Lepisiota capensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Comoros, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa. Malagasy Region: Madagascar. Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka. Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands, China.

Nomenclature

 *  capensis. Acantholepis capensis Mayr, 1862: 699 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Mayr, 1865: 57 (m.); Emery, 1877b: 366 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1980: 542 (l.). Combination in Lepisiota: Xu, 1994c: 233. Current subspecies: nominal plus acholli, anceps, guineensis, issore, junodi, laevis, lunaris, minuta, simplex, simplicoides, specularis, subopaciceps, thoth. See also: Bingham, 1903: 316; Arnold, 1920a: 568.