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Zophopetes Mabille, 1904

Nightfighters
Zophopetes Mabille, 1904; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 17 (D): 183, TS: Pamphila dysmephila Trimen
Zophopetes (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 425]; [AfrL]

Zophopetes cerymica (Hewitson, 1867)

W.Africa. See [About maps] Zophopetes cerymica ; [AfrL]

Zophopetes dysmephila (Trimen, 1868)

Moçambique, Port Elizabeth - Natal - Transvaal, Kenya. See [About maps] Palm Tree Nightfighter
Pamphila dysmephila Trimen, 1868; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868: 96, pl. 6, f. 10
Zophopetes dysmephila ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 62]; [BK: 425, pl. 62, f. 834]; [AfrL]

Larva on Phoenix reclinata, P. dactylifera [PBSA], Raphia, Cocos [BK]

Zophopetes nobilior (Holland, 1896)

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. See [About maps] Zophopetes nobilior ; [BK: 425, pl. 62, f. 835]; [AfrL]

Larva on Cocos [BK]

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References:

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[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:

Trimen, 1868

On some undescribed Species of South Africa Butterflies, including a new Genus of Lycaenidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1868: 69-96, 2pls

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