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Any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera that has a slender body with clubbed antennae and typically rests with the wings (which are often brightly coloured) closed over the back. (Source: CED)

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Prendergast JR, Eversham BC 1995. Butterfly diversity in southern Britain: Hotspot losses since 1930. Biological Conservation 72 109 – 114

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/000632079400073Y

Larsen TB 1992. The butterflies of the Gemsbok National Park in Botswana (Lepidoptera – Rhopalocera). Botswana Notes and Records 24 181-203

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979923

Pinhey E 1971. Check List of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera) of Botswana: Part 2. Botswana Notes and Records 3 148-152

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979285

Pinhey E 1974. Check list of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera Rhopalocera) of Botswana: Part 3 (With Illustrations). Botswana Notes and Records 6 197-214

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40959220

Pinhey E 1976. Checklist of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera Rhopalocera). Botswana Notes and Records 8 269-288

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979472

Pinhey A 1968. Check List of the butterflies (Lepidoptera - Rhapalocera) of Botswana: Part I. Botswana Notes and Records 1 85-92

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979226

Fagan WF, Kareiva PM 1997. Using compiled species lists to make biodiversity comparisons among regions: A test case using Oregon butterflies. Biological Conservation 80 (3) 249 - 260

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320796001449

Mendes LF, Bivar-de-Sousa A, Williams MC 2019. Chapter 10: The Butterflies and Skippers (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Angola: An Updated Checklist. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 167-203

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2009. South African Red Data Book: butterflies.

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South African Red Data Book_butterflies.pdf	2.32 MB

Gardiner AJ, Williams MC 2023. The endemic butterflies of Angola and Namibia and their evolutionary implications. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 205-230

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Henning SF, Henning GA 1991. New subspecies of Iolaus (Epamera) alienus Trimen (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Namibia. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 103 83-87

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New subspecies of Iolaus alienus Trimen from Namibia.pdf	1.21 MB

Trimen R 1891. On Butterflies collected in Tropical South-Western Africa by Mr. A. W. Eriksson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 59-107

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Dickson CGC 1978. Note on an apparently new species of Colotis Hubner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from South West Africa. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 90 185-186

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