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Platylesches Holland, 1896

Hoppers
Platylesches Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 72, TS: Parnara(?) picanini Holland
Platylesches (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 430]; [AfrL]

Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1920

Rhodesia. See [About maps] Platylesches affinissima Strand, 1920; Arch. Naturgesch. 86, A, (7): 164
Platylesches affinissima ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 14 (text)]; [AfrL]

Platylesches ayresii (Trimen, 1889)

Transvaal, Natal, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Pamphila ayresii Trimen, 1889; S.A. Butt. 3: 321
Platylesches ayresii ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 13]; [AfrL]

Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)

W.Africa. See [About maps] Platylesches chamaeleon ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 14]; [AfrL]

P. c. chamaeleon Mabille, 1891

Platylesches chamaeleon chamaeleon ; [AfrL]

P. c. tero Evans, 1937

Platylesches chamaeleon tero ; [AfrL]

Platylesches galesa (Hewitson, 1877)

Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Pamphila galesa Hewitson, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109): 79
Platylesches galesa ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 15]; [AfrL]

Larva on Ehrharta erecta [PBSA]

Platylesches moritili (Wallengren, 1857)

South Africa, Africa. See [About maps] Common Hopper
Hesperia moritili Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 49
Platylesches moritili ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 16]; [BK: 430, pl. 63, f. 851]; [AfrL]

Larva on Parinari [BK, 499]

Platylesches neba (Hewitson, 1877)

Zululand, Transvaal, Rhodesia, South West Africa. See [About maps] Hesperia neba Hewitson, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109): 84
Platylesches neba ; [AfrL]

Platylesches picanini (Holland, 1894)

Rhodesia, Moçambique, Transvaal, Liberia, Congo. See [About maps] Parnara(?) picanini Holland, 1894; Ent. News 5: 91
Platylesches picanini ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 17]; [AfrL]

Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910

Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Platylesches robustus Neave, 1910; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 83
Platylesches robustus ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 18]; [AfrL]

P. r. robustus

Platylesches robustus robustus ; [AfrL]

P. r. villa Evans, 1937

Platylesches robustus villa ; [AfrL]

P. r. fofi Larsen & Mei, 1998

Platylesches robustus fofi ; [AfrL]

Platylesches shona Evans, 1937

South West Africa - Rhodesia - Moçambique. See [About maps] Platylesches shona Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 169
Platylesches shona ; [AfrL]

Platylesches tina Evans, 1937

Transvaal, Rhodesia, Malawi, Tanzania - S.Kenya. See [About maps] Small Hopper
Platylesches tina Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 170, TL: Malawi
Platylesches tina ; [BK: 431, pl. 63, f. 852]; [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:

Evans, 1937

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

Hewitson, 1877

Descriptions of twenty-five new species of Hesperidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109): 76-85

Wallengren, 1857

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

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