NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Common Butterfly Bat
Glauconycteris argentata (Dobson, 1875)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The silvered bat (Glauconycteris argentata) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
Wikipedia contributors, Silvered bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:36:15.017654+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Glauconycteris argentata (Dobson, 1875)
- Name authority
- (Dobson, 1875)
- Common name
- Common Butterfly Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Glauconycteris
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeEptesicini Volleth & Heller, 1994
- genusGlauconycteris Dobson, 1875
- speciesGlauconycteris argentata (Dobson, 1875)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Glauconycteris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrix Butterfly BatGlauconycteris beatrix Thomas, 1901 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's Spotted BatGlauconycteris humeralis J. A. Allen, 1917 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kenyacola Butterfly BatGlauconycteris kenyacola Peterson, 1982 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abo Butterfly BatGlauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Badger BatGlauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blackish Butterfly BatGlauconycteris atra Hassanin et al., 2018 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's striped batGlauconycteris alboguttata J. A. Allen, 1917 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Curry's Butterfly BatGlauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter, 2001 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bibundi Butterfly BatGlauconycteris egeria Thomas, 1913 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glen's Butterfly BatGlauconycteris gleni Peterson & Smith, 1973 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Machado's Butterfly BatGlauconycteris machadoi Hayman, 1963 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leaf-winged BatGlauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chalinolobus argentatus Dobson, 1875 Dobson, 1875 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946178 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3G6JX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.