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Semalea arela (Mabille) (Fig. 71, $ genitalia)
Hypoleucis arela Mabille, 1891: 69 (Gabon).
= Pamphila nox Mabille, 1891: 168 (Cameroon).
= Baoris atimus Holland, 1896: 68 (Mabille ms. name).
= Baoris arela ab. "defectula" Strand. 1912c: 51 (Cameroon).
Evans (1937: 121) records arela from Guinea to Gabon and east to Kenya, Tanganyika and Nyasaland. There are many specimens in the collection of Carnegie Museum from Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni ? Gabon, Uganda and Kenya.
Figures 69-72, <J genitalia. Fig. 69, Semalea pulvina, Harbel, Liberia. Fig. 70, S. sextilis, Zorzor, Liberia. Fig. 71, S. arela, Liberia. Fig. 72, Hypoleucis o. ophiusa, Harbel, Liberia.
Liberia: Liberia, W. Africa, 4 $ (A. C. Good); Fish Lake, 1 $ , I;Ganta, 1 S , VII (both Fox).
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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