Abstract METAMORPHOSIS October 1996 Occasional Supplement Number 1

Title

A REVIEW OF THE GENUS AXIOCERSES HüBNER (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NINE NEW SPECIES AND THREE NEW SUBSPECIES

Authors

Henning Stephen F.

And

Henning Graham A.

ABSTRACT:

A synopsis is given of the genus Axiocerses Hübner, including notes on the life history and habits and a key to all its species. Nine new species and three new subspecies are described. A. callaghani, A. susanae, A. heathi, A. melanica, A. coalescens, A. karinae, A. kiellandi, A. bamptoni, A. collinsi, A. tjoane rubescens, A. bambana orichalcea, A. melanica aurata.The status of A. croesus (Trimen, 1862) A. punicea cruenta (Trimen, 1894) A. bambana (Grose Smith, 1900), A. amanga borealis Aurivillius and A. amanga baumi Weymer is revised.

KEY WORDS:

Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Axiocerses, systematic revision, life histories, biology, Afrotropical Region.