Glauconycteris variegata

(Tomes, 1861)

Variegated 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

Tomes, R.F. 1861-05. Notes on a collection of bats made by Mr. Andersson in the Damara Country, south-western Africa, with notices of some other African species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861(1):31-40.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672476

Original name as described

Scotophilus variegatus

Other common names

Butterfly Bat · Leaf-winged Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.437, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.438, ZMB 3033

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e249dcdd-277b-46cb-83f3-76b526758595 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e97ab1d3-8817-4024-b87e-9db8d263e981

Type locality

"Otjoro," Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005547

Country distribution map

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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.

Glauconycteris papilio

O. Thomas, 1905

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

papilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.4.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c782aee-dc54-4731-bacb-08218f514e6d

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243595

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotophilus variegatus

(Tomes, 1861)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.437, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.438, ZMB 3033

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e249dcdd-277b-46cb-83f3-76b526758595 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e97ab1d3-8817-4024-b87e-9db8d263e981

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672476

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Glauconycteris phalaena

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phalaena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.3.6.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/54126a58-9138-4a98-a9c8-2271e14c67d5

Authority page

560

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613294

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Glauconycteris variegata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44800/22069727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chalinolobus variegatus

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

172

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Glauconycteris variegata phalaena

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phalaena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Glauconycteris variegata variegata

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

variegata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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