NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Abo Butterfly Bat
Glauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842)
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 Abo bat (Glauconycteris poensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in several countries in West Africa and Central Africa. It is found in subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forests.
Wikipedia contributors, Abo bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:08:10.512554+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Glauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1842)
- Common name
- Abo 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 poensis (Gray, 1842)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Common Butterfly BatGlauconycteris argentata (Dobson, 1875) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Kerivoula poensis Gray, 1842 Gray, 1842 | synonym |
| Chalinolobus poensis (Gray, 1842) (Gray, 1842) | 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=946186 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:3G6K9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.