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Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1889

Demons
Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 188, TS: Plesioneura curvifascia C. & R. Felder
Plesioneura C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6: 29 (preocc. Plesioneura Macquart, 1855), TS: Plesioneura curvifascia C. & R. Felder

1226x923 (~141Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of the pond at the headquarters, 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

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

Larva on Musa, Curcuma, Costus speciosus [BMP]

Notocrypta curvifascia (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

Ceylon, W.Ghats - N.Kanara, Palnis, Mysore, Mussoorie - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Restricted Demon
Plesioneura curvifascia C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 29, TL: Ningpo
Notocrypta morishitai Liu & Gu, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 773, 718, f. 85-86, TL: Hainan

= ; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 67 (form or synonym)

Notocrypta eitschbergeri Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 66, f. 1-2, pl. 1, f. 2, TL: Longpo to Nidadan, Nujiang Valley, SE. Tibet

= ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 74

Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta curvifascia ; [BIR, 489]; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 42]; [MRS, 717]

N. c. curvifascia

Sri Lanka, S.India, Nepal - Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, China, Formosa, Japan, Andamans Plesioneura restricta Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 178, TL: Sri Lanka

Larva on Alpinia formosana, A. japonica, A. speciosa, Zingiber officinale, Zingiber zerumbet, Kaempferia rotunda, Zinziber cassumunar, Curcuma decipiens [MRS]

N. c. corinda Evans, 1949

Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra Notocrypta corinda Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 286, no. I6.5, TL: SW.Sumatra
Notocrypta curvifascia corinda, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta curvifascia corinda ; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 12]

Notocrypta feisthamelii (Boisduval, 1832)

Murree - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Spotted Demon
Thymele feisthamelii Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 159, pl. 2, f. 7, TL: Amboina
Notocrypta feisthamelii ; [BIR, 489]; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 44]; [MRS, 717]

N. f. rectifasciata Leech

Notocrypta feisthamelii rectifasciata ; [MRS, 717]

N. f. alysos (Moore, [1866])

NW.Himalaya - Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Langkawi, Malaysia, Yunnan Plesioneura alysos Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 789, TL: Bengal
Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta feisthamelii alysos ; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 13]

Notocrypta paralysos (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Ceylon, W.Ghats - N.Kanara, Mussoorie - Assam, Karens. See [About maps] Common Banded Demon Banded Demon
Plesioneura paralysos Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881; J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. (II) 50 (4): 257, TL: Andamans
Notocrypta paralysos ; [BIR, 489]; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 42 (text)]; [MRS, 717]

N. p. asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911

Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, China?, N.Malaysia (Langkawi, Kedah) Notocrypta asawa Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 24 (1 February), TL: Tonkin, N.Vietnam
Notocrypta paralysos asawa, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta paralysos asawa ; [MRS, 717]

N. p. varians Plötz, 1882

Thailand, Malaysia, Tioman, Aur, Singapore, Borneo, Lingga, Sumatra, Bangka Plesioneura varians Plötz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 262, TL: S.Asia
Plesioneura leucographa Plötz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 262, TL: "India"
Notocrypta paralysos varians, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta paralysos varians ; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 15]

Notocrypta quadrata Elwes & Edwards, 1897

Malaya. See [About maps] Notocrypta quadrata Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4): 241, pl. 20
Notocrypta quadrata ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 46]; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 14]

Notocrypta pria (H. Druce, 1873)

S.Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Plesioneura pria H. Druce, 1873; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2): 359, TL: Borneo
Notocrypta pria, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta pria ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 45]; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 16]

Notocrypta clavata (Staudinger, 1889)

Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Plesioneura clavata Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 153, pl. 2, f. 9, TL: Palawan
Notocrypta clavata clavata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Notocrypta clavata ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 43]

N. c. clavata

Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Palawan Notocrypta devadatta Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 24 (1 February), TL: Sumatra
Notocrypta clavata clavata ; [BMP: 357, pl. 55, f. 10-11]

N. c. theba Evans, 1949

S.Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos, S.Yunnan Notocrypta clavata theba Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 285, TL: Burma
Notocrypta clavata theba, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Notocrypta renardi (Oberthür, 1878)

New Guinea. See [About maps] Notocrypta renardi ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 47]

Notocrypta waigensis (Plötz, 1882)

AU, New Guinea. See [About maps]

Plesioneura waigensis Plötz, 1882 Plesioneura proserpina Butler, 1883

Plesioneura leucogaster Staudinger, 1889 Notocrypta ribbei Fruhstorfer, 1911

Notocrypta waigensis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Notocrypta waigensis ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 48]

Larva on Alpinia caerulea, Hornstedtia scottiana K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

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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

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[LAMAS-2005]

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

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[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

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

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1832

Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptčres in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 267pp, pl. 1-5

de Nicéville, 1889

On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Revision of the Genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 163-194, pls. A-B

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

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

Elwes & Edwards, 1897

A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4): 101-324, pls. 18-27

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

C. & R. Felder, 1862

Observationes de Lepidoteris nonullis Chinae centralis et Japoniae. (1) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 22-32

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

Huang, 2001

Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

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

Einige Hesperiinen -- Gattungen und deren Arten Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 253-266

Staudinger, 1889

Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1): 3-180, pls. 1-2

Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881

Second List of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera fro Port Blair, Andaman Islands, with Descriptions of and Notes on new and little-known Species and Varieties J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. (II) 50 (4): 243-262, pl. 14

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