Miletinae

Miletinae

Liphyrinae
Gerydinae

Gerydinae (Liphyridae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 324
Liphyridae (Lycaenoidea); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 320
Liphyrinae (Liphyridae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 320
Liphyrinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 425
Miletinae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Miletinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381, 426; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 113; [AfrL]

Tribe Miletini

Gerydini (Gerydinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 325
Miletinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
Miletini (Miletinae); [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 114; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381

Subtribe Miletina

Section Megalopalpus (Miletini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 427
Section Miletus (Miletini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 426
Miletina (Miletini); [AfrL]

Subtribe Spalgina

Section Feniseca (Spalgini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 427
Section Spalgis (Spalgini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 427
Spalgina (Miletini); [AfrL]
Spalgini (Gerydinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 329
Spalgini (Miletinae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381

Subtribe Lachnocnemina Woolly Legs

Lachnocnemina (Miletini); [AfrL]
Lachnocnemini (Liphyrinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 323
Lachnocnemini (Miletinae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381; Heath & Pringle, 2004, Metamorphosis 15 (3): 104

Tribe Liphyrini

Section Aslauga (Liphyrinae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 426
Section Liphyra (Liphyrinae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 426
Liphyrinae (Lycaenidae); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 381
Liphyrini (Liphyrinae); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 320
Liphyrini (Miletinae); [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 113

Tribe Tarakini Eliot, 1973

Tarakini Eliot, 1973 (Miletinae); Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 427; TG: Taraka Doherty

Tarakinae;

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist

Some related literature:

Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Heath & Pringle, 2004
A review of the sourther African genus Thestor Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae) Metamorphosis 15 (3) : 91-151
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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