Glauconycteris argentata

(Dobson, 1875)

Common Butterfly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Nycticeiini
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

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005536

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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

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

Original type locality

Cameroon Mountains, western equatorial Africa

Type locality

Cameroon: 4°13′2″N, 9°10′22″E.

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

Trouessart (1878:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
Trouessart (1904:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Koopman (1993:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Chalinolobus congicus

Noack, 1889

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

congica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:2516

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Glauconycteris argentata:

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989860

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Hayman (1963:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Corbet & Hill (1991:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44790/22068006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Glauconycteris argentatus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782177

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

Chalinolobus argentata:

Van Cakenberghe, Herrel, & Aguirre, 2002

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Maastricht

Name usages

Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)

Publications

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