cerautola (Cerautola) crippsi ; [AfrL]

Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Zaire, W.Uganda. See [About maps] Epitola crowleyi Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 106, TL: Sierra Leone
Epitola crowleyi ; Crowley, 1890, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 555, pl. 17, f. 6-7; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 17, 18]; [EBW]; [BAFR, 459]
Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi ; [AfrL]
[crowleyi-1ap.jpg] 800x1000 (~94Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian [crowleyi-1bp.jpg] 800x970 (~114Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian [crowleyi-1l.jpg] 1544x1028 (~379Kb) larva Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian
[crowleyi-1v.jpg] 1544x1028 (~189Kb) underside Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian

Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi crowleyi ; [AfrL]
C. c. holochroma (Berger, 1981)
Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi holochroma ; [AfrL]
C. c. congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999
Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi congdoni ; [AfrL]
C. c. leucographa Libert, 1999
Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi leucographa ; [AfrL]

Cerautola fisheri Libert & Collins, 1999
Cerautola (Cerautola) fisheri ; [AfrL]

Cerautola legeri Libert, 1999
Cerautola (Cerautola) legeri ; [AfrL]

Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
Sierra Leone - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Epitola miranda Staudinger, 1889; Ent. Nachr. 15 (11) : 176
Epitola miranda ; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 25]; [EBW]
Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda ; [AfrL]
[miranda-1ap.jpg] 780x1021 (~83Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian [miranda-1bp.jpg] 800x979 (~80Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian [miranda-1l.jpg] 1544x1028 (~389Kb) larva Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian
[miranda-1v.jpg] 1544x1028 (~171Kb) underside Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian

Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast - Nigeria, Cameroun Epitola miranda miranda
Epitola miranda miranda ; [BAFR, 458]
Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda miranda ; [AfrL]
C. m. vidua (Talbot, 1935)
Lake Victoria (Sesse I., Bugala I.) Epitola miranda vidua ; [BAFR, 458]; [BK: 171, pl. 14, f. 156]
Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda vidua ; [AfrL]

Cerautola semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
Cameroun, Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] Epitola semibrunnea ; [BAFR, 459]
Cerautola (Cerautola) semibrunnea ; [AfrL]
Cerautola (Cerautola) semibrunnea semibrunnea ; [AfrL]
C. s. bamptoni Libert & Collins, 1999
Cerautola (Cerautola) semibrunnea bamptoni ; [AfrL]

Subgenus Hewitola Libert, 1999

Cerautola decellei (Stempffer, 1956)
NE.Zaire (Ituri, Kisangani). See [About maps] Epitola decellei ; [BAFR, 458 (text)]
Cerautola (Hewitola) decellei ; [AfrL]

Cerautola hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877)
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Angola. See [About maps] Epitola hewitsoni ; [BAFR, 458]; [BOW: pl. 122, f. 20]
Cerautola (Hewitola) hewitsoni ; [AfrL]

Cerautola hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [About maps] Epitola hewitsonioides ; [BAFR, 458]
Cerautola (Hewitola) hewitsonioides ; [AfrL]

Cerautola stempfferi (Jackson, 1962)
Cerautola (Hewitola) stempfferi ; [AfrL]


Unknown or unplaced taxa

Epitola ammon Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 83, pl. 14, f. 60-61, TL: Penghe, Ituri River


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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); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 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
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
[Szabolcs Safian]
Hungary; Hungarian Lepidopterologial Society; Butterflies of Ghana


Some related literature:
Crowley, 1890
On some new species of African diurnal Lepidoptera Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 551-556, pl. 17-18
Hewitson, 1878
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1873
Description of six new species of Epitola from the west coast of Africa Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 149-151
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16
Kirby, 1887
Descriptions of new Species of Epitola from Cameroons &c. in the Collection of Henley Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (114) : 441-445
Sharpe, 1890
On some new Species of African Lycaenidae in the Collection of Philip Crowley, Esq Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (31) : 103-106
Staudinger, 1889
Zwei neue afrikanische Lycaeniden Ent. Nachr. 15 (11) : 176-179


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