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page 1Descriptions from Illustrations of Exotic Entomology
Elaphidion spinicorne
species of insect
Neoclytus longipes
species of beetle
Sternotomis mirabilis
species of beetle
Enaphalodes atomarius
species of insect
Eburia quadrimaculata
species of beetle
Prosopocera bipunctata
species of beetle
Polyrhaphis spinosa
species of beetle
Thysania zenobia
species of insect
Dactyloceras lucina
species of insect
Pyrrhochalcia
Pyrrhochalcia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Pyrrhochalcia iphis, the African giant skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Mesoxantha
Mesoxantha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. It is monotypic, containing only Mesoxantha ethosea, the '''Drury's delight'''. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.
Phileurus didymus
species of insect
Trachyderes succinctus
species of beetle
Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) eupalus
species of insect
Heliconius sapho
species of butterfly
Curoba
Curoba is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Francis Walker in 1865. It contains the single species Curoba sangarida, first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782, which is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Orsis bluewing
species of insect
Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) perseis
species of insect
Catonephele acontius
species of insect
Euphaedra eleus
species of insect
Abisara gerontes
species of insect
Cosmosoma fenestrata
species of insect
Lucinia cadma
species of insect
Anteros acheus
species of insect
Imbrasia epimethea
species of insect
Zale undularis
species of insect
Trichura coarctata
species of insect
Phrygionis argentata
species of insect
Crameria amabilis
species of insect
Horama plumipes
species of insect
Amata cerbera
species of insect
Banisia myrtaea
species of moth
Eudesmia menea
species of insect
Ephyriades arcas
species of insect
Zamarada eucharis
species of insect
Pierella nereis
species of insect
Epimecis scolopaiae
species of insect
Lachlathetes gigas
species of insect
Riodina lysippus
species of insect
Letis hercyna
species of insect
Lyssa patroclus
species of insect
Pitthea famula
species of insect
Macroglossum passalus
species of insect
Xanthotype sospeta
species of insect
Archodontes
Archodontes is a genus of root-boring beetles in the family Cerambycidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Archodontes melanopus. It is endemic to Central America and the south-eastern United States, and bores the roots of oaks and other hardwoods.
Elaphidion irroratum
species of insect
Hypocrita pylotis
species of insect
Are druryi
species of insect
Locha hyalina
species of moth
Lobobunaea phaedusa
species of insect
Euriphene doriclea
species of insect
Otroeda cafra
species of insect
Lusura chera
Tifama is a monotypic moth genus in the family Notodontidae (the prominent moths) erected by Francis Walker in 1855. Its only species, Tifama chera, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. The species is known to occur in Suriname and Brazil.
Pseudobunaea alinda
species of insect
Attatha ino
species of insect
Otroeda nerina
species of insect
Symmachia menetas
species of insect
Galerita americana
species of insect
Panara jarbas
species of insect
Euglyphis rivulosa
species of insect