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Ancistroides Butler, 1874
Ancistroides Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 436, TS: Ancistroides longicornis Butler
Kerana Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana (19, 20): 392, TS: Astictopterus armatus H. Druce

Ancistroides longicornis Butler, 1874
Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Ancistroides longicornis Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 436
Ancistroides longicornis ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 3]

Ancistroides nigrita (Latreille, [1824])
Sumatra, Malaya - Philippines. See [About maps] Hesperia nigrita Latreille, [1824]; in Godart, Ency. méth. 9 (2): 788, no. 157, TL: Java
Ancistroides nigrita ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 4]; [MRS, 718]

Larva on Zingiber, Curcuma [BMP]

A. n. diocles (Moore, [1866])
Sikkim - Burma, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, S.Yunnan Chocolate Demon
Nisoniades nigrita diocles Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 787, TL: Bengal
Ancistroides nigrita diocles, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ancistroides nigrita diocles ; [MRS, 718]
A. n. maura (Snellen, [1880])
S.Vietnam Chocolate Demon
Tagiades maura Snellen, [1880]; in Veth, Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8): 28, TL: Sumatra
Ancistroides nigrita maura ; [BMP: 355, pl. 55, f. 6-7]
A. n. othonias (Hewitson, 1878)
S.Vietnam, S.Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Sipora, Bangka, Nias Astictopterus othonias Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4): 342, TL: Borneo
Kerana evaira Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 10 (1 February), TL: Thailand
Kerana sumata Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 10 (1 February), TL: Nias
Kerana savara Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 10 (1 February), TL: Borneo
Ancistroides nigrita othonias, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ancistroides othonias ;

Ancistroides armatus (H. Druce, 1873)
Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo, Burma. See [About maps] Astictopterus armatus H. Druce, 1873; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2): 359, pl. 33, f. 7, TL: Borneo
Ancistroides armatus armatus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ancistroides armatus ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 1]
S.Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Batoe, Sipora Red Demon
Ancistroides armatus armatus ; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 8]

Ancistroides gemmifer (Butler, [1879])
Malaya, Sumatra. See [About maps] Astictopterus gemmifer Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 555, TL: Malaysia
Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ancistroides gemmifer ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 2]
S.Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Tioman, Sumatra, Batoe, Natuna Ancistroides gemmifer gemmifer ; [BMP: 357, pl. 54, f. 42]


Unknown taxa

Kerana cameroni Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana (19, 20): 403, pl. 34, f. 19


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


Some related literature:
Butler, 1874
Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of diurnal Lepidoptera in the collection of Herbert Druce Esq Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 423-436, pl. 6
Butler, [1879]
The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 533-568, pl. 68, 69
H. Druce, 1873
A list of the Collections of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2): 337-361
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)
Hewitson, 1878
Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4): 340-348
Latreille, [1824]
Encylopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes in Godart, Ency. méth. 9 (2): 329-828
Moore, [1866]
On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 755-823, pl. 32-34
Snellen, [1880]
Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra Expeditie. in Veth, Midden-Sumatra, 4 (8): 1-92, pls. 1-5


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