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Falcuna Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Marbles
Falcuna Stempffer & Bennett, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., (Ent.) 13 (6): 174, TS: Liptena libyssa Hewitson
Falcuna (Liptenini) ; [BK, 169]
Falcuna (Liptenina) ; [AfrL]

17 spp.


Falcuna libyssa (Hewitson, 1866)
-. See [About maps] Liptena libyssa Hewitson, 1866; Ill. exot. Butts 3 (49): pl. 1 (1864), f. 5-6
Liptena libyssa ; [BOW: pl. 124, f. 39]
Falcuna libyssa ; [AfrL]
Nigeria Falcuna libyssa libyssa ; [BAFR, 447 (text)]; [AfrL]
F. l. cameroonica Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Cameroun Falcuna libyssa cameroonica ; [BAFR, 447]; [AfrL]
F. l. angolensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Angola Falcuna libyssa angolensis ; [BAFR, 447 (text)]; [AfrL]

Falcuna synesia (Hulstaert, 1924)
-. See [About maps] Falcuna synesia ; [AfrL]
Gabon (Mayumba), Angola (Cabinda), N of mouth of Zaire R. Falcuna synesia synesia ; [BAFR, 447 (text)]; [AfrL]
F. s. gabonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Gabon, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fernando Póo Falcuna synesia gabonensis ; [BAFR, 447]; [AfrL]
F. s. fusca Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Cameroun - C.A.R. (Bangassou) Falcuna synesia fusca ; [BAFR, 448 (text)]; [AfrL]

Falcuna leonensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana. See [About maps] Falcuna leonensis ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna lacteata Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Angola. See [About maps] Falcuna lacteata ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna margarita (Suffert, 1904)
Cameroun, Congo Republic, Gabon, Zaire. See [About maps] Falcuna margarita ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna kasai Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
C.Zaire (Kasai). See [About maps] Falcuna kasai ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
-. See [About maps] Oriental Marble
Falcuna orientalis ; [AfrL]
Uganda, W.Kenya Falcuna orientalis orientalis ; [BAFR, 448]; [BK: 169, pl. 14, f. 151]; [AfrL]
F. o. bwamba Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
W.Uganda (Bwamba), E.Zaire Falcuna orientalis bwamba ; [BAFR, 448 (text)]; [AfrL]

Falcuna hollandi (Aurivillius, 1899)
-. See [About maps] Liptena hollandi ; [BOW: pl. 124, f. 35]
Falcuna hollandi ; [AfrL]
C.Zaire (Kasai) Falcuna hollandi hollandi ; [BAFR, 448 (text)]; [AfrL]
F. h. nigricans Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Congo Republic, Zaire Falcuna hollandi nigricans ; [BAFR, 448 (text)]; [AfrL]
F. h. suffusa Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Cameroun, Equatorial Guinea Falcuna hollandi suffusa ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna iturina Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
NE.Zaire, W.Uganda (Bwamba). See [About maps] Falcuna iturina ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna semliki Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Falcuna semliki Stempffer & Bennett, 1963; , TL: Western Semliki Valley, escarpment 30km SW of Bogo, Zaire
Falcuna semliki ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna reducta Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Cameroun. See [About maps] Falcuna reducta ; [BAFR, 448]; [AfrL]

Falcuna dorotheae Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
Cameroun, E.Zaire (Kivu). See [About maps] Falcuna dorotheae ; [AfrL]; [BAFR, 448]

Falcuna overlaeti Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
SE.Zaire (Kapanga, Luvua R.). See [About maps] Falcuna overlaeti ; [BAFR, 449 (text)]; [AfrL]

Falcuna campimus (Holland, 1890)
-. See [About maps] Larinopoda campimus Holland, 1890; Psyche, 5: 427
Liptena campimus ; [BOW: pl. 124, f. 28]
Falcuna campimus ; [AfrL]
Gabon, Cameroun, Nigeria - Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone Falcuna campimus campimus ; [BAFR, 449]; [AfrL]
F. c. dilatata (Schultze, 1923)
NW.Cameroun, Nigeria, Ghana Falcuna campimus dilatata ; [BAFR, 449 (text)]; [AfrL]

Falcuna lybia (Staudinger, 1892)
Gabon. See [About maps] Liptena lybia ; [BOW: pl. 124, f. 40]
Falcuna lybia ; [BAFR, 449]; [AfrL]

Falcuna melandeta (Holland, 1893)
Gabon. See [About maps] Falcuna melandeta ; [BAFR, 449 (text)]; [AfrL]

Falcuna gitte Bennett, 1969
Nigeria. See [About maps] Falcuna gitte ; [BAFR, 449]; [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
[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
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)


Some related literature:
Hewitson, 1866
Illustrations of new species of exoctic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (1862-1865) Ill. exot. Butts 3 (41): [79-82],[105-106], pl. [40-41],[53] (1862), (42): [59-60],[83-84],[107-108], pl. [30],[42],[54] (1862), (43): [69-70],[73-74],[85-86], pl. [35],[37],[43] (1862), (44): [7-8],[67-68],[97-98], pl. [4],[34],[49] (1862), (45): [29-30],[65-66] (1863), (46): [61-62],[75-78],[101-102], pl. [31],[38-39],[51] (1863), (47): [13-14],[99-100],[115-116], pl. [7],[50],[58] (1863), (48): [63-64],[71-72],[117-118], pl. [32],[36],[59] (1863), (49): [1-2],[17-18],[27-28], pl. [1],[9],[14] (1864), (50): [19-24], pl. [10-12] (1864), (51): [25-26],[33-34],[55-56], pl. [13],[17],[28] (1864), (52): [41-42],[87-90], pl. [21],[44-45] (1864), (53): [3-4],[31-32],[43-46], pl. [2],[16],[22-23] (1865), (54): [5-6],[35-36], pl. [3],[18] (1865), (55): [15-16],[109-112], pl. [8],[55-56] (1865), (56): [37-38],[45-46],[95-96], pl. [19],[23],[48] (1865), (57): [49-50],[91-92],[103-104],[119-120], pl. [25],[46],[52],[60] (1866), (58): [51-52],[57-58], pl. [26],[29] (1866), (59): [9-10],[39-40],[93-94], pl. [5],[20],[47] (1866), (60): [11-12],[53-54],[113-114],[121-124], pl. [6],[27],[57] (1866)


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