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Kedestes Watson, 1893

Rangers
Kedestes Watson, 1893; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 96, TS: Hesperia lepenula Wallengren
Kedestes (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 412]
Kedestes (Hesperiidae) ; [AfrL]

Kedestes barberae (Trimen, 1873)

Cape - Rhodesia, Lesotho, Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal. See [About maps] Thymelicus barberae Trimen, 1873; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873: 120
Kedestes barberae ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 32]; [AfrL]

Larva on Imperata arundinacea [PBSA]

K. b. barberae

Kedestes barberae barberae ; [AfrL]

K. b. bonsa Evans, 1956

Kedestes barberae bonsa ; [AfrL]

K. b. bunta Evans, 1956

Kedestes barberae bunta ; [AfrL]

Kedestes brunneostriga (Plötz, 1884)

Angola, Malawi - Kenya, Uganda, Zaire. See [About maps] Pale Ranger
Kedestes brunneostriga ; [BK: 413, pl. 60, f. 797]; [AfrL]

Larva on Setaria [BK]

Kedestes callicles (Hewitson, 1868)

Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Pale Ranger
Cyclopides callicles Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 42
Kedestes callicles ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 33, 34]; [BK: 414, pl. 60, f. 799]; [AfrL]

Kedestes chaca (Trimen, 1873)

Natal. See [About maps] Pyrgus chaca Trimen, 1873; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873: 118
Kedestes chaca ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 36 (text)]; [AfrL]

Kedestes lema Neave, 1910

-. See [About maps] Kedestes lema ; [AfrL]

K. l. lema

Kedestes lema lema ; [AfrL]

K. l. linka (Evans, 1955)

Rhodesia Kedesia lema linka Evans, 1955; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8: 883, TL: Chirinda Mountain, Mashonaland
Kedestes lema linka ; [AfrL]

Kedestes lenis Riley, 1932

Cape. See [About maps] Kedestes lenis Riley, 1932; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 10: 150
Kedestes lenis ; [AfrL]

Larva on Imperata arundinacea [PBSA]

K. l. lenis

Kedestes lenis lenis ; [AfrL]

K. l. alba Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997

Kedestes lenis alba ; [AfrL]

Kedestes lepedula (Wallengren, 1857)

Cape, Transvaal, Botswana. See [About maps] Hesperia lepedula Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 50
Kedestes lepenula ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 35]; [AfrL]

Larva on Imperata arundinacea [PBSA]

Kedestes macomo (Trimen, 1862)

Nigeria - to (Transvaal, E.Cape, Natal, Moçambique, Rhodesia) - Somalia. See [About maps] Cyclopides macomo Trimen, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 405
Kedestes macomo ; [AfrL]

Larva on Imperata arundinacea [PBSA]

Kedestes malua Neave, 1910

Rhodesia. See [About maps] Kedestes malua ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 33 (text)]; [AfrL]

Kedestes marshalli Aurivillius, 1925

Rhodesia. See [About maps] Kedestis macomo marshalli Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Macrolep. 13: 542
Kedestes marshalli ; [AfrL]

Kedestes mohozutza (Wallengren, 1857)

South Africa - Kenya, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Fulvous Ranger
Hesperia mohozutza Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 50
Kedestes mohozutza ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 36]; [BK: 412, pl. 60, f. 794]; [AfrL]

Kedestes nancy Collins & Larsen, 1991

Kenya. See [About maps] Nancy's Ranger
Kedestes nancy Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 444
Kedestes nancy ; [BK: 413, pl. 60, f. 795]; [AfrL]

Kedestes nerva (Fabricius, 1793)

Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, NW.Zambia. See [About maps] Hesperia nerva Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 340, TL: "Indiis" [error, = Natal, South Africa]
Kedestes nerva ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 37]; [AfrL]

K. n. nerva

South Africa (Natal, Transvaal) Pyrgus tucusa Trimen, 1883; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883: 359, TL: Natal, South Africa
Kedestes nerva nerva ; Hancock, 1987, J. Lep. Soc. 41 (1): 42; [AfrL]

K. n. paola (Plötz, 1884)

Angola, NW.Zambia Cyclopides paola Plötz, 1884; Stett. ent. Ztg. 45: 392, TL: Angola
Kedestes nerva paola ; Hancock, 1987, J. Lep. Soc. 41 (1): 43; [AfrL]

Kedestes niveostriga (Trimen, 1864)

Transkei, Natal. See [About maps] Pamphila? niveostriga Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 179
Kedestes niveostriga ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 38]; [AfrL]

Larva on Imperata arundinacea [PBSA]

K. n. niveostriga

Kedestes niveostriga niveostriga ; [AfrL]

K. n. schloszi Pringle & Schlosz, 1997

Kedestes niveostriga schloszi ; [AfrL]

Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901

Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, S.Sudan, NW.Zambia. See [About maps] Kedestes protensa Butler, 1901; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8: 59, TL: N.Nigeria
Kedestes chacoides Gaede, 1915; Int. ent. Z. 9: 126, TL: Busantare, Cameroon
Kedestes paola protens ; Evans, 1937, Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 84
Kedestes protensa ; [AfrL]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Kedestes paola; [PBSA, f. 724]; Hancock & Gardiner, 1982, Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9: 120

Kedestes rogersi Druce, 1907

S.Sudan, Uganda, Kenya. See [About maps] Rogers' Ranger
Kedestes rogersi ; [BK: 413, pl. 60, f. 798]; [AfrL]

Kedestes sublineata Pennington, 1953

South West Africa. See [About maps] Kedestes lependula sublineata Pennington, 1953; : 18
Kedestes sublineata ; [AfrL]

Kedestes wallengrenii (Trimen, 1883)

Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Moçambique - Kenya. See [About maps] Wallengren's Ranger
Thymelicus wallengrenii Trimen, 1883; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883: 361
Kedestes wallengreni ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 39]
Kedestes wallengrenii ; [AfrL]

K. w. wallengrenii

Kedestes wallengreni wallengreni ; [BK: 413, pl. 60, f. 796]
Kedestes wallengrenii wallengrenii ; [AfrL]

K. w. fenestratus (Butler, 1894)

Kedestes wallengrenii fenestratus ; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly 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

[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

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Butler, 1901

On a collection of butterflies made by George Migeod, Esq., in northern Nigeria between September 1899 and January 1900 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 8: 57-60

Evans, 1937

A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 1-212, pl. 1-30

Gaede, 1915

Neue Afrikanische Lepidopteren des Berliner Zoologisches Museums Int. ent. Z. 9: 105-106, 109-112, 125-126

Hancock, 1987

The identity of Cyclopides paola Plötz J. Lep. Soc. 41 (1): 41-44

Hancock & Gardiner, 1982

The Kedestes nerva group of species Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9: 105-126

Hewitson, 1868

Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56

Plötz, 1884

Die Gattung Cyclopides Hübn., und ihre Arten Stett. ent. Ztg. 45: 389-397

Trimen, 1883

Descriptions of twelve new species of South African Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883: 347-363

Wallengren, 1857

Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade aren 1838-1845 af J.A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): [1] -55

Watson, 1893

A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 3-133, pls 1-3

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