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Curry's Butterfly Bat

Glauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter, 2001

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

Curry's bat (Glauconycteris curryae) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical and tropical swamps.

The specific name was originally curryi, but it was emended to be curryae in accordance with §31.1.2 of the ICZN Code.

Wikipedia contributors, Curry's bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:08:33.622833+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Glauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter, 2001
Name authority
Eger & Schlitter, 2001
Common name
Curry's 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
  12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
  13. superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
  14. familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
  15. subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
  16. tribeEptesicini Volleth & Heller, 1994
  17. genusGlauconycteris Dobson, 1875
  18. speciesGlauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter, 2001

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Glauconycteris. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Common Butterfly BatGlauconycteris argentata (Dobson, 1875)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Beatrix Butterfly BatGlauconycteris beatrix Thomas, 1901VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Allen's Spotted BatGlauconycteris humeralis J. A. Allen, 1917VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Kenyacola Butterfly BatGlauconycteris kenyacola Peterson, 1982VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Abo Butterfly BatGlauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Badger BatGlauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Blackish Butterfly BatGlauconycteris atra Hassanin et al., 2018VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Allen's striped batGlauconycteris alboguttata J. A. Allen, 1917VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bibundi Butterfly BatGlauconycteris egeria Thomas, 1913VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Glen's Butterfly BatGlauconycteris gleni Peterson & Smith, 1973VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Machado's Butterfly BatGlauconycteris machadoi Hayman, 1963VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Leaf-winged BatGlauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 407 records assigned to Vespertilionidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946180 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:3G6JZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.