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Simiskina Distant, 1886

Simiskina Distant, 1886; Entomologist 19: 12, TS: Simiskina fulgens Distant
Simiskina Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana: 450, TS: Simiskina fulgens Distant
Massaga Doherty, 1889; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 58 (4): 417, 429, nota (preocc Massaga Walker, 1854), TS: Poritia pediada Hewitson

Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874)

Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Broad-Banded Brilliant
Poritia phalena Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 344
Simiskina phalena phalena, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina phalena ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 40]; [BOR, 541]
Poritia phalena ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 14]

S. p. phalena

Peninsular Malaya, ?Singapore, Borneo Simiskina solyma de Nicéville, 1894; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (II) 63 (1): 29, pl. 4, f. 10
phalena phalena f. abisarina (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Poritia phalena f. abisarina Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 203
Simiskina phalena phalena ; [BMP: 215, pl. 32, f. 27]; [BOR, 541]
Simiskina phalena f. solyma ; [BOR, 541]
Simiskina phalena f. abisarina ; [BOR, 541 (note)]

S. p. harterti (Doherty, 1889)

Assam, Burma, ?Indo-China, Thailand Massaga phalena harterti Doherty, 1889; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 58 (1) : 128, pl. 10, f. 1
Simiskina phalena harterti, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina phalena harterti ; [BOR, 541]

S. p. javanica Fruhstorfer˛

Java Simiskina phalena javanica ; [BOR, 541]

S. p. niasina Fruhstorfer˛

Nias Simiskina phalena niasina ; [BOR, 541]

S. p. howarthi Hayashi, 1976

S. p. hayashii Schröder & Treadaway, 1979

S. p. ilagana Osada & Hashimoto, 1987

Simiskina pheretia (Hewitson, 1874)

Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Poritia pheretia Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 346
Simiskina pheretia pheretia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina pheretia ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 43]; [BOR, 541]

S. p. pheretia

Peninsular Malaya, ?Singapore, Borneo Simiskina pheretia pheretia ; [BMP: 215, pl. 32, f. 35-36]; [BOR, 541]

S. p. bilitis Frushtorfer˛

NE.Sumatra Simiskina pheretia bilitis ; [BOR, 541]

Simiskina pharyge (Hewitson, 1874)

Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Poritia pharyge Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 345
Simiskina pharyge ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 42]; [BOR, 541]

S. p. pharyge

Borneo Simiskina pharyge pharyge ; [BOR, 541]

S. p. declina (Fruhstorfer, 1917)

Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra, Langkawi Poritia pharyge declina Fruhstorfer, 1917; Soc. ent. 32 (12): 49
Simiskina pharyge declina ; [BOR, 541]

Simiskina pasira (Moulton, 1911)

S.Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Borneo. See [About maps] Poritia pasira Moulton, 1911; J. Straits Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. 60: 122, no. 381, f. 2, TL: Sarawak
Simiskina pasira, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina pasira ; [BMP: 213, pl. 32, f. 34]; [BOR, 541]

S. p. semperi Fruhstorfer, [1919]

Simiskina proxima de Nicéville, 1895

-. See [About maps] Simiskina proxima de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 29, pl. S, f. 19-20
Simiskina proxima ; [BOR, 541]

S. p. proxima

Sumatra, Borneo Simiskina proxima proxima ; [BOR, 541]

S. p. dohertyi Evans, [1925]

S.Burma - Thailand - Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi Simiskina dohertyi Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (2): 335, no. H.3.4, no. 4, 351
Simiskina proxima dohertyi, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina proxima dohertyi ; [BMP: 215, pl. 32, f. 28-29]; [BOR, 541]

Simiskina phalia (Hewitson, 1874)

Burma, Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Poritia phalia Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 345
Simiskina fulgens Distant, 1886; Entomologist, 19 (1): 12
Simiskina phalia ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 41]; [BOR, 542]

