Szabolcs Sáfián

Szabolcs Sáfián (Sáfián), Entomologist, Hungary.

• Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection Faculty of Forestry University of West Hungary Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca 4. H-9400 Sopron, Hungary.
• Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branisovska 1760, CZ-37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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• 53 taxon names authored by Szabolcs Sáfián

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• Larsen, T.B., Pyrcz, T.W., & Warren-Gash, H. 2010[2009]. Two biogeographically significant new species of Euriphene (Boisduval, 1847) from West Africa and Nigeria: E. epe Pyrcz & Larsen and E. taigola Sáfián & Warren-Gash (Lepidoptera: Nymphalinae: Adoliadini). Metamorphosis 20: 389-399. Reference page. 

• Pyrcz, T.W., Warren-Gash, H., Lorenc-Brudecka, J., Knoop, D.P., Oremans, P. & 2013. Taxonomy and distribution pattern of the African rain forest butterfly genus Euphaedra Hübner sensu stricto with the description of three new subspecies of Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer) and one of E. sarcoptera (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae, Adoliadini). ZooKeys 298: 1-37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.298.4894 Reference page. 

• 2014: Neurellipes rhoko sp. n. from the Cross River Loop, Eastern Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae). Zootaxa 3860(2): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.2.6 reference page 
• & 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. 

• , 2015. Two new Epitolini from Liberia in the genera Stempfferia Jackson, 1962 and Cephetola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 26: 12–19. full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• 2015. Aslauga larseni (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae), a unique new species from the Nimba Mountains, Liberia. Metamorphosis 26: 26–29. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & 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. 
• , 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. 
• , 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. 

• Fan, X.L., Chiba, H., Huang, Z.F., Fei, W., Wang, M. & 2016. Clarification of the Phylogenetic Framework of the Tribe Baorini (Lepidoptera:Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) Inferred from Multiple Gene Sequences. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0156861. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156861 . Reference page. 
• , Pyrcz, T.W. & Brattström, O. 2016. Two new species of Bebearia Hemming, 1960, as further evidence of centre of endemism of butterflies in Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitinae). Zootaxa 4175(5): 449–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.3. Reference page. 
• & Tropek, R. 2016. Two new butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) from Mount Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Highlands, Cameroon. Zootaxa 4150(2): 123–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.2.2. PDF Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & 2016. Geraldocossus gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Mount Cameroon (West Africa). Zootaxa 4114(5): 595–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.5.8. Reference page. 

• 2017. Three new species in the genus Iolaus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from West Africa. Metamorphosis 28: 2–10. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & 2017. New data on the Pterophoridae fauna of Liberia (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 4247(2): 194–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.2.13. Reference page. 

• Pyrcz, T.W. & 2018. A new subspecies of Cymothoe fumana (Westwood, 1850) from Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Metamorphosis 29: 5–8. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• 2018. Junonia agnesberenyiae sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) from the Nimba Mountains (Guinea), West Africa. Metamorphosis 29: 126–131. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Bartsch, D. 2018. A new species of Conopsia Strand, 1913 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Tinthiinae) from West Africa. Zootaxa 4524(1): 147–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.12 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.A., Kovtunovich, V.N., , Maicher, V. & Tropek, R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many- plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). ZooKeys 777: 119–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.777.24729 full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Bartsch, D. & 2019. Further information on Lolibaia Gorbunov & Gurko, 2017 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Synanthedonini) with description of three new species from tropical Africa. Zootaxa 4559(2): 339–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.7. Reference page. 
• Przybyłowicz, L., Tarcz, S., László, G.M., & Zilli, A. 2019. Revision of the Amerila syntomina Species Complex with Description of a New Species from West Africa (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Annales Zoologici 69(4): 703–717. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.4.006 Reference page. 
• Przybyłowicz, L., Maicher, V., László, G.M., & Tropek, R. 2019. Amerila (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) of Cameroon with morphological remarks on male and female genitalia. Zootaxa 4674(2): 283–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.2.8 pdf Reference page. 
• , Belcastro, C. & Tropek, R. 2019. Two new species in the genus Andronymus Holland, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Zootaxa 4624(1): 108–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.1.7. Reference page. 
• , 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. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Müller, G.C., Kravchenko, V.D., Petrányi, G. & 2019b. Three new species of subfamily Politzariellinae (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Guinea and Zambia. Russian Entomological Journal 28(3): 312-316. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.28.3.10 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Pyrcz, T.W., Collins, S.C., Zubek, A., Wacławik, B., , 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. 
• 2020. Description of the previously unknown sexes in four West African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on their distribution. Zootaxa 4834(2): 219–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.2.4 Reference page. 
• , Coache, A. & Rainon, B. 2020. New data on the distribution of Iridana agneshorvathae Collins, Larsen & Sáfián, 2008 with description of the previously unknown female (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae). Faunitaxys 8(3): 1–3. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., , Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024. Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon. ZooKeys 1193: 25–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.111544 Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya., Kovtunovich, V.N., Maicher, V., , Delabye, S., Streltzov, A.N. & Tropek, R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. ZooKeys 935: 103–119. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.935.49843. . Reference page. 
• , 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. 
• , Pyrcz, T.W., Boireau, P. & Belcastro, C. 2020a. A new subspecies of Telchinia Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) from West Africa. Metamorphosis 31(1): 45–48. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Bassi, G., , Léger, T., Müller, G.C., Kravchenko, V.D. & Poltavsky, A.N. 2021. Ancylogastra, a new genus of Afrotropical Crambinae, with descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambidae). Zootaxa 5052(1): 42–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.2. . Reference page. 
• , 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. 
• , 2021. Iridana languyi sp. nov., a new Liptenine lycaenid species from Liberia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Poritiinae, Liptenini). Web. Reference page.  

• Bartsch, D. & 2022. Taxonomic changes and review of the genera Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae). Zootaxa 5094(1): 103–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.4. . Reference page. 
• & Bartsch, D. 2022. Two new genera and species of Synanthedonini from the Nimba Mountains, Liberia, West Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Zootaxa 5141(1): 87–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.8. . Reference page. 
• & 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. 

• , Florczyk, K. & Takano, H. 2023. A new species in the genus Precis Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae), another surprising discovery in the Nimba Mountains, Guinea and the broader Guinea Highlands in West Africa. Zootaxa 5249(4): 465–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.4.4. . Reference page. 

• Bartsch, D. & 2025. Two new Clearwing moths from coastal Kenya (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Melittiini, Osminiini). Zootaxa 5588(4): 573–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.4. Reference page. 
• Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V.N., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., , Fokam, E.B. & Tropek, R. 2025. Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 1231: 145–168. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1231.139530 Reference page.