Glauconycteris variegata (Tomes 1861)

[Scotophilus] variegatus Tomes 1861, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861: 36.

Type Locality: Namibia, Otjoro.

Vernacular Names: Variegated Butterfly Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Glauconycteris variegata subsp. variegata Tomes 1861

Subspecies Glauconycteris variegata subsp. phalaena Thomas 1915

Distribution: Senegal to Somalia, south to South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Chalinolobus variegatus .

Discussion: Does not include machadoi, see Hayman and Hill (1971), but also see Koopman (1971 a).