Abstract
Several new butterfly species in the family Lycaenidae were found during recent field surveys in Liberia. Amongst these, quite a few were collected as singletons or in small series, represented by only one of the sexes. This paper describes and illustrates the previously unknown sexes of four of those species which were subsequently found, adding new locality records to their known distribution.
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Sáfián, Sz., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. (2015a) Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini). Zootaxa, 3931 (2), 286–292.
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Sáfián, Sz., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. (2015b) Descriptions of seven new Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891 from equatorial Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Metamorphosis, 26, 62–78.
Sáfián, Sz. & Takano, H. (2019) Hypolimnas aubergeri Hecq, 1987 (Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) a little-known West African butterfly. Metamorphosis, 30, 14–18.
Sáfián, Sz., Collins, S.C., Belcastro, C., Brattström, O. & Tropek, R. (2019) Description of previously unknown females of three Euriphene Boisduval, 1847 species and the unknown male of Bebearia inepta Hecq, 2001 from Western Africa, with notes on their taxonomy, bionomy and distribution (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia, 47 (188), 581–591 .
Sáfián, Sz. Koїvogui, S., Simonics, G. & Florczyk, K.J. (2020) Butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) in the Wologizi and Wonegizi Mountains in Liberia and the adjacent Ziama Massif in Guinea (West Africa). A landscape conservation approach. [in preparation]
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Larsen, T.B. (1991) The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 490 pp., 22 colour pls.
Larsen, T.B. (2005) Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 595 pp., 135 colour pls.
Libert, M. (1999) Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). African Butterfly Research Institute, Nairobi & Lambillonea, Tervuren, 219 pp.
Libert, M. (2020) Mise à jour de la Révision des Epitola l. s. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Private publication. Self published, Rouen, 157 pp., 10 colour pls.
Miller, L.D. (1970) Nomenclature of wing veins and cells. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 8, 37–48.
Sáfián, Sz. (2014) Butterflies of the Nimba Mountains, Liberia. Report on the butterfly surveys (2013–2014) for ArcelorMittal, Liberia. ArclorMittal Liberia Ltd., Monrovia, 81 pp.
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4005.2565
Sáfián, Sz. (2015a) Aslauga larseni (Lycaenidae: Miletinae: Liphyrini), a unique new species from the Nimba Mountains, Liberia. Metamorphosis, 26, 27–30.
Sáfián, Sz. (2015b) Two new Epitolini from Liberia in the genera Stempfferia Jackson, 1962 and Cephetola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis, 26, 12–19.
Sáfián, Sz., Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. (2013) Two new Aphnaeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) species from Liberia. Zootaxa, 3718 (2), 193–199.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.7
Sáfián, Sz. & Collins, S.C. (2015) Establishment of a new genus for Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917) and related taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4018 (1), 124–136.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.7
Sáfián, Sz., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. (2015a) Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini). Zootaxa, 3931 (2), 286–292.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.8
Sáfián, Sz., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. (2015b) Descriptions of seven new Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891 from equatorial Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Metamorphosis, 26, 62–78.
Sáfián, Sz. & Takano, H. (2019) Hypolimnas aubergeri Hecq, 1987 (Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) a little-known West African butterfly. Metamorphosis, 30, 14–18.
Sáfián, Sz., Collins, S.C., Belcastro, C., Brattström, O. & Tropek, R. (2019) Description of previously unknown females of three Euriphene Boisduval, 1847 species and the unknown male of Bebearia inepta Hecq, 2001 from Western Africa, with notes on their taxonomy, bionomy and distribution (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia, 47 (188), 581–591 .
Sáfián, Sz. Koїvogui, S., Simonics, G. & Florczyk, K.J. (2020) Butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) in the Wologizi and Wonegizi Mountains in Liberia and the adjacent Ziama Massif in Guinea (West Africa). A landscape conservation approach. [in preparation]