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Lyssa Hübner, [1823]
Lyssa Hübner, [1823]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (19): 289, TS: Papilio patroclus Linnaeus
Nyctalemon Dalman, 1825; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 1824 (2): 407, TS: Papilio patroclus Linnaeus
Lyssidia Westwood, 1879; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 10 (12, 1): 509, 520, 525 (unnec. repl. Lyssa Hübner, [1823])
Nyctalaemon ; Salvin & Godman, 1877, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 150 (missp.)
Lyssa ; [MOB8, 83]

Lyssa zampa (Butler, 1869)
NE.Himalaya - S.China, Thailand, Andamans, Philippines, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Nyctalemon zampa Butler, 1869; Ent. mon. Mag. 5: 273
Nyctalemon crameri Boisduval, 1874; Revue mag. Zool. (3) 2: 441
Nyctalemon najabula Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 629
Lyssa zampa ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 86; [MOB8: 84, pl. 5, 10, f. 171-172]

Larva on Endospermum, E. peltatum [MOB8]

L. z. docile (Butler, 1877)
Andamans Nyctalemon docile Butler, 1879; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 562
L. z. dilutus (Röber, 1927)
Sulawesi Nyctalemon dilutus Röber, 1927; Int. ent. Z., 20: 429

Lyssa menoetius (Hopffer, 1856)
Borneo, Philippines, Sangir, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Nyctalemon menoetius Hopffer, 1856; Neue Schmett. Samml. Mus. Univ. Berlin, 2: 2
Nyctalemon hector Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1771
Nyctalemon longicaudus Schaufuss, 1870; Nunquam Otiosus, 1: 13

Larva on Omphalea bracteata, O. sargentii, (captivity) less Endospermum peltatum [MOB8]

L. m. celebensis (Regteren Altena, 1953)
Sulaweis Nyctalemon menoetius celebensis Regteren Altena, 1953; Zool. Verh. Leiden 19: 22-24
L. m. adspersus (Regteren Altena, 1953)
Sangkulirang - Samarinda - Balikpan Nyctalemon menoetius adspersus Regteren Altena, 1953; Zool. Verh. Leiden 19: 22-24

Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1856)
AU. See [About maps]
Urania macleayi Montrouzier, 1856
Lyssidia goldiei H. Druce, 1882
Nyctalemon kotzenbergi Pfeiffer, 1925
Nyctalemon kotzenbergi Seitz, 1929
Lyssa macleayi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Lyssa patroclus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilio patroclus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 462, TL: Moluccas


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[MOB8]
Holloway, J. D., 1998; The Moths of Borneo, Part 8; Families Castniidae, Callidulidae, Drepanidae and Uraniidae


Some related literature:
Butler, 1879
The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 533-568, pl. 68, 69
Hübner, [1823]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -
Moore, 1877
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 580-632, pls. 58-60
Regteren Altena, 1953
A revision of the genus Nyctalemon Dalman (Lepidoptera, Uraniidae) with notes on the biology, distribution, and evolution of its species Zool. Verh. Leiden 19: 1-56
Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Westwood, 1879
Observations on the Uraniidae, a family of Lepidopterous insects, with a synopsis of the family and monograph of Coronidia, one of the genera of which it is composed Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 10 (12, 1): 507-542


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