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Caprona Wallengren, 1857
Ragged Skippers
Caprona Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 51, TS: Caprona pillaana Wallengren
Abaratha Moore, [1882]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 181, TS: Pterygospidea ransonnetii Felder
Stethotrix Mabille, 1889; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 9 (Bull.): clxxxiv [184], TS: Stethotrix heterogyna Mabille
Caprona (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 400]; [AfrL]
Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857
South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Moçambique - E.Africa, Ethiopia, SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 51
Stethotrix heterogyna Mabille, 1889; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 9 (Bull.): clxxxiv [184]
Caprona pillaana ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 41]; [BK: 400, pl. 58, f. 756]; [AfrL]

Larva on Dombeya rotundifolia [PBSA], Grewia [BK]

Caprona cassualalla Bethune-Baker, 1911
South West Africa. See [About maps] Caprona cassualalla Bethune-Baker, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8: 506
Caprona cassualalla ; [AfrL]

Larva on Grewia sp., G. teste? [PBSA]

Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892
W.Africa - Uganda, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan. See [About maps] Western Ragged Skipper
Caprona adelica ; [AfrL]
C. a. adelica
Caprona adelica adelica ; [BK: 400, pl. 58, f. 757]

 
Caprona agama (Moore, [1858])
-. See [About maps] Pyrgus agama Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 249, pl. 7, f. 1, 1a, TL: Java
Caprona agama agama, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
 Caprona agama ; [MRS, 707]
C. a. agama
S.India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China, Java, Sulawesi Pterygospidea erosula C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 529, pl. 73, f. 3, TL: Celebes
Pterygospidea syrichthus C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 530, pl. 72, f. 22-23, TL: Java
Tagiades danae Plötz, 1884; Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 43
Abaratha saraya Doherty, 1886; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55 (2): 138, TL: Kumaon, India
Abaratha siamica Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119): 432, TL: Thailand
Caprona pelias Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (31): 139 (30 October), TL: N.Vietnam
Caprona pelligera Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (39): 173, TL: Celebes?
Caprona mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 22 (42): 173
Caprona erosula ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 22]
Caprona syrichtus ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 25]
Caprona alida (de Nicéville, 1891)
Burma, Siam, S.Vietnam. See [About maps] Abaratha alida de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): 394, pl. G, f. 40, TL: Tilin Yaw, N.Burma
Caprona alida alida, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
 Caprona alida ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 24 (text)]
C. a. alida
Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Hainan, S.China Caprona elwesii Watson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 674, TL: Bernardmyo
Abaratha parvopunctata Mabille & Boullet, 1917; : 101, TL: Cochin-China
Caprona ransonnetii (R. Felder, 1868)
S.India - Igatpuri, Kalka, Assam, Burma, Ceylon. See [About maps] Golden Angle
Pterygospidea ransonnetii R. Felder, 1868; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2): 284
Caprona ransonnetti ; [BIR, 465]; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 23]

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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.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[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
[PBSA]
Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:
Bethune-Baker, 1911
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8: 506-542
de Nicéville, 1891
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): 341-398, pls. F-G
Doherty, 1886
A list of Butterflies taken in Kumaon J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55 (2): 103-140
R. Felder, 1868
Diagnose neuer von E. Baron v. Ransonnet in Vorder-Indien gesammelter Lepidopteren Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2): 281-286
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, 1909
Lepidopterologisches Pęle-Męle. XIII. Illustrationen interessanter Tagfalter Ent. Zs. 22 (42): 172-175, f. 1-10 (16 January)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Neue Hesperiden Ent. Zs. 23 (30): 135-136 (23 October), (31): 138-139 (30 October)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Neue Hesperiden Ent. Zs. 23 (39): 171-174 (25 December)
Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): v,[ii] + 1-278 + IV + 11, 18pls, expl.
Moore, [1882]
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, 1884
Die Hesperiinen -- Gruppe der Achlyoden Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 1-55
Swinhoe, 1907
New Species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119): 430-436
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade aren 1838-1845 af J.A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): [1] -55
Watson, 1897
Notes on a collection of butterflies from the north Chin Hills and upper Chindwin District, Burma J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 634-687, pl A.

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