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genera of unknown biology
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Here we note 11 Afrotropical genera of
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CC9393CC2592FCE3" box="[744,900,438,463]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">incertae sedis</emphasis>
, for which we have no information on the food plants or life history, and for which in most cases we would not even hazard a guess.
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CEBC93842731FF3A" box="[199,295,511,534]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Gyrogra</emphasis>
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was established for the single species
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CA7493842288FF3B" box="[1039,1182,510,535]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">G. subnotata</emphasis>
(
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)
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, previously placed in
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CF7490582778FF16" box="[271,366,547,570]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Gorgyra</emphasis>
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.
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suggest that
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is not closely related to
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CA9A90582356FF16" box="[1249,1344,547,570]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Gorgyra</emphasis>
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, whose caterpillars feed mostly on
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Connaraceae (
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)
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, but probably nearer
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and
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CB23903C2382FF72" box="[1368,1428,583,606]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Meza</emphasis>
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.
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spp. feed on Chrysobalanceae but do not seem to be close to any other Afrotropical genera (
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).
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CF2D90F42785FF8A" box="[342,403,655,678]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Meza</emphasis>
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is paraphyletic; the
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species,
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CD6F90F42563FF8A" box="[788,885,655,678]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">M. meza</emphasis>
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has been reported to feed on
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, while the remaining species belong in a separate genus and feed on
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,
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and
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Dichapetalaceae (
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)
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. On balance,
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CF9B90AC2456FFC2" box="[480,576,727,750]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Gyrogra</emphasis>
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seems likely to be a dicotyledon-feeder.
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CEBC90812755FE3F" box="[199,323,762,787]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Paracleros</emphasis>
Berger
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CC5090812469FE3F" box="[555,639,762,787]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Acleros</emphasis>
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in the form of the palpi, as
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pointed out, and in details of the male and female genitalia (
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). This is primarily a West and central African genus, but two of the six recognised species occur as far east as
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CCB1913925F6FE77" author="Collins" box="[714,992,834,859]" pageId="36" pageNumber="245" refString="Collins, S. C. &amp; Larsen, T. B. (2000) Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) - an ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis, 11 (2), 57 - 75." type="journal article" year="2000">Collins &amp; Larsen 2000</bibRefCitation>
). In
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,
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CA0C913F2311FE77" box="[1143,1287,834,859]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">P. biguttulus</emphasis>
(Mabille)
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is restricted to the western forests and the coast. It is not rare in parts of western
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, for example in Kakamega Forest where MJWC would consider it one of the regular skippers likely to be seen on most visits. The adults rest on low vegetation and come readily to flowers (
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). They are conspicuous as one of the last species on the wing, as dusk sets in, or as rain in the afternoon starts to intensify. Nothing is known of the life history of members of this genus, but the adult similarity to
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CC15918D24D4F923" box="[622,706,1014,1039]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Acleros</emphasis>
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suggests it may have similar biology, i.e. a dicotyledon feeder (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CEEC94362736FB4F" bold="true" box="[151,288,1613,1635]" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">FIGURE 40.</emphasis>
Adults of
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CFF69436247FFB4F" box="[397,617,1613,1635]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Paracleros biguttulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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, male at rest, Kakamega Forest, 5 Apr 1990 (vouchered, 90.12.30);
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, female feeding at
