Apallaga Strand, 1911

Collins, Steve C., 2017, Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 12. New information and corrections, Zootaxa 4312 (3), pp. 471-496 : 484

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6029819

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scientific name

Apallaga Strand, 1911
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Libert (2014) re-established the genus Apallaga Strand , with type species A. mokeezi , for a monophyletic group based on barcodes that includes the species with orange markings as well some black and white species of similar biology, but proved far more complex and species-rich than previous treatments ( Evans 1937, Ackery et al. 1995). Libert (2014) recognised 12 clades within Apallaga , of which we have reared representatives of the galenus clade ( A. opalinus (Butler) , A. kakamegae Libert, A. biseriata (Butler)) and kimboza clade ( A. sanjeensis Kielland ) only. In Cock & Congdon (2011b, Figure 34) we illustrated an adult as Celaenorrhinus intermixtus evansi Berger. Based on Libert (2014) this is A. lourentis (de Jong) , but we note that Libert’s A. lourentis has an identical barcode to his A. evansi (Berger) (barcodes in BOLD), suggesting that A. lourentis will prove to be a synonym or subspecies of A. evansi .

Libert (2014) illustrates four caterpillars and three pupae of the galenus clade from TCEC’s work in Tanzania ( Table 1). We have associated these with their corresponding caterpillars, pupae and, where possible, adults ( Figures 15–17 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 View FIGURE 17 ), and clarified some identifications.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

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