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Stugeta Druce, 1891
Stugeta Druce, 1891; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (44) : 149, TS: Iolaus bowkeri Trimen
Stugeta (Iolaini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 437; [AfrL]

Stugeta bowkeri (Trimen, 1864)
Cape - Somalia, Ethiopia, doubtful (Sierra Leone?). See [About maps] Bowker's Marbled Sapphire Bowker's Tailed Blue
Iolaus bowkeri Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 176
Iolaus bowkeri ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 41
Stugeta bowkeri ; [EBW]
Iolaus bowkeri ; [BK: 200, pl. 19, f. 241]
Stugeta bowkeri ; [AfrL]

Larva on Loranthus elegans, L. oleaefolius, Viscum rotundifolium, Ximenia caffra [PBSA], Loranthus, Talinanthus, Ximenia [BK]

Cape, Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Zambia Stugeta bowkeri bowkeri ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]; [AfrL]
S. b. mombasae Butler, 1901
coastal (E.Kenya), NE.Tanzania Iolaus bowkeri mombasae ; [BK, 200 (note)]
Stugeta bowkeri mombasae ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]; [AfrL]
S. b. maria Suffert, 1904
Angola, SE.Zaire Stugeta maria Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 60, TL: N.Nyassa See
Stugeta bowkeri maria ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]; [AfrL]
S. b. nyanzana Wichgraf, 1911
Lake Victoria, W.Kenya Iolaus bowkeri nyanzana ; [BK, 200 (note)]
Stugeta bowkeri nyanzana ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]; [AfrL]
S. b. nyasana Talbot, 1935
Malawi, SE.Tanzania Stugeta bowkeri nyasana ; [BAFR, 504]; [AfrL]
S. b. kedonga van Someren, 1939
Kenya (Great Rift Valley) Stugeta bowkeri kedonga ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]
Iolaus bowkeri kedonga ; [BK, 200 (note)]
Stugeta bowkeri kedonga ; [AfrL]
Somalia (Galkayu) Stugeta bowkeri caerulea ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]
S. b. ethiopica Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
Ethiopia Stugeta bowkeri ethiopica ; [BAFR, 505 (text)]; [AfrL]
S. b. henningi Dickson, 1980
Stugeta bowkeri henningi ; [AfrL]
S. b. tearei Dickson, 1980
Stugeta bowkeri tearei ; [AfrL]
S. b. albeza (Koçak, 1996)
Stugeta bowkeri albeza ; [AfrL]

Stugeta carpenteri Stempffer, 1946
E.Kenya. See [About maps] Carpenter's Sapphire
Iolaus (Epamera) carpenteri ; [BK: 194, pl. 18, f. 218]
Stugeta carpenteri ; [BAFR, 505]; [AfrL]

Larva on Loranthus fischeri [BK]


Stugeta marmoreus (Butler, 1866)
-. See [About maps] Aphnaeus(?) marmoreus Butler, 1866; Ent. mon. Mag. 2 : 169, TL: White Nile
Iolaus marmoreus ; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 11
Stugeta marmoreus ; [AfrL]
Stugeta marmorea ;
Iolaus marmorea ;

Larva on Ximenia, Loranthus [BK]

NW.Uganda, S.Sudan - N.Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea Stugeta marmorea marmorea ; [BAFR, 505]
Stugeta marmoreus marmoreus ; [AfrL]
S. m. olalae Stoneham, 1934
W.Kenya (Mt Elgon) Marbled Sapphire
Iolaus marmorea olalae ; [BK: 201, pl. 19, f. 242]
Stugeta marmorea olalae ; [BAFR, 505]
Stugeta marmoreus olalae ; [AfrL]

Stugeta mimetica Aurivillius, 1916
SW.Tanzania (Madibira). See [About maps] Stugeta mimetica ; [BAFR, 505 (text)]; [AfrL]

Stugeta occidentalis Stempffer & Bennett, 1958
Sierra Leone (Botkanu). See [About maps] Stugeta bowkeri occidentalis ; [BAFR, 505 (text)]
Stugeta occidentalis ; [AfrL]

Stugeta somalina Stempffer, 1946
Somalia, N.Kenya, Ethiopia?. See [About maps] Somali Marbled Sapphire
Iolaus somalina ; [BK: 201]
Stugeta somalina ; [BAFR, 505]; [AfrL]

Stugeta subinfuscata Grünberg, 1910
Great Nama Land, Damaraland, Ovamboland, Namibia. See [About maps] Stugeta bowkeri subinfuscata Grünberg, 1910; Denkschr. med.-naturw. Ges. Jena 16: 107
Stugeta bowkeri subinfuscata ; [BAFR, 504 (text)]
Iolaus subinfuscata ;
Stugeta subinfuscata ; [AfrL]
Stugeta subinfuscata subinfuscata ; [AfrL]
S. s. reynoldsi Dickson, 1980
Stugeta subinfuscata reynoldsi ; [AfrL]


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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.
[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
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[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:
Butler, 1866
Description of a new species of butterfly belonging to the family Laycaenidae Ent. mon. Mag. 2 : 169-170
Druce, 1891
On some African Butterflies hitherto referred to the Genus Iolaus, with Descriptions of new Species Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (44) : 139-150
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1869
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Suffert, 1904
Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl.
Trimen, 1864
Descriptions of some New Species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 175-180


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