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CF799416279CFBAE" box="[258,394,1644,1666]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Justicia flava</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Kakamega Forest, 19 Jul 1990 (vouchered, 90.17.33).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B906955FF84B117CEBC94CB2514FAE8" blockId="36.[151,1436,1710,2024]" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CEBC94CB27CAFBEB" author="Larsen" box="[199,476,1710,1735]" pageId="36" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. &amp; Collins, S. C. (2012) Herila - a new genus to receive the Afrotropical skipper Teniorhinus herilus (Hesperiinae (incertae sedis )) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Entomologia Africana, 17 (1), 55 - 64." type="journal article" year="2012">Larsen &amp; Collins (2012)</bibRefCitation>
recently established the genus
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CD4594D52591FBEB" box="[830,903,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Herila</emphasis>
to accommodate
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF84B117CA2B94D52373FBEB" authority="Hopffer" authorityName="Hopffer" box="[1104,1381,1710,1735]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Dichapetalaceae" genus="Herila" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="36" pageNumber="237" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="herilus">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CA2B94D522F9FBEB" box="[1104,1263,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Herila herilus</emphasis>
(Hopffer)
</taxonomicName>
. The food plants and life history are unknown. Although
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CC8194AF257BFBC7" box="[762,877,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">H. herilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was previously placed in
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CADF94A9233EFBC7" box="[1188,1320,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Teniorhinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is reported to feed on
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CF86948D24CBFA23" author="Pringle" box="[509,733,1782,1807]" pageId="36" pageNumber="247" refString="Pringle, E. L. L., Henning, G. A. &amp; Ball, J. B. (Eds.) (1994) Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Second Edition. Struik Winchester, Cape Town, 800 pp." type="book" year="1994">
Pringle
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CC2094832486FA23" box="[603,656,1782,1807]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">et al</emphasis>
. 1994
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CC979483258EFA23" author="Vuattoux" box="[748,920,1783,1807]" pageId="36" pageNumber="247" refString="Vuattoux, R. (1999) Les lepidopteres hesperiides de la Station de Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire). Lambillionea, 94, 562 - 568." type="journal article" year="1999">Vuattoux 1999</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CDDC948D22AAFA23" author="Cock" box="[935,1212,1782,1807]" pageId="36" pageNumber="245" refString="Cock, M. J. W. &amp; Congdon, T. C. E. (2013) Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) principally from Kenya. Part 5. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Dicotyledon feeders. Zootaxa, 3724 (1), 1 - 85. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3724.1.1" type="journal article" year="2013">Cock &amp; Congdon 2013</bibRefCitation>
),
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CAA8948326F7FA1F" author="Larsen" pageId="36" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. &amp; Collins, S. C. (2012) Herila - a new genus to receive the Afrotropical skipper Teniorhinus herilus (Hesperiinae (incertae sedis )) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Entomologia Africana, 17 (1), 55 - 64." type="journal article" year="2012">Larsen &amp; Collins (2012)</bibRefCitation>
found that
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CF19956127BDFA1F" box="[354,427,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Herila</emphasis>
does not seem to be closely related to
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CD25956125F5FA1F" box="[862,995,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Teniorhinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or indeed any other genus, so although they suggest it may feed on
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF84B117CF9995452460FA7B" ID-CoL="9CK74" box="[482,630,1854,1879]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Brachystegia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="36" pageNumber="237" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CF9995452460FA7B" box="[482,630,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Brachystegia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (
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), the question of likely food plants is open.
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF84B117CB4B953B2728FA57" author="Larsen" pageId="36" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. &amp; Collins, S. C. (2015) Hollandus, a new genus for the African skipper Pardaleodes xanthopeplus, with the description of a new subspecies (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae [incertae sedis]). Metamorphosis, 26, 4 - 11." type="journal article" year="2015">Larsen &amp; Collins (2015)</bibRefCitation>
also established a new genus,
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CCCB95192532FA57" box="[688,804,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Hollandus</emphasis>
, for
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CD18951F2203FA57" box="[867,1045,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">H. xanthopepla</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, which was previously placed in the Poaceae-feeding genus
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF84B117CC4695FD24DFFAB3" ID-CoL="92J87" box="[573,713,1926,1951]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Pardaleodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="36" pageNumber="237" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CC4695FD24DFFAB3" box="[573,713,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Pardaleodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; they suggest that it may be a dicotyledon-feeder, based on the habitat, relative rarity, patchy distribution, and habits.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF84B117CEBC95B527A1FACB" ID-CoL="44BQ8" authority="Plotz" authorityName="Plotz" box="[199,439,1998,2023]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Mopala" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="36" pageNumber="237" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="orma">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF84B117CEBC95B52777FACB" box="[199,353,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Mopala orma</emphasis>
(Plötz)
</taxonomicName>
, the only species of the genus, is found from
