| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Tanzania |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | South Tropical Africa, Angola |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Western Indian Ocean, Mauritius |
| | | holotype of synonym Heteropternis pudica variety flavipennis Uvarov, 1925 | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Stellenbosch |
| | | holotype of synonym Heteropternis loveni Sjöstedt, 1933 | East Tropical Africa, Kenya: Thiba River |
| | | holotype of synonym Dittopternis coerulea variety aurantiaca Schulthess, 1899 | South Tropical Africa, Mozambique: Delagoa Bay [Maputo Bay] |
| | | syntype of species Heteropternis pudica (Serville, 1838) | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Cape of Good Hope |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province: Somerset West, Lourens River |