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Description: | [Sierra Leone] The two specimens 119977 and 1118978 were both from the Smeathman collection and since the species was described by Drury could be considered SYNTYPES. It is the only member of its genus. The species is well distributed but not usually common in most of the African forest zone, with ssp. bernardii Lagnel, 1967 in the main forest from Cameroun east. When the sun penetrates the canopy the males are seen as a series of electric blue flashes [Torben B. Larsen det.]
Smeathman, entomologist and collector, travelled to Sierra Leone in West Africa between 1771-1775 to collect specimens for Drury, Fothergill and Banks, many of which were subsequently figured in Drury's 'Illustrations ...' particularly volume 3.
They are not identified to species but have a printed cabinet label with 'Sm' in the corner indicating their origin. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ARTHINSECT : LEPIDOPTERA : NYMPHALIDAE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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