Alan Heath

Alan Heath, entomologist.

• Dept. of Zoology, University of Capetown, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa.
• Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
• E-mail: alan.heath3@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 11 taxon names authored by Alan Heath

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1983

• Heath, A., 1983. Some new and little know Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Zambia. Amoldia Zimbabwe 9(10): 145–164, ill. Reference page. 

1985

• Heath, A., 1985. Revision of three Iolaus subgenera and descriptions of two new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Zambia. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(18): 257–266. Reference page. 

1992

• Heath, A. & Ball, J.B., 1992: A new species of Poecilmitis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Cape Province, South Africa. Metamorphosis, 3 (3): 86–88. (PDF) Reference page. 

1994

• Heath, A., 1994. A note on the homonymy of a Zambian butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae - Iolaus). Metamorphosis 5 (1): 31. Reference page. 

1997

• Heath, A. 1997. A review of African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis. Occasional supplement (2). Full publication, with link to PDF. Reference page. 

2001

• Heath, A., 2001. New synonymies and taxonomic notes on the genus Chrysoritis Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 12(3): 85–98. Reference page. 

2002

• Heath, A., Newport, M.A., & Hancock, D. 2002. The butterflies of Zambia. African Butterfly Research Institute and The Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa. i–xvii, 1–137. Reference page. 

2004

• Heath, A. & Pringle, E.L. 2004. A review of the southern African genus Thestor Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae). Metamorphosis 15(3): 91–151. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Boyle, J.H., Kaliszewska, Z.A., Espeland, M., Suderman, T.R., Fleming, J., Heath, A. & Pierce, N.E. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). Phylogeny of the Aphnaeinae: myrmecophilous African butterflies with carnivorous and herbivorous life histories. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 169–182. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12098 . Reference page. 

2019

• Pringle, E.L. & Heath, A. 2019. A new species of Thestor Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae) from the Clanwilliam region of the Western Cape, South Africa. Metamorphosis 30: 51–54. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2020

• Talavera, G., Kaliszewska, Z.A., Heath, A. & Pierce, N.E. 2020. Recent diversification of Chrysoritis butterflies in the South African Cape (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 148: 106817. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106817. Reference page. 

2023

• Heath, A., Pringle, E.L. & Quek, S.P. 2023. Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) – Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision. Metamorphosis 34: 11–28. DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.02. Full article (PDF). Reference page.