Glauconycteris argentata

(Dobson, 1875)

Common Butterfly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Glauconycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1875-10. On the genus Chalinolobus, with descriptions of new or little-known species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875(3):381-388.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501614

Original name as described

Chalinolobus argentatus

Other common names

Silvered Butterfly Bat · Silvery Butterfly Bat · Silvered Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1871.7.10.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73d922f3-04c7-47ce-a69a-ce5f63b3c5f9

Type locality

"Cameroon Mountains, western equatorial Africa," Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon? · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Malawi · Zambia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005536

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Chalinolobus argentatus

(Dobson, 1875)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1871.7.10.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73d922f3-04c7-47ce-a69a-ce5f63b3c5f9

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501614

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Chalinolobus congicus

(Noack, 1889)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

congica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:2516

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9980736

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Glauconycteris argentata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

71

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44790/22068006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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