| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | West-Central Tropical Africa, Congo |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northeast Tropical Africa, Ethiopia |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Kenya |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Tanzania |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | East Tropical Africa, Uganda |
| | | syntype of subspecies Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens (Karsch, 1896); lectotype of subspecies Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens (Karsch, 1896) | East Tropical Africa, Tanzania: Mount Kilimanjaro |
| | | syntype of subspecies Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens (Karsch, 1896); paralectotype of subspecies Phyteumas purpurascens purpurascens (Karsch, 1896) | East Tropical Africa, Tanzania: Mount Kilimanjaro |