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Iridana Aurivillius, 1921
Iridana Aurivillius, 1921; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 345 (repl. Iridopsis Aurivillius, [1898]), TS: Iris incredibilis Staudinger
Iridopsis Aurivillius, 1898; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 254, 286 (repl. Iris Staudinger, [1891], preocc. Iridopsis Warren, 1894), TS: Iris incredibilis Staudinger
Iris Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 141 (preocc. Iris Saussure, 1872), TS: Iris incredibilis Staudinger
Iridana (Liptenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 424
Iridana (Iridanini) ;
Iridana (Epitolina) ; [AfrL]

Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Iris incredibilis Staudinger, 1891; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 141, TL: Sierra Leone
Iridana incredibilis ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]
[incredibilis-1v.jpg] 1500x1223 (~204Kb) underside Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, November 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian


Iridana perdita (Kirby, 1890)
Cameroun. See [About maps] Epitola perdita Kirby, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 274, TL: Cameroons
Iridana perdita ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]

Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
Uganda, NE.Zaire. See [About maps] Iridana marina ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]

Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
Uganda, E.Zaire. See [About maps] Iridana hypocala ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]

Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898)
Congo Republic, Gabon. See [About maps] Iridana exquisita ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]

Iridana euprepes (Druce. 1905)
S.Zaire (Shaba). See [About maps] Iridana euprepes ; [BAFR, 453]; [AfrL]

Iridana rougeoti Stempffer, 1964
Gabon, Ubangi R. - Nigeria, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Iridana rougeoti ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]

Iridana gabunica Stempffer, 1964
Gabon. See [About maps] Iridana gabunica ; [BAFR, 454 (text)]; [AfrL]

Iridana nigeriana Stempffer, 1964
Nigeria, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Iridana nigeriana ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]

Iridana ghanana Stempffer, 1964
S.Ghana (Juaso), S.Cameroun (Bitje). See [About maps] Iridana ghanana ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]

Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
W shore of Lake Victoria Iridana jacksoni ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]

Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
Uganda-Kenya border (E.Uganda, W.Kenya). See [About maps] Iridana tororo ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]

Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
W shore of Lake Victoria, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] Iridana katera ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 454]

Iridana bwamba Stempffer, 1964
W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] Iridana bwamba ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]

Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964
W.Uganda. See [About maps] Iridana unyoro ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 454]

Iridana obscura Stempffer, 1964
W.Uganda (Toro). See [About maps] Iridana obscura ; [BAFR, 454]; [AfrL]


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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
[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!
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[Szabolcs Safian]
Hungary; Hungarian Lepidopterologial Society; Butterflies of Ghana


Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1898
Rhopalocera Aethiopica. Die tagfalter des Aethiopischen Faunegebietes K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5) : 1-561, pl. 1-6
Aurivillius, 1921
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
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
Kirby, 1890
Descriptions of new Species of African Lycaenidae, chiefly from the Collections of Dr Staudinger and Mr Henley Grose Smith Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 6 (33) : 261-274
Staudinger, 1891
Neue exotische Lepidopteren Dt. Ent. Z. Iris, 4 (1) : 61-157, pl. 1-2


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