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Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895
Cupidesthes Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16: 215, TS: Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius
= Anthene ; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia:
Cupidesthes (Lycaenesthini) ; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895
Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Cupidesthes robusta Aurivillius, 1895; Ent. Tidskr. 16: 215
Cupidesthes robusta ; [BAFR, 535 (text)]
Anthene robusta ; [EBW, (name)]
Cupidesthes robusta ; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes voltae (Sharpe, 1890)
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Uganda?. See [About maps] Cupidesthes voltae ; [BAFR, 536]
Anthene voltae ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 17]

Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910
-. See [About maps] Anthene arescopa ; [BOW: pl. 119, f. 25-26]
Cupidesthes arescopa ; [AfrL]
Liberia - Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic Cupidesthes arescopa arescopa ; [BAFR, 536]; [AfrL]
C. a. orientalis (Stempffer, 1962)
Uganda, E.Zaire Cupidesthes arescopa orientalis ; [BAFR, 536]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes thyrsis (Kirby, 1878)
Fernando Póo, Gabon, Congo Republic, Zaire. See [About maps] Lycaenesthes thyrsis Kirby, 1878; in Hewitson, Ill. diurn. Lep., Lycaenidae 1 (Suppl.): 224, pl. 92, f. 42-44
Cupidesthes thyrsis ; [BAFR, 536]
Anthene thyrsis ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 15-16]
Cupidesthes thyrsis ; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes caerulea Jackson, 1966
Cameroun, Congo Republic. See [About maps] Cupidesthes caerulea ; [BAFR, 536]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes lithas (Druce, 1890)
Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana. See [About maps] Anthene lithas f. unicolor Aurivillius²; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 15 (text)]
Cupidesthes lithas ; [BAFR, 536]
Anthene lithas ; [BOW: pl. 120, f. 15 (text only)]
Cupidesthes lithas ; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes paralithas Bethune-Baker, 1926
Cameroun, S.Nigeria, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Cupidesthes paralithas ; [BAFR, 536]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes jacksoni Stempffer, 1969
S.Ivory Coast. See [About maps] Cupidesthes jacksoni Stempffer, 1969; , TL: Ganoa, southern Ivory Coast
Cupidesthes jacksoni ; [BAFR, 536 (text)]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes paludicola (Holland, 1891)
Gabon, Ivory Coast. See [About maps] brunneus (Smith & Kirby, 1893)
= ; Clench, 1963, Entomol. News 74: (43-49)
Cupidesthes paludicola ; [BAFR, 536 (text)]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
Sierra Leone - Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda. See [About maps] Cupidesthes leonina ; [BAFR, 536]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes mimetica (Druce, 1910)
Cameroun. See [About maps] Cupidesthes mimetica ; [BAFR, 537]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966
Uganda, E.Zaire, SW.Tanzania (Mpanda). See [About maps] Cupidesthes ysobelae Jackson, 1966; , TL: Sesse Is., Lake Victoria
Cupidesthes ysobelae ; [BAFR, 537]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes cuprifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Congo Republic, W.Zaire (to Ituri R.). See [About maps] Cupidesthes cuprifascia ; [BAFR, 537]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes vidua Talbot, 1929
Angola. See [About maps] Cupidesthes vidua ; [BAFR, 537]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes albida (Aurivillius, 1923)
West Africa Cupidesthes albida ; [BAFR, 537 (text)]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes minor Joicey & Talbot, 1921
NE.Zaire (Ayakuri, Ituri R.). See [About maps] Cupidesthes minor ; [BAFR, 537]; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes eliasi Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
Cupidesthes eliasi ; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes pungusei Collins & Larsen, 2005
Cupidesthes pungusei ; [AfrL]

Cupidesthes salvatoris Belcastro & Larsen, 2005
Cupidesthes salvatoris ; [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
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Clench, 1963
Further notes on west African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) Entomol. News 74: 43-49


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