S. p. phalia

Borneo, Sumatra Simiskina phalia phalia ; [BOR, 542]

S. p. potina (Hewitson, 1874)

S.Burma, Thailand - Peninsular Malaya, Singapore Blue Brilliant
Poritia potina Hewitson, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 347
Simiskina fulgens Distant, 1886; Entomologist, 19 (1): 12
Poritia binghami Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 203, TL: Tenasserim
Simiskina phalia potina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina phalia potina ; [BMP: 214, pl. 32, f. 32-33]
patina ; (missp.)
Simiskina phalia photina ; [BOR, 542]

867x906 (~114Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

894x924 (~162Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

S. p. morishitai Hayashi, 1976

Palawan Simiskina phalia morishitai ; [BOR, 542]

Simiskina philura (Druce, 1895)

Borneo, Malaya. See [About maps] Poritia philura Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 569, pl. 32, f. 1
Simiskina philura ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 44-45]; [BOR, 542]

S. p. philura

Borneo Simiskina philura philura ; [BOR, 542]

S. p. elioti Corbet, 1940

Peninsular Malaya Simiskina elioti Corbet, 1940; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90 (11): 349, pl. 1, f. 18-19
Simiskina philura elioti ; [BMP: 214, pl. 32, f. 37-38]; [BOR, 542]

Simiskina pediada (Hewitson, 1877)

S.Burma - Indo China, Peninsular Malaya, ?Singapore. See [About maps] Poritia pediada Hewitson, 1877; Ent. mon. Mag. 13 (10): 223, TL: Indo-China
Simiskina pediada pediada, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Simiskina pediada ; [BOR, 542]

Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya. See [About maps] Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 28, pl. S, f. 18
?Simiskina procotes de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 32, pl. S, f. 21
Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895; [BMP: 213, pl. 32, f. 30, pl. 61, f. 8]
Poritia pavonica ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 14 (text only)]
Simiskina pavonica ; [BOR, 542]
?Simiskina procotes ; [BMP: pl. 61, f. 9 (holotype), pl. 63, f. 4 (f holoype un.) (Sumatra)]

S. p. veturia (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

Poritia veturia Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 201
Simiskina pavonica veturia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Simiskina sibatika Eliot, 1969

Peninsular Malaya, Borneo (Sibatik). See [About maps] Simiskina sibatika Eliot, 1969; Entomologist 102 (12): 272, pl. 9, f. 2, 4a-b
Simiskina sibatika ; [BMP: 214, pl. 32, f. 39-40]; [BOR, 542]

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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.

[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

[LAMAS-2005]

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

[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:

Corbet, 1940

A Revision of the Malaya species of PORITIINAE. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90 (11): 337-350, pl. 1, 21 figs

de Nicéville, 1894

On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (II) 63 (1): 1-59, pls. 1-5

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

Description of new species and a new genus from the Malay Peninsula Entomologist, 19 (1): 11-12

Doherty, 1889

Notes on Assam butterflies J. asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 58 (1) : 118-134

Doherty, 1889

On certain Lycaenidae from lower Tenasserim J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 58 (4): 409-440, pl. 23

Druce, 1895

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

Eliot, 1969

More revisional notes on oriental Butterflies Entomologist 102 (12): 269-278, 8 figs, pl. 9

Evans, [1925]

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (6) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (2): 322-351, pls. 26-27

Fruhstorfer, 1912

Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 197-272, f. 1-4 (early April)

Fruhstorfer, 1917

Neue Poritia-Rassen Soc. ent. 32 (12): 49 (9 November)

Hewitson, 1874

Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own Collection Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 343-355

Hewitson, 1877

Notes on Mr. Buxton's estern Butterflies, with descriptio of a new species of Poritia Ent. mon. Mag. 13 (10): 223

Moulton, 1911

A List of the Butterflies of Borneo with Descriptions of new Species (3) J. Straits Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. 60: 73-177, 1 pl

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