Camerunia Aurivillius, 1893

Takano, Hitoshi, 2025, Taxonomic revision of Camerunia Aurivillius, 1893 and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae: Janinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 134-175 : 165

Identification key to the species of Camerunia Aurivillius, 1893

1. Forewing with dark basal marking ................................................................................................... 2

– Forewing without dark basal marking .............................................................................................. 3

2. Forewing discal marking as wide as cell. Dark spot along forewing postmedial fasciae in space CuA1 diffuse. Hindwing fringe brown with white markings at the termination of veins. Large species found in West and Central Africa ......................................................................... C. orphne ( Schaus, 1893)

– Forewing discal marking indicated by two or three spots. Dark spot along forewing postmedial fasciae in space CuA1 well defined. Hindwing fringe uniformly pale yellow. Small species endemic to Tanzania.............................................................................................................. C. smithi sp. nov.

3. Ground colour of hindwings yellow ................................................................................................. 4

– Ground colour of hindwings not yellow ........................................................................................... 5

4. Forewing with large discal marking ................................. C. bimaculata ( Dewitz, 1879) comb. rev.

– Forewing without discal marking .............................................................. C. flava Aurivillius, 1904

5. Ground colour of hindwings white .......................................................... C. albida Aurivillius, 1901

– Ground colour of hindwings pink .................................. C. subrosea ( Aurivillius, 1893) comb. nov.

Genus composition

Camerunia orphne ( Schaus, 1893) = Camerunia insignis Aurivillius, 1893

Camerunia flava Aurivillius, 1904 = Camerunia lactiflora Wichgraf, 1914

Camerunia albida Aurivillius, 1901

Camerunia smithi sp. nov.

Camerunia bimaculata ( Dewitz, 1879) comb. rev.

Camerunia subrosea ( Aurivillius, 1893) comb. nov. = Hemijana ruberrima Rothschild, 1917