Synonyms

• Papilio delius Drury, [1782]: 18, pl. 14, figs. 5,6.
• Antanartia delius (Drury); Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 508.
• Papilio eurocilia Fabricius, 1793: 79.
• Vanessa demonica Godart, 1819: 301.
• Hypanartia delis nigrescens Suffert, 1904: 108.
• Antanartia delius f. kamitugensis Dufrane, 1945: 99. Synonymy in Howarth, 1966: 26.

Primary references

• Drury, D. 1770–1782. Illustrations of Natural History London, White. Vol.l (1770): xxviii+130+[2]pp, 50+1 pls, 4 figs; Vol.2 (1773): vii+90pp, 50 pls; Vol.3 (1782): vii+76pp, 50 pls. Vol.1; Vol.2; Vol.3. Reference page. 

• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 

• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 

• Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 10(3): 491–542, 12: 175–191. Reference page. 

• Suffert, E. 1904. Neue Nymphaliden aus Africa. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 17: 108–123. BHL. Reference page. 

• Howarth, T.G. 1966. Revisional notes on the genus Antanartia (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 18: 21–43, pl. 1–5. Online. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea.