List of works - Szabolcs Sáfián

A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins ⬇️

scientific article published in 2023

A new Iridana Aurivillius, 1920 and a new Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from tropical Africa ⬇️

A new species in the genus Precis Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), another surprising discovery in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea and the broader Guinea Highlands in West Africa

scientific article published in 2023

A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya ⬇️

A new subspecies of Cymothoe fumana (Westwood, 1850) from Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) ⬇️

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

A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)

article

Amerila (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) of Cameroon with morphological remarks on male and female genitalia

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Aslauga larseni (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae), a unique new species from the Nimba Mountains, Liberia ⬇️

Butterfly and moth communities differ in their response to habitat structure in rainforests of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2020

Butterfly community recovery in degraded rainforest habitats in the Upper Guinean Forest Zone (Kakum forest, Ghana)

scientific article published on 21 September 2010

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 ⬇️

Clarification of the Phylogenetic Framework of the Tribe Baorini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) Inferred from Multiple Gene Sequences

scientific article

Descriptions of seven new Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891 from equatorial Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae) ⬇️

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

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

scientific article published in 2022

Elevational and seasonal patterns of butterflies and hawkmoths in plant-pollinator networks in tropical rainforests of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2021

Establishment of a new genus for Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917) and related taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with description of two new species

scientific article (publication date: 14 September 2015)

Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

First records of 31 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) in Cameroon, with remarks on their elevational ranges

scientific article published on 05 March 2020

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 ⬇️

Flying between raindrops: Strong seasonal turnover of several Lepidoptera groups in lowland rainforests of Mount Cameroon

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

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

scientific article published in 2022

Geraldocossus gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Mount Cameroon (West Africa)

scientific article

Hilltopping in Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1819 ⬇️

Junonia agnesberenyiae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) from the Nimba Mountains (Guinea), West Africa ⬇️

Land‐use change differentially affects endemic, forest and open‐land butterflies in Madagascar

scientific article published in 2022

Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon

scientific article published in 2024

Measuring and Modelling Structural Colours of Euphaedra neophron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Finely Tuned by Wing Scale Lower Lamina in Various Subspecies

scientific article published in 2023

Miocene Climate and Habitat Change Drove Diversification in <i>Bicyclus</i>, Africa’s Largest Radiation of Satyrine Butterflies

scientific article published in 2021

NOTE Mass migration of Coeliades libeon Druce, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in the Albertine Rift, Western Uganda ⬇️

NOTE: Blue-spotted Charaxes (Charaxes cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – an addition to the butterfly fauna of Mauritius and the Malagasy Islands ⬇️

NOTE: New records of Similipepsis ekisi Wang, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Liberia, West Africa, and notes on its mud-puddling behaviour ⬇️

NOTE: Observations on the displaying behaviours of males of Afriodinia neavei neavei (Riley, 1932), A. neavei dollmani (Riley, 1932) and A. dewitzi (Aurivillius, 1899) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) ⬇️

Neurellipes rhoko sp. n. from the Cross River Loop, Eastern Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae)

scientific article (publication date: 4 September 2014)

New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).

scientific article

New data on the distribution of Iridana agneshorvathae Collins, Larsen & Sáfián, 2008 with description of the previously unknown female (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae) ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2020

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

Notes on the Iridana obscura species group with the description of a new species from western Cameroon (Lycaenidae: Lipteninae: Epitolini) ⬇️

Observations on the little-known Geritola frankdaveyi Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) ⬇️

Revision of the Amerila syntomina Species Complex with Description of a New Species from West Africa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

article by Łukasz Przybyłowicz et al published 30 December 2019 in Annales Zoologici

Seasonal shifts of biodiversity patterns and species’ elevation ranges of butterflies and moths along a complete rainforest elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon

scientific article published in 2019

Something is missing at the bottom: Importance of coastal rainforests for conservation of trees, birds and butterflies in the Mount Cameroon area

scholarly article by Michal Ferenc et al published 16 February 2018 in African Journal of Ecology

Taxonomy and distribution pattern of the African rain forest butterfly genus Euphaedra Hübner sensu stricto with the description of three new subspecies of Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer) and one of E. sarcoptera (Butler) …

scientific article published on 10 May 2013

The Only Blue Mimeresia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Lipteninae) Uses a Color-Generating Mechanism Widely Applied by Butterflies.

scientific article published in May 2018

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

scientific article

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

scientific article

The highly invasive Siam Weed, Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Asteraceae), as a seasonal prime nectar source for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) and other insects (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera) in West Africa

scientific article published in 2021

Three new species in the genus Iolaus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from West Africa ⬇️

Two Genera and Nineteen Species of Fruit-Feeding Erebid Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Recorded in Cameroon for the First Time

scientific article published in 2016

Two biogeographically significant new species of Euriphene Boisduval, 1847 from West Africa and Nigeria: E. epe Pyrcz & Larsen and E. Taigola Sáfián & Warren-Gash (Lepidoptera: Nymphalinae: Adoliadini) ⬇️

Two new Aphnaeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) species from Liberia

scientific article (publication date: 3 October 2013)

Two new Epitolini from Liberia in the genera Stempfferia Jackson, 1962 and Cephetola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) ⬇️

