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Andronymus neander neander

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Andronymus neander neander (Plotz) (Fig. 82, $ genitalia)
Apaustus neander Plotz, 1884c: 154 (Loango).
= Ancyloxypha producta Trimen, 1889 [1887-1889], 3: 334 (Delagoa Bay).
A. neander is a well-known migratory species in East Africa (Williams, 1958: 48, 102, 108, 121, 140, 178, 181), particularly in Tanganyika. Some interesting notes accompanying a long series from Metet, Cameroon, taken by A. I. Good indicate it is a migratory species there, too. In a note of April 15, 1918, he states, "Yesterday and today in the afternoon there has been a flight of this species, passing towards the S. W. in thousands." The following day he wrote that the flight was becoming sparser and beginning to end. This is eviRICHARD M. FOX, ET Al..
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Figures 82-85, $ genitalia. Fig. 82, Andronymus n. neander, Ganta, Liberia. Fig. 83, A. c. caesar, Batanga, Cameroon. Fig. 84, A. antonius, new species, Holotype. Fig. 85, A. helles, Efulen, Cameroon.
dently the only record of a migration of this skipper in the Guinean Subregion. Careful observation will determine whether or not neander is migratory in Liberia.
According to Evans ( 1937: 130) this species ranges from Gambia to Cameroon and east to Kenya and Mozambique as the nominate subspecies.
Liberian specimens, which may be the first records for the country are: Ganta, 2 S , 1 9 , III (Fox).
In addition to the long series from Cameroon mentioned above, Carnegie Museum has a few specimens from Congo and Uganda.
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Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA