Vol. 31 No. 1 (2020) | Metamorphosis

Published: 2022-03-16

New information on the genus Luffia Tutt, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from the Canary Islands with description of a new species Luffia kirsteni sp. nov. from Fuerteventura

Knud Larsen

1–3

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10.4314/met.v31i1.1

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Unique genitalic structure in a West African lycaenid butterfly, Liptena seyboui Warren-Gash & Larsen, 2003 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae: Liptenini)

Szabolcs Sáfián, Jadwiga Lorenc-Brudecka

4-6

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10.4314/met.v31i1.2

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Further data on the butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mpanga Forest, Uganda, and the role of this forest in biodiversity conservation

Szabolcs Sáfián, Tomasz W. Pyrcz

7-14

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10.4314/met.v31i1.3

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Notes on the life history of Epitoxis namaqua de Freina & Mey, 2011 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini)

Josef J. de Freina, Silvia Mecenero, Andrew Morton

15-19

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10.4314/met.v31i1.4

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The establishment in Harare, Zimbabwe, of Spalgis lemolea Druce, 1890, and notes on its life history

Jonathan Francis, Alan J. Gardiner

20-22

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10.4314/met.v31i1.5

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Peculiar behaviour of a female Alaena margaritacea (Eltringham, 1929) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae)

Etienne Terblanche

23-27

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.6

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Elachista trifasciata (Wollaston, 1879) on St Helena Island (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae)

Liza Fowler, Timm Karisch

28-32

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.7

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Three new Opogona species with wing reduction from St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae)

Timm Karisch, Liza Fowler, Natasha Stevens, Amy-Jayne Dutton

33–39

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.8

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A new species of Nephopterix Hübner, 1825 from the Canary Islands, Spain (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)

Knud Larsen

40–44

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.9

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A new subspecies of Telchinia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) from West Africa

Szabolcs Sáfián, Tomasz Pyrcz, Patrick Boireau, Claudio Belcastro

45-48

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.10

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Observations on parasitoid interaction with Zerenopsis lepida (Walker, 1854) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae: Diptychini) at Entumeni Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Adrian J. Armstrong, Sharon L. Louw, Hermann S. Staude, Reinier F. Terblanche, David A. Edge, Simon van Noort

49-52

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10.4314/met.v31i1.11

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A new locality for three threatened butterfly species in the Bewaarkloof Reserve of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Etienne Terblanche

53–55

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.12

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New taxa of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from tropical Africa

Szabolcs Sáfián, Claudio Belcastro, Patrick Boireau, Steve C. Collins

56-71

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10.4314/met.v31i1.13

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Illustrated descriptions of juvenile stages of an Aloeides species close to margaretae Tite & Dickson, including comparisons with both A. apicalis Tite & Dickson and A. depicta Tite & Dickson

Alan Heath, Andre Claassens

72–78

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10.4314/met.v31i1.14

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First records of African clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) nectaring on the invasive Shrubby False Buttonweed — Spermacoce verticillata L. (Rubiaceae) in Guinea and Liberia, West Africa

Szabolcs Sáfián

79–80

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10.4314/met.v31i1.15

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Taxonomic note on three species in the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae)

Mark C. Williams, Graham A. Henning

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10.4314/met.v31i1.16

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Taxonomic notes on members of the subtribe Polyommatina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) occurring in the Afrotropical region

Mark C. Williams

82-83

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.17

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Revision of the genus Neptis Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region, Part 2: Two new species in the Agatha group

Ian D. Richardson

84–93

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.18

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Development and early stages of Mylothris chloris chloris (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Szabolcs Sáfián

94–98

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10.4314/met.v31i1.19

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Development and early stages of Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Szabolcs Sáfián

99–103

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10.4314/met.v31i1.20

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Butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in the Ziama Massif in Guinea and the adjacent Wonegizi and Wologizi Mountains in Liberia (West Africa): A transboundary conservation approach

Szabolcs Sáfián, Séma Koїvogui, Gábor Simonics, Klaudia J. Florczyk

104–128

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.21

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Taxonomic notes on some Liptenini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae)

Michel Libert

129–131

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.22

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Revision of the genus Neptis Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Afrotropical Region, Part 3: A new species from Mt Mabu, Moçambique

Ian D. Richardson

132–138

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.23

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The status and distribution of Pennington’s Protea butterfly Capys penningtoni (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)

Adrian J. Armstrong

139–147

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.24

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The status of Protea caffra subsp. caffra and Harmonia axyridis in the habitat of the Critically Endangered Pennington’s Protea butterfly Capys penningtoni

Nozipho Kheswa, Sethabile Mbatha, Adrian J. Armstrong, Sharon L. Louw

148-154

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.25

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Publications on Afrotropical Papilionoidea during 2020

Mark C. Williams

155–156

DOI:

10.4314/met.v31i1.26

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