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Berberia de Lesse, 1951

Berberia de Lesse, 1951; Rev. franç. Lépid. 13 (3/4): 41, TS: Satyrus abdelkader Pierret
Berberia [Wahlberg]
Berberia (Satyrina) ; [Wahlberg]

Berberia abdelkader (Pierret, 1837)

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya. See [About maps] Giant Grayling
Satyrus Abd-el-Kader Pierret, 1837; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 6 : 19, pl. 1, f. 5-6, TL: Oran (Algeria)
Berberia abdelkader [Wahlberg]
Berberia abdelkader [Simon Coombes]
Berberia abdelkader ; [BOW: pl. 5, f. 13]

712x480 (~73Kb) Morocco, High Atlas Mts., July-1988, F. Fernandez-Rubio leg., Photo © Enrique Garcia-Barros

Larva on Gramineae, Stipa tenacissima [H&R]

B. a. abdelkader

E.Morocco (Col du Jerada, Oujda) - Algeria - W.Libya Satyrus abdelkader ab. serrata Rühl, 1895; in Heyne, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte 1 : 822, TL: Magenta (Algeria)
Berberia abdelkader alfae Slaby, 1981; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 91: 110, f. 5-6 [p. 112], TL: El Aricha (Algeria)
Berberia abdelkader saharae Slaby, 1981; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 91: 113, f. 7-8 [p. 115], TL: W of Mercheria (Algeria)
Berberia abdelkader arvorum Slaby, 1981; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 91: 116, f. 9-10 [p. 115], TL: El-Bayadh, between El-Biod and Bou-Ktoub (Algeria)
Berberia abdelkader abdelkader ; [BMAT: 78, pl. 26, f. 1-10]

600x435 (~46Kb) underside male female Morocco, Atlas Tellien, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Stipa tenacissima, Stipa parviflora? [BMAT]

B. a. nelvai (Seitz, 1911)

E.Algeria (Aures Mts., El Kantara, Djebel Metlili, Batna etc.) - W.Tunisia (Dj. Selloum, Dj.Semmama, etc.) Satyrus abdelkader nelvai Seitz, 1911; Soc. ent. 26 (14): 49, f., TL: Aures Mts. [Dj. Menaa] (Algeria)
Berberia abdelkader marteni Chnéour, 1935; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 48: 190, f. 2, TL: Moulares Mines (Tunisia)
Berberia abdelkader nelvai ; [BMAT: 79, pl. 27, f. 1-10]

Larva on Stipa tenacissima [BMAT]

B. a. taghzefti (Wyatt, 1952)

Morocco (Tizi-nTaghzeft), High Atlas (Tizi-n-Talremt, etc.) Satyrus abdelkader taghzefti Wyatt, 1952; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 37: 174, pl. 1, f. 1-7, pl. 2. f. A1-D7, TL: Taghzeft Pass (Morocco)
Berberia abdelkader taghzefti ; [BMAT: 79, pl. 26, f. 11-17]

600x435 (~40Kb) underside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tazouguart, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Stipa tenacissima [BMAT]

Berberia lambessanus (Staudinger, 1901)

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya?. See [About maps] Satyrus abdelkader var. lambessanus Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb., 1: 58, TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Satyrus (Cercyonis) abdelkader romeii Rothschild, 1933; Novit. Zool. 38 : 319, TL: Xauen [Chefchaoune] (Morocco)
Satyrus abdelkader alexander Chnéour, 1937; Ent. Z. Frankf. a. M. 51: 339, f. 2-3, TL: Somâa (Nabuel) (Tunisia)
Berberia lambessanus [Wahlberg]
Berberia lambessanus ; [BMAT: 79, pl. 25, f. 16-21]

600x435 (~51Kb) underside Morocco, Oukaïmeden, Haut Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

600x435 (~47Kb) underside Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Ampelodesmos mauretanica, Stipa parviflora? [BMAT]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[Enrique Garcia-Barros]

Enrique García-Barros; Dept. Biol. (Zool.); Univ. Autonoma de Madrid

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[Michel Tarrier]

Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

Some related literature:

Pierret, 1837

Description de trois nouvelles espèces de lépidoptères Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 6 : 19-23, pl. 1

Rothschild, 1933

On a collection of Lepidoptera from Spanish Morocco Novit. Zool. 38 : 315-330

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