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Macrocilix Butler, 1886
Macrocilix Butler, 1886; Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Cooln Br. Mus. 6: vii, 18, TS: Argyris mysticata Walker
Macrocilix ; Gaede, 1931, in Strand, Lepid. Cat. 49: 5; Inoue, 1962, Insecta Japonica (2) 1: 8; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 131, f. 258-270, pl. 13, f. 379-382; [MOB8, 24]

Macrocilix mysticata (Walker, [1863])
-. See [About maps] Argyris mysticata Walker, [1863]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 26: 1617, TL: North Hindostan
myticata ab. flavotincta Wileman, 1915; Entomologist 48: 19
Macrocilix mysticata ; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 131, f. 258-264, pl. 13, f. 381-382

Larva on Quercus [MOB8]

N.India, Sikkim, Burma Macrocilix mysticata bidentata Bryk, 1943; Ark. Zool. 34 (A 13): 5
= ; Inoue, 1958, Trans. Shkoku ent. Soc. 6: 12; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 131
Macrocilix mysticata ; Butler, 1886, Illust. typical Specimens Lepid. Heterocera Cooln Br. Mus. 6: 19; Strand, 1911, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: 197; Gaede, 1931, in Strand, Lepid. Cat. 49: 5
Macrocilix mysticata mysticata ; Inoue, 1958, Trans. Shkoku ent. Soc. 6: 12
M. m. watsoni Inoue, 1958
Japan, China (Fukien, Chekiang, Kwangtung, Yunnan, Szechwan) Macrocilix mysticata watsoni Inoue, 1958; Trans. Shkoku ent. Soc. 6: 11
Macrocilix mysticata watsoni ; Inoue, 1962, Insecta Japonica (2) 1: 10; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 133, f. 258-259, pl. 13, f. 382
M. m. brevinotata Watson, 1968
China (Szechwan) Macrocilix mysticata brevinotata Watson, 1968; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 133, f. 260, pl. 13, f. 381, TL: China, Szechwan, Tu-pa-keo, 7400ft

Macrocilix maia (Leech, 1888)
Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, India, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Argyris maia Leech, 1888; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 647, TL: Korea, Gensan
Macrocilix maia ; Leech, 1898, 360; Gaede, 1931, in Strand, Lepid. Cat. 49: 5; Inoue, 1962, Insecta Japonica (2) 1: 10; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 133; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 93
Macrocilis maia ; [MOB8: 25, pl. 6, f. 29]

Larva on Quercus [MOB8]



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References:
[About maps]
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[MOB8]
Holloway, J. D., 1998; The Moths of Borneo, Part 8; Families Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae and Uraniidae


Some related literature:
Bryk, 1943
Entomological results from the Swedish expedition 1934 to Burma and British India. Lepidoptera: Drepanidae Ark. Zool. 34 (A 13): 1-30, 3pls
Gaede, 1931
Drepanidae in Strand, Lepid. Cat. 49: 60pp
Inoue, 1958
Three new subspecies and one unrecorded species of the Drepanidae from Japan (Lepidoptera) Trans. Shkoku ent. Soc. 6: 11-13, 4fgs
Inoue, 1962
Lepidoptera: Cyclidiidae, Drepaniidae Insecta Japonica (2) 1: 54pp, 3pls, 128fgs
Leech, 1888
On the Lepidoptera of Japan and Corea, Part II. Heterocera, Sect. I Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 580-655, 3pls
Strand, 1911
Drepanidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 2: 195-206
Walker, [1863]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1478-1796 ([1863])
Watson, 1968
The taxononomy of the Drepaninae represented in China, with an account of their world distribution (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 151pp, 14pls
Wileman, 1915
New species of Heterocera from Formosa Entomologist 48: 12-19, 34-40


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