Vanessula milca (Hewitson, 1873)
Nigeria, Cameroons, Congo - Uganda. See [maps ]
Lady's Maid
Black and Orange
V. m. milca Cameroun - Angola, C.Zaire
V. m. buechneri Dewitz, 1887
Vanessula milca buechneri ; [AfrL ]
V. m. angustifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1928 Ivory Coast
Vanessula milca angustifascia ; [AfrL ]; [BAFR] , 238
V. m. latifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1928 W.Kenya, Uganda, E.Zaire
21.2.2013 (1)
Some related literature:
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
Dewitz, 1887
Ein neuer centralafrikanischer Nymphalide
Ent. Nachr. 13 (10)
: 145 -146
Hewitson, 1873
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [5]
: (Systematic Index) V ,
(Anteros): [1 -2], pl. [1 ] (1867),
(Erycina & Necyria): [3 -4], pl. [2 ] (1870),
(Erycina Symmachia &c): [5 -6], pl. [3 ] (1875),
(Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7 -8], pl. [4 ] (1872),
(Calydna): [9 -10], pl. [5 ] (1854),
(Calydna II): [11 -12], pl. [6 ] (1859),
(Theope): [13 -14], pl. [7 ] (1860),
(Symmachia): [15 -16], pl. [8 ] (1867),
(Symmachia & Charis II): [17 -18], pl. [9 ] (1871),
(Charis): [19 -20], pl. [10 ] (1866),
(Emesis): [21 -22], pl. [11 ] (1872),
(Nymphidium I): [23 -24], pl. [12 ] (1853),
(Nymphidium II-III): [25 -28], pl. [13 -14] (1865),
(Nymphidium IV): [29 -30], pl. [15 ] (1871),
(Lemonias I): [31 -32], pl. [16 ] (1853),
(Lemonias II): [33 -34], pl. [17 ] (1858),
(Lemonias III-IV): [35 -38], pl. [18 -19] (1863),
(Lemonias V): [39 -40], pl. [20 ] (1872),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [41 -42], pl. [21 ] (1875),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [43 -44], pl. [22 ] (1874),
(Pachythone & Cremna): [45 -46], pl. [23 ] (1873),
(Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47 -48], pl. [24 ] (1870),
(Limnas I-II): [49 -52], pl. [25 -26] (1853),
(Limnas & Panara): [53 -54], pl. [27 ] (1875),
(Limnas &c): [55 -56], pl. [28 ] (1876),
(Limnas & Ithomeis): [57 -58], pl. [29 ] (1870),
(Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59 -60], pl. [30 ] (1871),
(Hermathena &c): [61 -62], pl. [31 ] (1875),
(Ogyris): [63 -64], pl. [32 ] (1853),
(Pentila & Liptena): [65 -66], pl. [33 ] (1866),
(Pentila & Liptena II): [67 -68], pl. [34 ] (1873),
(Lycaena): [69 -70], pl. [35 ] (1876),
(Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71 -74], pl. [36 -37] (1857),
(Pyrrhopyga): [75 -76], pl. [38 ] (1869),
(Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77 -80], pl. [39 -40] (1871),
(Pyrrhopyga IV): [81 -82], pl. [41 ] (1873),
(Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83 -84], pl. [42 ] (1875),
(Ismene I-II): [85 -88], pl. [43 -44] (1867),
(Eudamus): [89 -90], pl. [45 ] (1873),
(Eudamus II-III): [91 -94], pl. [46 -47] (1875),
(Chaetocneme): [95 -96], pl. [48 ] (1874),
(Hesperia I-II): [97 -100], pl. [49 -50] (1867),
(Hesperia III): [101 -102], pl. [51 ] (1868),
(Hesperia IV): [103 -104], pl. [52 ] (1869),
(Hesperia V): [105 -106], pl. [53 ] (1872),
(Hesperia V*-VI): [107 -110], pl. [54 -55] (1873),
(Hesperia VII): [111 -112], pl. [56 ] (1876),
(Leucochitonea): [113 -114], pl. [57 ] (1869),
(Leucochitonea II): [115 -116], pl. [58 ] (1875),
(Pterygospidea): [117 -118], pl. [59 ] (1873),
(Cyclopides): [119 -120], pl. [60 ] (1874),
(Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121 -122], pl. [61 ] (1874)
Joicey & Talbot, 1928
New forms of Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum
Bull. Hill Mus. 2
: 19 -27
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World : -
Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2021
Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy
Taxonomic Rep. 9 (3)
: 1-55
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