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Niphanda Moore, [1875]

Niphanda Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 572, TS: Niphanda tessellata Moore
Niphanda (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 136]

Niphanda fusca (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

-. See [About maps] Thecla fusca Bremer & Grey, 1853; Schmett. N. China: 9, pl. 2, f. 5, TL: Peking
Niphanda fusca fusca, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Niphanda fusca ; [BARU, #351]; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 18]; [BOR, 637]; [MRS, 667]; [BRU2: 136, pl. 62, f. 1-6]

476x400 (~37Kb) underside female The Onon River left bank floodland 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 1st July 1996 (feeding on Spiraea salicifolia L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

400x300 (~30Kb) underside male female A rocky cliff of the Onon River left bank grown up with Ulmus macrocarpa Hance, U. pumila L., and Armeniaca sibirica (L.) Lam., 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 5th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on (Eggs on Quercus mongolicus and others bark, feeds on aphid secretion) [BARU]

N. f. fusca

Amur, Ussuri, NE.China Amblypodia dispar Bremer, 1864; Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 8 (1): 24, pl. 3, f. 4
Thecla lasurea Graeser, 1888; Berl. Ent. Ztg. 32: 74
Niphanda fusca fusca ; [BRU2, 136]

N. f. titurica (Fruhstorfer, 1922)

Transbaikalia Niphanda fusca titurica ; [BRU2, 136]

Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895)

-. See [About maps] Azanus asialis de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 33, pl. S, f. 22
Niphanda asialis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Niphanda asialis ; [BMP: 259, pl. 38, f. 11-12]

N. a. asialis

Sumatra, ?Nias Niphanda asialis asialis ; [BOR, 637 (name)]

N. a. marcia (Fawcett, 1904)

India - Peninsular Malaya, S.Yunnan Lycaena (Niphanda) marcia Fawcett, 1904; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 2 (1): 139, pl. 9, f. 7
?Lycaena (Niphanda) marcia Fawcett, 1904; Abstr. Proc. zool Soc. Lond. 1904 (9): 9
Niphanda asialis marcia ; [BOR, 637]

?N. a. onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919

Belitung, ?Sumatra Niphanda onoma Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 72
Niphanda asialis onoma ; [BOR, 637 (name)]

?N. a. cyme Fruhstorfer

Java Niphanda cyme Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 73
Niphanda asialis cyme ; [BOR, 637 (name)]

?N. a. reter Druce, 1895

N.Borneo Niphanda reter Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 576, pl. 32, f. 12, TL: Borneo
Niphanda asialis reter ; [BOR, 637 (name)]

Niphanda tessellata Moore, [1875]

Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sundaland. See [About maps] Niphanda tessellata Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 572, pl. 66, f. 6
Niphanda tessellata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Niphanda tessellata ; [BOW: pl. 179, f. 25]
Niphanda tesselata[sic?] ; [BOR, 637]

N. t. tessellata

Lycaenesthes aethiops Distant, 1886; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (99): 253
Niphanda tessellata tessellata ; [BMP: 259, pl. 38, f. 14-16]

N. t. aristarcha Fruhstorfer, 1919

Mindanao Niphanda tessellata aristarcha Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 73
Niphanda asialis aristarchia ; [BOR, 637 (name, spell.?)]

Niphanda stubbsi Howarth, 1956

Peninsular Malaya. See [About maps] Niphanda stubbsi Howarth, 1956; Entomologist 89: 161, figs
Niphanda stubbsi ; [BOR, 637]; [BMP: 260, pl. 61, f. 22 (m holotype)]

Niphanda cymbia de Nicéville, [1884]

Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Pointed Pierrot
Niphanda cymbia de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 52 (2/4): 76, pl. 9, f. 8, 8a
Niphanda plinioides Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 524, pl. 48, f. 8, TL: Sikkim
Niphanda cymbia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Niphanda cymbia ; [BIR, 268]; [BOW: pl. 179, f. 24]; [BOR, 637]; [MRS, 667]
Niphanda cymbia cymbia ; [BMP: 260, pl. 38, f. 8-10]

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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.

[BARU]

Korshunov, Y. P., Gorbunov, P. Y.; Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia; English translation by Oleg Kosterin; [Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik]

[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

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 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

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

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

Some related literature:

Bremer, 1864

Lepidopteren Ost-Sibiriens, insbesondere der Amur-Landes, gesammelt von den Herren G. Radde, R. Maack und P. Wulffius Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. 8 (1): 1-104, 8pls

Bremer & Grey, 1853

Beiträge zur Schmetterlinges-Fauna des noerdlichen China's Schmett. N. China: 23pp, [2 pls]

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

de Nicéville, 1895

On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 13-40, pls. R, S, T

Distant, 1886

Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. 4 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 17 (99): 251-254

Druce, 1895

A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 556-627, pl. 31-34

Fawcett, 1904

[Minutes of meeting 7 June 1904] Abstr. Proc. zool Soc. Lond. 1904 (9): 8-9

Fawcett, 1904

On some new and little-konw Butterflies mainly from high elevations in the N.E. Himalayas Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 2 (1): 131-141, pl. 9

Fruhstorfer, 1919

Übersicht der Formen der Spaltgattung Niphanda Moore Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 69-73, f. 1-2 (February)

Graeser, 1888

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Amurlandes Berl. Ent. Ztg. 32: 33-153 (1888), 309-414 (1889?)

Howarth, 1956

A new Species of Butterfly of the Genus Niphanda (Lep. Lycaenidae) from Malay Entomologist 89: 161-162, figs.

Moore, [1884]

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

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