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Tagiades Hübner, [1819]

Snow Flats Clouded Flats Water Flats
Tagiades Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 108, TS: Papilio japetus Stoll
Pterygospidea Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 53, TS: Papilio ophion Stoll
Tagiades (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 393]; [AfrL]

Tagiades calligana Butler, [1879]

Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Nias, Belitung, Bangka. See [About maps] Tagiades calligana Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 556, pl. 69, f. 11, TL: Malaysia
Tagiades yapatha Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 78 (1 May), TL: Nias
Tagiades calligana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades calligana ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 25]

Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914

Malaysia. See [About maps] Tagiades menaka var. cohaerens Mabille, 1914; Supplta. ent. 3: 42
Tagiades cohaerens ; [MRS, 714]; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 54 (text)]

T. c. cinda Evans, [1933]

Tagiades cinda Evans, [1933]; J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 416
Tagiades cohaerens cinda ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 24]

T. c. cynthia Evans, 1934

NW.Himalaya - Burma, Thailand, China? Tagiades cohaerens cynthia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (3): 64 (part 2), TL: Karen Hills, Burma
Tagiades pintra Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (3): 64 (part 2), TL: China
Tagiades cohaerens cynthia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades cohaerens cynthia ; [MRS, 714]

Tagiades distans Moore

Ceylon, Nilgiris, Shevaroys, Palnis. See [About maps] Ceylon Snow Flat
Tagiades distans ; [BIR, 461]

Tagiades flesus (Fabricius, 1781)

Transkei - Rhodesia, Botswana, Africa. See [About maps] Clouded Flat
Papilio flesus Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins., 2 : 135
Papilio ophion Stoll, [1790]; Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 127, pl. 26, f. 4, 4c
Tagiades flesus ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 52, 53]; [BK: 393, pl. 57, f. 734]; [AfrL]

Larva on Dioscorea malifolia [PBSA], Dioscorea, Grewia [BK]

Tagiades gana (Moore, [1866])

India - Malaya, Philippines. See [About maps] Pterygospidea gana Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 780, TL: "Bengal" [Java]
Tagiades gana gana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades gana ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 51]; [MRS, 714]

T. g. gana

S.Vietnam, S.Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lingga, Palawan Large Snow Flat
Tagiades menanto Plötz, 1885; Berl. ent. Ztg. 29 (2): 231, TL: Malacca
Tagiades avala Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 75 (1 May), TL: W.Java
Tagiades paceka Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 76 (1 May), TL: Palawan
Tagiades mahinda Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 76 (1 May), TL: Kina Balu
Tagiades perakana Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 76 (1 May), TL: Perak
Tagiades javanus Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76: 73, TL: Java
Tagiades gana gana ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 20]

Larva on Dioscorea glabra [BMP]

T. g. sangarava Fruhstorfer, 1910

N.Vietnam Tagiades gana sangarava Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (4): 70 (1 April), TL: N.Vietnam
Tagiades gana sangarava, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades gana sangarava ; [MRS, 714]; Devyatkin, 2001, Atalanta 32 (3/4): 407 (note), f. 8 (gen.)

T. g. athos Plötz, 1884

Suffused Snow Flaat
Tagiades gana athos Plötz, 1884; , TL: Calcutta, India
Tagiades gana athos ; [MRS, 714]

T. g. meetana Moore, [1879]

S.Burma, Thailand Tagiades gana meetana Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 842, pl. 53, f. 2, TL: Meetan
Tagiades patimoka Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (4): 70 (1 April), TL: Tonkin
Tagiades gana meetana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Tagiades hybridus Devyatkin, 2001

C.Vietnam. See [About maps] Tagiades hybridus Devyatkin, 2001; Atalanta 32 (3/4): 406, f. 6 (gen.), pl. XIX, f. 7-8, TL: C.Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue, Phong Dien, Khe Lau

Tagiades insularis Mabille, 1876

-. See [About maps] Tagiades insularis Mabille, 1876; , TL: Madagascar
Tagiades insularis ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 52 (text)]; [AfrL]

T. i. insularis

Madagascar Tagiades insularis insularis ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

T. i. grandis Evans, 1937

Tagiades insularis grandis ; [AfrL]

T. i. mayotta Evans, 1937

Tagiades insularis mayotta ; [AfrL]

Tagiades japetus (Stoll, [1781])

