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Matapa Moore, [1881]

Matapa Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 163, TS: Ismene aria Moore

769x513 (~84Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

808x665 (~108Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

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

Matapa aria (Moore, [1866])

Ceylon, S.India - Matheran, Calcutta, Dun - Assam, Burma, Malaya, S.Yunnan, Philippines. See [About maps] Common Redeye
Ismene aria Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 784, TL: Bengal, India
Hesperia neglecta Mabille, 1876; Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6 (2): 268, TL: Luzon
Matapa aria, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Matapa aria ; [BIR, 473]; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 30]; [MRS, 737]; [BMP: 375, pl. 57, f. 24-25]

identification uncertain 1050x969 (~259Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Khram island, a spiny bamboo forest at a beach. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin Matapa aria? det. Oleg Kosterin

identification uncertain 1074x821 (~113Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on (Bamboo) [BMP]

Matapa cresta Evans, 1949

Sikkim - Burma, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Fringed Redeye
Matapa cresta Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 331, no. J17.4, TL: Sikkim
Matapa cresta, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Matapa cresta ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 31 (text)]; [BMP: 376, pl. 57, f. 26-27]

595x582 (~148Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a brook low reaches. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Matapa sasivarna (Moore, [1866])

Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, Malaysia, Sumatra. See [About maps] Black-veined Redeye
Ismene? sasivarna Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 784, TL: Bengal, India
?Matapa pseudosasivarna Lee, 1962

= ?; Huang & Xue, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 151

Matapa sasivarna, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Matapa sasivarna ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 32 (text)]; [BMP: 375, pl. 57, f. 28-29]

Matapa druna (Moore, [1866])

Assam - Malaya, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali. See [About maps] Grey-brand Redeye
Ismene druna Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 784, TL: Bengal, India
Hesperia pulla Plötz, 1882; Stett. ent. Ztg 43 (7-9): 315, TL: Java.
Matapa shalgrama de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 52 (2/4): 85, TL: Sikkim
Matapa druna, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Matapa druna ; [BMP: 375, pl. 57, f. 31]

Matapa celsina (C. & R. Felder, 1867)

Philippines. See [About maps] Matapa celsina ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 31]

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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.

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[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

[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/

[Olli Vesikko]

http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

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

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

Some related literature:

de Nicéville, [1884]

On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 52 (2/4): 65-91, pls. 1, 9, 10

Evans, 1949

A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: xix, 502pp, pl. 1-53

Huang & Xue, 2004

A Contribution to the Butterfly Fauna of Southern Yunnan Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 135-154, pl. 11

De Jong, 1983

Revision of the Oriental genus Matapa Moore (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with discussion of it phylogeny and geographic history Zool. Meded. 57: 243-270

Mabille, 1876

Sur la Classification des Hespériens, avec la description de plusieurs espčces nouvelles Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6 (2): 251-274

Moore, [1866]

On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 755-823, pl. 32-34

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

Plötz, 1882

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (1) & (2) Stett. ent. Ztg 43 (7-9): 314-344, (10-12): 436-456

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