Apallaga Strand, 1911

Libert (2014) re-established the genus Apallaga Strand, with type species A. mokeezi, for a monophyletic group based on barcodes that includes the species with orange markings as well some black and white species of similar biology, but proved far more complex and species-rich than previous treatments (Evans 1937, Ackery et al. 1995). Libert (2014) recognised 12 clades within Apallaga, of which we have reared representatives of the galenus clade ( A. opalinus (Butler), A. kakamegae Libert, A. biseriata (Butler)) and kimboza clade ( A. sanjeensis Kielland) only. In Cock & Congdon (2011b, Figure 34) we illustrated an adult as Celaenorrhinus intermixtus evansi Berger. Based on Libert (2014) this is A. lourentis (de Jong), but we note that Libert’s A. lourentis has an identical barcode to his A. evansi (Berger) (barcodes in BOLD), suggesting that A. lourentis will prove to be a synonym or subspecies of A. evansi .

Libert (2014) illustrates four caterpillars and three pupae of the galenus clade from TCEC’s work in Tanzania (Table 1). We have associated these with their corresponding caterpillars, pupae and, where possible, adults (Figures 15–17), and clarified some identifications.