Steve C. Collins

Steve C. Collins, Kenyan entomologist.

Author abbreviation: S. Collins

• African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI), P.O. Box 14308, Nairobi, Kenya
• E-mail: collinsabri@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 164 taxon names authored by Steve C. Collins

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1982

• Collins, S. C., 1982. A new subspecies of Charaxes fournierae Le Moult 1930. Miscellanea Entomologica 49: 99–100. Reference page. 

1987

• Collins, S.C. 1987. Three New African Nymphalidae. Lambillionea 87(7-8): 92–96. Reference page. 

1991

• Collins, S.C. 1991. Some new Pseudacraea from West Madagascar and Comodo Islands (Rhopalocera Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 91(3): 257–260. Reference page. 
• Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1991. Description of new genera, species, and subspecies discovered as part of the research for the book The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. In: Larsen, T.B. The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: i–xxi, 1–490. Chapter pagination: 438–445. Reference page. 

1994

• Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1994. The Abantis bismarcki-group of skipper butterflies with the description of Abantis bamptoni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Entomologists' Record and Journal of Variation 106: 1–5. PDF. Reference page. 

1995

• Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1995. Pseudaletis malangi - a remarkable new butterfly from the Republic of Guinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Lambillionea 95(3) (Tome II): 429–431. PDF. Reference page. 
• Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1995. A new species of Gretna from Cameroun. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Lambillionea 95(3): 561–562. PDF. Reference page. 
• Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1995. A new Iolaus from the Shaba province of Zaire (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 95(3): 563–564. PDF. Reference page. 

1996

• Collins, S. & Larsen, T.B. 1996. Baliochila warrengashi a new butterfly from the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 96(3): 465–466. PDF. Reference page. 

1997

• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C., 1997. Note sur le genre Stempfferia Jackson, avec description d’une nouvelle espèce. Lambillionea 97 (1): 31–33. Reference page. 
• Miller, L.D. & Collins, S.C., 1997. A review of the genus Gamia Holland, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with the description of a new species. Metamorphosis 8(4): 147–159. Reference page. 

1998

• Collins, S.C. 1998. Description of a new species of Epitola Westwood from Cameroon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 9(2): 63–65. Reference page. 
• Collins, S.C., & Larsen, T.B. 1998. Two new genera and eight new species of African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) - ABRI research paper No. 1. Metamorphosis 9(2): 66–85. PDF. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. & Collins, S. 1998. Two new species of Anthene from West Africa (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). Lambillionea 98 (3) (Tome I): 372–376. Reference page. 
• Congdon, C. & Collins, S. 1998. Kielland’s butterflies of Tanzania. Supplement. African Butterfly Research Institute & Union des Entomologistes Belges, Nairobi & Tervuren, 143 pp. Reference page. 

2000

• Collins, S.C. & Larsen, T.B. 2000. Eight new species and five new subspecies of African butterflies (Rhopalocera) an ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis 11(2): 57–75. PDF. Reference page. 

2003

• Collins, S.C., Larsen, T.B. & Warren-Gash, H. 2003. Notes on Afrotropical butterflies with the description of eleven new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) – ABRI research paper No. 3. Metamorphosis 14(3): 63–110. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2005

• Collins, S.C. & Larsen, T.B. 2005. New species and subspecies of African butterflies. pp.547–560. In Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. Apollo Books, Denmark: pp. 1–595, figs. 1–270. Reference page. 

2007

• Collins, S. C. & Libert, M., 2007. Revision du genre Pseudaletis Druce (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea: 1–62. Reference page. 
• Rydon, A.H.B., Congdon, T.C.E. & Collins, S.C. 2007. A new subspecies of Charaxes contrarius van Someren, 1969 (Lepodptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae) from Tanzania Metamorphosis 18(4): 144–150. Reference page. 

2008

• Collins, S.C. & Larsen, T.B. 2008. Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies – Fourth ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis 19(2): 42–113. Abstract and PDF download. Reference page. 

2011

• Larsen, T.B. & Collins, S.C. 2011. The African skipper genus Caenides Holland and the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 21(2): 62–65. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2011. Note on Mimacraea gelinia (Oberthûr 1893), with the description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 22(1): 18–21 PDF. Reference page. 

2012

• Larsen, T.B. & Collins, S.C. 2012. Herila – a new genus to receive the Afrotropical skipper Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855) [Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae. Entomologia Africana 17(2): 55–64. Reference page. 

2013

• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2013. Description of two new species of African Lycaenidae in the collection of the African Butterfly Research Institute. Metamorphosis 24(1): 3–6. PDF. Reference page. 

2014

• Collins, S.C., Congdon, T.C.E., Henning, G.A., Larsen, T.B. & Williams, M.C. 2014. A review of d’Abrera’s Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae). Metamorphosis 25(2): 109–122. PDF. Reference page. 
• Sáfián & Collins 2014. A new Iridana Aurivillius, 1920 and a new Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from tropical Africa. Metamorphosis 25: 90–96. Abstract Reference page. 
• Larsen, T. & Collins, S. 2014. Some new and interesting African Hesperiidae. Metamorphosis 25: 60–76. Reference page. 

