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Eagris Guenée, 1862

Eagris Guenée, 1862; in Maillard, Notes Ile Réunion 2 (Lép.): 6, 19, TS: Thymele sabadius Boisduval
Eagris (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 394]; [AfrL]

Eagris decastigma Mabille, 1891

Nigeria - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Eagris decastigma ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 1]; [AfrL]

E. d. decastigma

Eagris decastigma decastigma ; [AfrL]

E. d. fuscosa (Holland, 1893)

Eagris decastigma fuscosa ; [AfrL]

E. d. purpura Evans, 1937

Eagris decastigma purpura ; [BK: 395, pl. 58, f. 738]; [AfrL]

Eagris denuba (Plötz, 1879)

Sierra Leone - Cameroons. See [About maps] Eagris denuba ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 2]; [AfrL]

E. d. denuba

Eagris denuba denuba ; [AfrL]

E. d. obliterata Carpenter, 1928

Eagris denuba obliterata ; [AfrL]

Eagris hereus (Druce, 1875)

Angola. See [About maps] Eagris hereus ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 3]; [AfrL]

E. h. hereus

Eagris hereus hereus ; [AfrL]

E. h. quaterna (Mabille, 1890)

Eagris hereus quaterna ; [AfrL]

Eagris lucetia (Hewitson, 1875)

Nigeria - Angola, W.Kenya, S.Sudan. See [About maps] Eagris lucetia ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 4]; [BK: 394, pl. 57, f. 736]; [AfrL]

Larva on Allophylus [BK]

Eagris nottoana (Wallengren, 1857)

Natal - to (Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia). See [About maps] Pterygospidea nottoana Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 54, TL: Caffraria
Eagris nottoana ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 5]; [AfrL]

Larva on Grewia occidentalis, Dombeya cymosa, Scutia commersoni [PBSA]

E. n. nottoana

Eagris nottoana nottoana ; [BK: 394, pl. 57, f. 737]; [AfrL]

E. n. knysna Evans, 1946

Eagris nottoana knysna Evans, 1946; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist (11) 13: 643
Eagris nottoana knysna ; [AfrL]

E. n. smithii (Mabille, [1887])

Madagascar Tagiades smithii Mabille, [1887]; in Grandidier, Hist. phys. nat. pol. Madagascar 18 (Lép. 1): 354, TL: Madagascar?
Eagris nottoana smithii ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Eagris sabadius (Gray, 1832)

Malawi, Zimbabwe - Kenya, Uganda. See [About maps] Hesperia sabadius Gray, 1832; in Griffith, Cuvier's Anim. Kingdom 15: pl. 99, f. 2
Thymele sabadius Boisduval, 1833; Ann. Soc. Ent. France 2: 211, pl. 9, f. 2
Eagris sabadius ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 7]; [BK: 394, pl. 57, f. 735]; [AfrL]

Larva on Rhus, Hibiscus, Grewia, Allophylus [BK]

E. s. sabadius

Eagris sabadius sabadius ; [AfrL]

E. s. andracne (Boisduval, 1833)

Madagascar Eagris sabadius andracne ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

E. s. astoria Holland, 1896

Eagris sabadius astoria ; [BK, 394]; [AfrL]

E. s. ochreana Lathy, 1901

Eagris sabadius ochreana ; [BK, 394]; [AfrL]

E. s. aldabranus Fryer, 1912

Eagris sabadius aldabranus ; [AfrL]

E. s. comorana Evans, 1937

Eagris sabadius comorana ; [AfrL]

E. s. maheta Evans, 1937

Eagris sabadius maheta ; [AfrL]

E. s. isabella Turlin, 1995

Mayotte? Eagris sabadius isabella ; [AfrL]

Eagris tetrastigma (Mabille, 1891)

Rhodesia - Cameroons. See [About maps] Eagris tetrastigma ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 8]; [AfrL]

E. t. tetrastigma

Eagris tetrastigma tetrastigma ; [AfrL]

E. t. subolivescens (Holland, 1892)

Eagris tetrastigma subolivescens ; [AfrL]

Eagris tigris Evans, 1937

Uganda. See [About maps] Eagris tigris ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 1 (text)]; [AfrL]

E. t. tigris

Eagris tigris tigris ; [AfrL]

E. t. kayonza Evans, 1956

Eagris tigris kayonza ; [AfrL]

E. t. liberti Collins & Larsen, 2005

Eagris tigris liberti ; [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

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[PBSA]

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

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1833

Description de quatre nouvelles espéces de Noctuélides Ann. Soc. Ent. France 2: 373-378, 1pl

Evans, 1946

Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. Nat. hist (11) 13: 641-648

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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