<collectingCountry id="F33829C5FF84B117CDC795B5221BFACB" box="[956,1037,1998,2023]" name="Liberia" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Liberia</collectingCountry>
east to
<collectingCountry id="F33829C5FF84B117CA1D95B522ABFACB" box="[1126,1213,1998,2023]" name="Uganda" pageId="36" pageNumber="237">Uganda</collectingCountry>
in wet rainforest in good condition, but is always scarce (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF85B116CC3C92E324CDFD9C" author="Larsen" box="[583,731,151,176]" pageId="37" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. (2005) Butterflies of West Africa. 2 Vols. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 595 + 270 pp." type="book" year="2005">Larsen 2005</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF85B116CC9492EC2251FD9C" authority="Mabille" authorityName="Mabille" box="[751,1095,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Osphantes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ogowena">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CC9492EC25C2FD9C" box="[751,980,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Osphantes ogowena</emphasis>
(Mabille)
</taxonomicName>
is also the only species of its genus; it is a very rare species found in wetter forest in good condition from
<collectingCountry id="F33829C5FF85B116CA6D92C72271FDF9" box="[1046,1127,188,213]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Guinea</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="F33829C5FF85B116CAEB92C6231DFDF8" box="[1168,1291,188,212]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F33829C5FF85B116CB3C92C7238AFDF9" box="[1351,1436,188,213]" name="Zambia" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF85B116CEE5929B2724FDD4" author="Larsen" box="[158,306,223,248]" pageId="37" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. (2005) Butterflies of West Africa. 2 Vols. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 595 + 270 pp." type="book" year="2005">Larsen 2005</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF85B116CF3E92A424B9FDD4" authority="Mabille" authorityName="Mabille" box="[325,687,223,248]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Ceratricula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="37" pageNumber="238" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="semilutea">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CF3E92A4242BFDD4" box="[325,573,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Ceratricula semilutea</emphasis>
(Mabille)
</taxonomicName>
is unlike any other African
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF85B116CD8992A42334FDD4" ID-CoL="93MWY" authority="(Larsen 2013)" baseAuthorityName="Larsen" baseAuthorityYear="2013" box="[1010,1314,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hesperiinae">
Hesperiinae (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF85B116CAFC929B230DFDD4" author="Larsen" box="[1159,1307,224,248]" pageId="37" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. (2013) Ceratricula and Flandria - two new genera of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae (incertae sedis )) for species currently placed in the genus Ceratrichia Butler. Zootaxa, 3666 (4), 476 - 488. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3666.4.4" type="journal article" year="2013">Larsen 2013</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Similarly, the three species of
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CF0F937F27CEFC31" box="[372,472,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Flandria</emphasis>
are unrelated to other genera, except perhaps
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CDA2937F224AFC31" box="[985,1116,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Ceratricula</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF85B116CA11937F22EAFC30" author="Larsen" box="[1130,1276,260,284]" pageId="37" pageNumber="246" refString="Larsen, T. B. (2013) Ceratricula and Flandria - two new genera of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae (incertae sedis )) for species currently placed in the genus Ceratrichia Butler. Zootaxa, 3666 (4), 476 - 488. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3666.4.4" type="journal article" year="2013">Larsen 2013</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CB75937F2347FC31" box="[1294,1361,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Fulda</emphasis>
Evans
</taxonomicName>
(8 spp.),
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF85B116CE81935327BEFC13" ID-CoL="922Y7" authority="Watson" authorityName="Watson" box="[250,424,296,319]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Arnetta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CE8193532758FC13" box="[250,334,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Arnetta</emphasis>
Watson
</taxonomicName>
(=
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CFB4935C243AFC6C" box="[463,556,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Galerga</emphasis>
Evans) (3 spp.), and
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF85B116CD61935C25DAFC6C" ID-CoL="92DW2" authority="Mabille" authorityName="Mabille" box="[794,972,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Malaza" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CD61935C2578FC6C" box="[794,878,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">Malaza</emphasis>
Mabille
</taxonomicName>
(3 spp.) are Madagascan endemic genera (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBE14A4FF85B116CEE593372740FC48" author="Lees" box="[158,342,332,357]" pageId="37" pageNumber="246" refString="Lees, D. C., Kremen, C. &amp; Raharitsimba, T. (2003) Classification, diversity, and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist. In: Goodman, S. M. &amp; Benstead, J. P. (Eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 762 - 793." type="book chapter" year="2003">
Lees
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CEA09336271AFC49" box="[219,268,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">et al</emphasis>
. 2003
</bibRefCitation>
). We have no information on the early stages and food plants of any of these genera. There are still several interesting opportunities to add to our knowledge of the Afrotropical
<taxonomicName id="4C2F12D6FF85B116CD899314226EFCA4" ID-CoL="93MWY" box="[1010,1144,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="238" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hesperiinae">Hesperiinae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95BB547FF85B116CA05930A230EFCA4" box="[1150,1304,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="238">incertae sedis</emphasis>
food plants at the genus level.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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