2015

• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2015. Revision of the Cerautola crippsi species group, with the description of three new taxa from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 26: 44–49. PDF. Reference page. 
• Sáfián, S. & Collins, S.C. 2015. Establishment of a new genus for Eresiomera paradoxa (Schultze, 1917) and related taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4018(1): 124–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Sáfián, S., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. 2015. Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini). Zootaxa 3931(2): 286–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.8 Reference page. 
• Sáfián, S., Collins, S.C. & Libert, M. 2015. Descriptions of seven new Pilodeudorix Druce, 1891 from equatorial Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Metamorphosis 26: 62–78. PDF. Reference page. 
• Brattström, O., Aduse-Poku, K., Collins, S.C. & Brakefield, P.M. 2015. Revision of the Bicyclus ignobilis species-group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 4018(1): 57–79. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.3. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Cock, M.J.W., Congdon,T.C.E. & Collins, S.C. 2015. Observations on the Biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 8. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Dracaena Feeders. Zootaxa 3985(3): 301–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.3.1 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Aduse-Poku, K., Lees, D.C., Brattström, O., Kodandaramaiah, U., Collins, S.C., Wahlberg, N., & Brakefield, P.M. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and generic-level taxonomy of the widespread palaeotropical ‘Heteropsis clade’ (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Mycalesina). Systematic Entomology 41(4): 717–731. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12183 Reference page. 
• Bayliss, J.L., Collins, S.C. & Congdon, T.C.E. 2016. A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] subgenus Epamera Druce, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from Mts Namuli and Mabu, Northern Mozambique. Metamorphosis 27: 23–30. PDF. Reference page. 
• Cock, M.J.W., Congdon, T.C.E. & Collins, S.C. 2016. Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 9. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Zingiberales feeders, genera of unknown biology and an overview of the Hesperiinae incertae sedis. Zootaxa 4066(3): 201–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.1 Reference page. 
• van Velzen, R., Collins, S.C., Brattström, O. & Congdon, T.C.E. 2016. Description of a new Cymothoe Hübner, 1819 from northern Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Metamorphosis 27: 34–41. PDF. Reference page. 

2017

• Cock, M.J.W., Congdon, T.C.E. & Collins, S.C. 2017. Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 12. New information and corrections. Zootaxa 4312(3): 471–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.4 Reference page. 
• Collins, S.C., Congdon, T.C.E. & Bampton, I. 2017. Review of the Charaxes gallagheri complex resulting in two new species and undescribed morphs of Charaxes gallagheri van Son, 1962 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae). Entomologia Africana 22(1): 19–30. Reference page. 

2018

• Bayliss, J.L., Congdon, T.C.E. & Collins, S.C. 2018. A new subspecies of Papilio (Princeps) pelodurus Butler, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae) from several mountains in northern Mozambique. Metamorphosis 29: 132–136. PDF. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2018. Three new species of Liptena Westwood, [1851] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 29: 118–125. PDF. Reference page. 

2019

• Bayliss, J.L., Brattström, O., Bampton, I. & Collins, S. 2019. A new species of Leptomyrina Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Mts Mecula, Namuli, Inago, Nallume and Mabu in Northern Mozambique. Metamorphosis 30: 19–24. Reference page. 
• Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2019. Liptenara Bethune-Baker, 1915 ou Pentila Westwood, 1851 ? Description de cinq nouvelles espèces (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae.. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 124(1): 61–72. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2043 Reference page. 
• Sáfián, S., Collins, S.C., Belcastro, C., Brattström, O. & Tropek, R. 2019. Description of previously unknown females of three Euriphene Boisduval, 1847 species and the unknown male of Bebearia inepta Hecq, 2001 from Western Africa, with notes on their taxonomy, bionomy and distribution (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae). Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 47(188): 581–591. Reference page. 

2020

• Pyrcz, T.W., Collins, S.C., Zubek, A., Wacławik, B., Sáfián, S., Bąkowski, M. & Florczyk, K. 2020. Previously unrecognized diversity of Afrotropical Melanitini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): doubling the number of species and genera. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 78(2): 171–216. DOI: 10.26049/ASP78-2-2020-01 Reference page. 
• Safian, S., Belcastro, C., Boireau, P. & Collins, S. 2020. New Taxa of Skipper Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from Tropical Africa. Metamorphosis 31(1): 56–71. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2021

• Sáfián, S., Collins, S.C., Warren-Gash, H. & Balcastro, C. 2021. Description of five new species of Epitola sensu lato (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) from West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4981(3): 554–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.7. . Reference page. 

2022

• Bayliss, J.L., Congdon, T.C.E., Richardson, I.D. & Collins, S.C. 2022. Revision of the A. delicata group of Afriodinia d’Abrera, 2009 (Papilionoidea: Riodinidae) with the description of a new species from Mount Lico, Northern Mozambique, and the reinstatement of a species. Metamorphosis 33: 34–41. PDF. Reference page. 
• Sáfián, S. & Collins, S.C. 2022. A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya. Metamorphosis 33: 42–47. PDF. Reference page.