Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 12. New information and corrections
Author
Collins, Steve C.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-08-30
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journal article
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Celaenorrhinus
group
Our treatment of this group as
Celaenorrhinus
spp. (
Cock & Congdon 2011b
) needs to be revisited in light of the detailed work of
Libert (2014)
on this genus, which resulted in the recognition of four genera:
Celaenorrhinus
Hübner
,
Apallaga
Strand
,
Scopulifera
Libert
and
Bettonula
Libert. Life
histories have not been documented for any species of
Scopulifera
and
Bettonula
as yet.
Cock & Congdon (2011b)
pointed out that the limited number of pupae known for this group can be divided into those that are brown with cephalic horns, and those that are green with only a trace of a frontal protuberance; the former correspond with
Celaenorrhinus
spp. and the latter with
Apallaga
spp. We also noted that the pupa of
A. mokeezi
(Wallengren)
differs from other green pupae in that it is covered with white powder;
A. mokeezi
comprises a monophyletic clade within the genus
Apallaga
.