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Choaspes Moore, [1881]

Choaspes Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 158, TS: Hesperia benjaminii Guérin-Méneville

1178x880 (~104Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, under the canopy of a primary evergreen tropical forest, the Krating rivulet valley above the waterfalls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

998x827 (~81Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a shady evergreen forest in the left catchment basin of the Krating River. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Larva on Sabia, Meliosma [BMP]

Choaspes benjaminii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)

Ceylon, India (Palnis, Nilgiris, Coorg, Kulu) - Assam, N.Burma, Japan. See [About maps] Indian Awlking
Hesperia benjaminii Guérin-Méneville, 1843; in Delessert, Souvenirs Voy. Inde 2 (2): 79, pl. 22, f. 2, TL: Nilgiris, S.India
Choaspes benjaminii ; [BOW: pl. 186, f. 7]; [MRS, 698]

Larva on Sabia campanulata, Meliosma pugnens, M. rhoifolia, M. rigida [MRS]

C. b. japonica (Murray, 1875)

Choaspes benjaminii japonica ; [MRS, 698]

C. b. formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Rhopalocampta benjaminii formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (6): 78 (1 June), TL: Formosa
Choaspes benjaminii formosana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Choaspes benjaminii formosana ; [MRS, 698]
Choaspes benjaminii formosanus ;

Larva on Meliosma rhoifolia, M. rigida, M. squamulata [MRS]

C. b. flavens Eliot, 1992

Choaspes benjaminii flavens Eliot, 1992; in Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula: 437, f. 340 (g), pl. 52, f. 31, TL: W.Malaysia, Cameron Highlands

Choaspes hemixanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Malaya - Hong Kong. See [About maps] Choaspes hemixanthus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 482, pl. 11, f. 3
Choaspes hemixanthus ; [BOW: pl. 186, f. 9]
Choaspes hemixantha ; [MRS, 698]

Choaspes furcatus Evans, 1932

Nepal - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malay Peninsula, Palawan. See [About maps] Choaspes furcata Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 321, no. I.4.5, TL: Sikkim
Choaspes furcata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Choaspes hemixanthus furcatus Evans, 1932; [BMP]
Choaspes hemixantha furcata ; [MRS, 698]

Choaspes illuensis ?Ribbe, 1900²

New Guinea. See [About maps] illuensis ; [BOW: 186, pl. 8]

Choaspes plateni (Staudinger, 1888)

Java. See [About maps] Ismene plateni Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge, 1 (21): 293
Choaspes plateni ; [BOW: pl. 186, f. 10 (text)]

C. p. caudatus Evans, 1932

S.Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Palawan Choaspes caudata Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 320, no. I.4.1B, TL: Mergui, S.Burma
Choaspes plateni caudatus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Choaspes plateni caudatus ; [BMP: 337, pl. 52, f. 29-30]

C. p. stigmata Evans, 1932

Sikkim, Assam, Laos, N.Vietnam, Hainan Choaspes plateni stigmata Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 320, TL: Assam
Choaspes plateni stigmata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Choaspes stigmata ;
Choaspes plateni stigmatus ;

Choaspes subcaudata (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

Malaya - Java, Celebes. See [About maps] Ismene subcaudata C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 526, pl. 72, f. 20-21
Choaspes subcaudata ; [BOW: pl. 186, f. 10]

C. s. crawfurdi (Distant, 1882)

S.Burma, Thailand, Laos, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias Ismene crawfurdi Distant, 1882; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 10 (57): 247, TL: Wellesley, Malaysia
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Choaspes subcaudatus crawfurdi ; [BMP: 337, pl. 52, f. 32]

Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, [1844])

Kashmir - Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, W.China, Burma?, Borneo?. See [About maps] Hesperia xanthopogon Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4 (2): 453, pl. 18, TL: Himalaya
Choaspes similis Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 320,321, TL: Assam
Choaspes xanthopogon, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Choaspes xanthopogon ; [BOW: pl. 186, f. 7 (text)]; [MRS, 698]

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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.

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Distant, 1882

Undescribed Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 10 (57): 245-248

Evans, 1932

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls

C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" - Zoolog. 2 (2). Lepidoptera 1. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): Heft (3), 379-548, pls. 48-74

Fruhstorfer, 1911

Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 9-24 (1 February), (3): 25-40 (1 March), (4): 41-56 (1 April), (5): 57-72 (1 May), (6): 73-79, pl. 1 (1 June)

Moore, [1881]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18, (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36, (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54, (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Some new or unfigured Lepidoptera Novit. Zool. 10 (3): 481-487, pls. 11-12

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