Siam, Malaya, Indo-China, Australia. See [About maps] Common Snow Flat
Papilio japetus Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 145, pl. 365, f. E, F, TL: Ambon
Tagiades janetta Butler, 1870
Tagiades clericus Butler, 1882
Tagiades kowaia Plötz, 1885
Tagiades gamelia Miskin, 1889
Tagiades australensis Mabille, 1891
Tagiades tindalii Ribbe, 1899
Tagiades bubasa Swinhoe, 1904
Tagiades louisa Swinhoe, 1907
Tagiades fergussonius Fruhstorfer, 1910
Tagiades vulcania Evans, 1934
Tagiades japetus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Tagiades japetus ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 52]

769x514 (~90Kb) upperside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

641x773 (~51Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Dioscorea transversa K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

T. j. atticus (Fabricius, 1793)

Madhya Pradesh - Bengal, Dehra Dun - Assam, Burma Common Snow Flat
Hesperia atticus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 339, no. 288
Tagiades utanus Plötz, 1885; Berl. ent. Ztg. 29 (2): 230, TL: Malacca
Tagiades yotissa Fruhstorfer, 1910; REF#p: 84, TL: Nias
Tagiades rajaghra Fruhstorfer, 1910; REF#p: 84, TL: Sumatra
Tagiades japetus atticus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades japetus atticus ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 22]
Tagiades atticus ; [BIR, 462]

T. j. ravi (Moore, [1866])

Begal - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Pterygospidea japetus ravi Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 779, TL: Bengal
Tagiades lugens Mabille, 1883; Bull. C. R. Soc. ent. Belg. 27: lxx, TL: Saigon
Tagiades khasiana Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt II, 53 (1): 51, TL: Khasi Hills
Tagiades epicharmus Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 84 (1 May), TL: Siam
Tagiades japetus ravi, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Tagiades obscurus Mabille, 1876

Ceylon. See [About maps] Suffused Snow Flat
Tagiades obscurus ; [BIR, 461]
Tagiades japetus obscurus ;

Tagiades lavata Butler, [1879]

S.Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Natuna. See [About maps] Tagiades lavata Butler, [1879]; Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 557, pl. 69, f. 8, TL: Malaysia
Tagiades albovittata Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 534, TL: Borneo
Tagiades lavatus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades lavata ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 53]
Tagiades lavatus ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 30]

Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878

Ceylon, Peninsular India, Himalayas, Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Water Snow Flat
Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.): 230, TL: Silhet
Tagiades litigiosa litigiosa, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades litigiosa ; [BIR, 462]; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 54 (text)]; [MRS, 714]

Larva on Dioscorea oppositifolia, Smilax spp. [MRS]

T. l. litigiosa

S.India, Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, S.Yunnan, Langkawi Tagiades vajuna Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 78 (1 May), TL: N.Kanara
Tagiades eson Evans, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (1): 72
Tagiades kotoshona Sonan, 1936; Zephyrus 6 (3/4): 212, TL: Formosa
Tagiades litigiosus litigiosus ; [BMP: 345, pl. 53, f. 27]

Tagiades menaka (Moore, [1866])

Himalayas (Kashmir - Assam), Burma. See [About maps] Spotted Snow Flat
Pterygospidea menaka Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 778, TL: Bengal
Tagiades menaka menaka, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades menaka ; [BIR, 462]; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 54]; [MRS, 714]

T. m. menaka

NW.Himalaya - Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Hainan Tagiades vulturna Plötz, 1884; Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 48, TL: Calcutta
Tagiades gavina Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 78 (1 May), TL: Tonkin

T. m. mantra Evans

Tagiades menaka mantra ; [MRS, 714]

T. m. manis Evans, [1933]

Tagiades manis Evans, [1933]; J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 415
Tagiades menaka manis ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 23]

Tagiades nestus (C. Felder, 1860)

AU. See [About maps]

Pterygospidea nestus C. Felder, 1860 Tagiades curiosa Swinhoe, 1905 Tagiades monachus Fruhstorfer, 1910

Tagiades curatus Fruhstorfer, 1910 Tagiades swinhoei Fruhstorfer, 1910

Tagiades nestus, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

T. n. korela Mabille, 1891

Tagiades korela Mabille, 1891

T. n. sivoa Swinhoe, 1904

New Guinea Tagiades sivoa Swinhoe, 1904
Tagiades nestius[sic] sivoa ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 1]

Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer, 1910

-. See [About maps] Tagiades parra Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 75 (1 May)

T. p. naxos Evans, 1949

Thailand, Malay Peninsula Tagiades naxos Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 144, no. C12.3, TL: Perak, Malaysia
Tagiades parra naxos, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades parra naxos ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 21]

T. p. gala Evans, 1949

Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos, S.Vietnam Tagiades parra gala Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 143, TL: Sikkim
Tagiades parra gala, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades parra gala ; Devyatkin, 2001, Atalanta 32 (3/4): 407 (note), f. 7 (gen.)