Two new butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from Mount Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Highlands, Cameroon

scientific article (publication date: 11 August 2016)

Two new species in the genus Andronymus Holland, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini)

scientific article (publication date: 12 March 2015)

Two new species of Bebearia Hemming, 1960, as further evidence of centre of endemism of butterflies in Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitinae)

scientific article (publication date: 17 October 2016)

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

List of works by Szabolcs Sáfián

A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins ⬇️

A new Iridana Aurivillius, 1920 and a new Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from tropical Africa ⬇️

A new species in the genus Precis Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), another surprising discovery in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea and the broader Guinea Highlands in West Africa

A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya ⬇️

A new subspecies of Cymothoe fumana (Westwood, 1850) from Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) ⬇️

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

A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae)

Amerila (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) of Cameroon with morphological remarks on male and female genitalia

Aslauga larseni (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae), a unique new species from the Nimba Mountains, Liberia ⬇️

Butterfly and moth communities differ in their response to habitat structure in rainforests of Mount Cameroon

Butterfly community recovery in degraded rainforest habitats in the Upper Guinean Forest Zone (Kakum forest, Ghana)

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 ⬇️

Clarification of the Phylogenetic Framework of the Tribe Baorini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) Inferred from Multiple Gene Sequences

Descriptions of seven new Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891 from equatorial Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae) ⬇️

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

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

Elevational and seasonal patterns of butterflies and hawkmoths in plant-pollinator networks in tropical rainforests of Mount Cameroon

Establishment of a new genus for Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917) and related taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with description of two new species

Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon

First records of 31 species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) in Cameroon, with remarks on their elevational ranges

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 ⬇️

Flying between raindrops: Strong seasonal turnover of several Lepidoptera groups in lowland rainforests of Mount Cameroon

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

Geraldocossus gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Mount Cameroon (West Africa)

Hilltopping in Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1819 ⬇️

Junonia agnesberenyiae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) from the Nimba Mountains (Guinea), West Africa ⬇️

Land‐use change differentially affects endemic, forest and open‐land butterflies in Madagascar

Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon

Measuring and Modelling Structural Colours of Euphaedra neophron (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Finely Tuned by Wing Scale Lower Lamina in Various Subspecies

Miocene Climate and Habitat Change Drove Diversification in <i>Bicyclus</i>, Africa’s Largest Radiation of Satyrine Butterflies

NOTE Mass migration of Coeliades libeon Druce, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in the Albertine Rift, Western Uganda ⬇️

NOTE: Blue-spotted Charaxes (Charaxes cithaeron Felder & Felder, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – an addition to the butterfly fauna of Mauritius and the Malagasy Islands ⬇️

NOTE: New records of Similipepsis ekisi Wang, 1984 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Liberia, West Africa, and notes on its mud-puddling behaviour ⬇️

NOTE: Observations on the displaying behaviours of males of Afriodinia neavei neavei (Riley, 1932), A. neavei dollmani (Riley, 1932) and A. dewitzi (Aurivillius, 1899) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) ⬇️

Neurellipes rhoko sp. n. from the Cross River Loop, Eastern Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae)

New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae).

New data on the distribution of Iridana agneshorvathae Collins, Larsen & Sáfián, 2008 with description of the previously unknown female (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae) ⬇️

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

Notes on the Iridana obscura species group with the description of a new species from western Cameroon (Lycaenidae: Lipteninae: Epitolini) ⬇️

Observations on the little-known Geritola frankdaveyi Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) ⬇️

Revision of the Amerila syntomina Species Complex with Description of a New Species from West Africa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Seasonal shifts of biodiversity patterns and species’ elevation ranges of butterflies and moths along a complete rainforest elevational gradient on Mount Cameroon

Something is missing at the bottom: Importance of coastal rainforests for conservation of trees, birds and butterflies in the Mount Cameroon area

Taxonomy and distribution pattern of the African rain forest butterfly genus Euphaedra Hübner sensu stricto with the description of three new subspecies of Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer) and one of E. sarcoptera (Butler) …

The Only Blue Mimeresia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Lipteninae) Uses a Color-Generating Mechanism Widely Applied by Butterflies.

The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts ⬇️

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project ⬇️

The highly invasive Siam Weed, Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Asteraceae), as a seasonal prime nectar source for butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) and other insects (Insecta: Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera) in West Africa

Three new species in the genus Iolaus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from West Africa ⬇️

Two Genera and Nineteen Species of Fruit-Feeding Erebid Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Recorded in Cameroon for the First Time

Two biogeographically significant new species of Euriphene Boisduval, 1847 from West Africa and Nigeria: E. epe Pyrcz & Larsen and E. Taigola Sáfián & Warren-Gash (Lepidoptera: Nymphalinae: Adoliadini) ⬇️

Two new Aphnaeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) species from Liberia

Two new Epitolini from Liberia in the genera Stempfferia Jackson, 1962 and Cephetola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) ⬇️

Two new butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from Mount Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Highlands, Cameroon

Two new species in the genus Andronymus Holland, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini)

Two new species of Bebearia Hemming, 1960, as further evidence of centre of endemism of butterflies in Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitinae)

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