Tagiades toba de Nicéville, [1896]

Assam - Malaya. See [About maps] Tagiades toba de Nicéville, [1896]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (2): 187, pl. T, f. 47, TL: Sumatra
Tagiades toba toba, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades toba ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 55]

T. t. toba

S.Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo Tagiades toba toba ; [BMP: 344, pl. 53, f. 29]

Tagiades trebellius (Hopffer, 1874)

-. See [About maps]

T. t. canonicus Fruhstorfer, 1910

T. t. martinus Plotz, 1884

Japan

Tagiades ultra Evans, 1932

S.Burma, Vietnam, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Palawan. See [About maps] Tagiades ultra Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 335, no. I.14.10G, TL: Victoria Point, S.Burma
Tagiades ultra, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades ultra ; [BMP: 345, pl. 53, f. 26]

Tagiades samborana Grose-Smith, 1891

-. See [About maps] Tagiades samborana Grose-Smith, 1891; , TL: NW.Madagascar
Tagiades samborana ; [AfrL]

T. s. samborana

Madagascar Tagiades samborana samborana ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

T. s. rana Evans, 1937

Tagiades samborana rana ; [AfrL]

Tagiades waterstradti Elwes & Edwards, 1897

Borneo. See [About maps] Tagiades waterstradti Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4): 143, pl. 20
Tagiades waterstradti ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 54 (text)]

T. w. talanga Evans, 1949

Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra Tagiades talanga Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 145, no. C12.7, TL: Sumatra
Tagiades waterstradti talanga, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Tagiades waterstradti talanga ; [BMP: 345, pl. 53, f. 28]

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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

[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

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[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

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[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/

[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:

Butler, [1879]

The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8): 533-568, pl. 68, 69

de Nicéville, [1896]

On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (2): 169-194, pls. R, S, T

Devyatkin, 2001

Hesperiidae of Vietnam 9: Three new species and one new subspecies from the subfamily Pyrginae Atalanta 32 (3/4): 403-410

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, 1926

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (9) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (1): 49-83, pl. 30

Evans, 1932

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

Evans, [1933]

Some little known or apparently unrecorded Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from the Malay Peninsula J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 406-417

Evans, 1934

Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 67 (2): 33-36 (part 1), (3): 61-65 (part 2), (7): 141-151 (part 3), (8): 181-184 (part 4), (9): 206-209 (part 5), (10): 231-234 (part 6)

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

Fabricius, 1781

Species Insectorum Exhibentes Eorum Differentia Specifica, Synonyma Auctorum, Loca Natalia, Metamorphosin Adiectis, Observationibus, Descriptionubs. Volume 2 Spec. Ins., 2: 517pp : 1-494 (1781), 495-514 (appendix), 515-517 (index) ([1782])

Fruhstorfer, 1910

Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (4): 59-74 (1 April), (5): 75-104 (1 May)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Mabille, 1914

H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbene Hesperidae Supplta. ent. 3: 41-45

Moore, [1866]

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

Moore, [1879]

A List of the Lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserium, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 821-859, pls. 51-53

Moore, [1884]

Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 521-535

Moore, 1884

Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt II, 53 (1): 16-52

Möschler, 1878

Neue exotische Hesperidae Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.): 203-230

Plötz, 1884

Die Hesperiinen -- Gruppe der Achlyoden Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 1-55

Plötz, 1885

Neue Hesperiden des indischen Archipels und Ost-Africa's -- Berl. ent. Ztg. 29 (2): 225-232

Sonan, 1936

Notes on some butterflies from Formosa Zephyrus 6 (3/4): 205-216, 3pl

Stoll, [1781]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

Stoll, [1790]

Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 1-42, pl. 1-8 (1787), (2-5): 43-184, pl. 9-42 (1790)

Wallengren, 1857

Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade aren 1838-1845 af J.A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): [1] -55

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