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Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]
Castors
Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): [3] (ref. pl. 6), TS: Papilio coryta Cramer
Ergolis Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 4 [= pl. 4A], f. 4, TS: Papilio ariadne Linnaeus
Ariadne, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Ariadne (Byblinae) ; [MRS]
Ariadne (Biblidini) ; [Wahlberg]; [AfrL]

Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire. See [About maps] Ariadne actisanes ; [BOW: pl. 92, f. 7 (text only)]; [BAFR, 241]; [AfrL]

Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Senegal - Uganda. See [About maps] Ariadne albifascia ; [BAFR, 241 (text)]; [AfrL]

Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763)
Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Formosa, Celebes. See [About maps] Angled Castor
Papilio ariadne Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad., 6: 407, TL: Java
Papilio coryta Cramer, [1776]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8): 136, pl. 86, f. E, F
Ariadne ariadne, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Ariadne ariadne ; [BOW: pl. 140, f. 11]; [BOR, 248]; [MRS, 557]
[ariadne-1U.jpg] identification uncertain 1061x514 (~42Kb) Laibin, Guangxi, China, 19-23 July 1999, Photo © Frédéric Vivien

Larva on Ricinus communis [MRS]


Thailand - Java, Sumatra, Borneo, ?Andamans, ?Nicobars Ariadne ariadne ariadne ; [BMP: 149, pl. 21, f. 8]; [BOR, 248]
[ariadne_ariadne-1u.jpg] 1112x818 (~119Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Lombok Ariadne ariadne rufotaeniata ; [BOR, 248]
A. a. gedrosia Fruhstorfer²
Sumbawa Ariadne ariadne gedrosia ; [BOR, 248]
A. a. pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
Assam - S.Burma, Indo-China, S.China, Taiwan ariadne pallidior (Fruhstorfer, 1899); , TL: Assam
Ariadne ariadne pallidior, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ariadne ariadne pallidior ; [BOR, 248]; [MRS, 557]

Larva on Ricinus communis [MRS]

Hainan Ariadne ariadne atternus ; [BOR, 248]
India Ariadne ariadne indica ; [BOR, 248]
Ceylon, S.India Ariadne ariadne minorata ; [BOR, 248]
Ariadne ariadne altenus ; [MRS, 557]

Ariadne celebensis Holland, 1898²
-. See [About maps] celebensis Holland, 1898²; Proc. Bost. Soc. nat. Hist. 25: 64
S.Sulawesi Ariadne celebensis celebensis ; [BOR, 248]
A. c. dongalae Fruhstorfer²
N.Sulawesi Ariadne celebensis dongalae ; [BOR, 248]

Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, [1779])
-. See [About maps] African Castor
Papilio enotrea Cramer, [1779]
Ariadne enotrea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Ariadne enotrea ; [BOW: pl. 92, f. 6]; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Nigeria Ariadne enotrea enotrea ; [BAFR, 241]; [AfrL]
A. e. suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Cameroun - Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya Ariadne enotrea suffusa ; [BAFR, 241]; [BK: 337, pl. 47, f. 582]
Ariadne enotria suffusa ; [AfrL]

Larva on Tragia, Dalechampia [BK]

A. e. archeri Carcasson, 1958
Angola, S.Zaire, W.Tanzania Ariadne enotrea archeri ; [BAFR, 241 (text)]; [AfrL]

Ariadne isaeus (Wallace, 1869)
Malaysia, Java, Sumatra. See [About maps] Ergolis isaeus Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 333
Ariadne isaeus isaeus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ariadne isaeus ; [BOW: pl. 140, f. 12]; [BOR, 249]
Burma, S.Thailand - Sumatra, Borneo Ariadne isaeus isaeus ; [BOR, 249]; [BMP: 149, pl. 21, f. 5-6]
A. i. lysias Fruhstorfer²
Java, ?Bali Ariadne isaeus lysias ; [BOR, 249]
A. i. pupillata Fruhstorfer²
Nias Ariadne isaeus pupillata ; [BOR, 249]

Ariadne merione (Cramer, [1777])
Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia. See [About maps] Common Castor
Papilio merione Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 76, pl. 144, f. G, H, TL: Coromandel, S.India
Ariadne merione ; [BOW: pl. 140, f. 13]; [BOR, 248]; [MRS, 558]

Larva on Tragia cannabina, T. involucrata [BIR]

S.India Ariadne merione merione ; [BOR, 248]
Ceylon Ariadne merione taprobana ; [BOR, 249]
A. m. tapestrina Moore, 1884
N.India - Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Burma, N.Thailand Ariadne merione tapestrina Moore, 1884; , TL: Dehra Dun [C. Himalayas]
Ariadne merione tapestrina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ariadne merione tapestrina ; [BOR, 249]
A. m. ginosa (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
S.Thailand - Sumatra Ergolis ginosa Fruhstorfer, 1912; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9(121) : 457 (18 March, 1912),
Ariadne merione ginosa, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ariadne merione ginosa ; [BMP: 149, pl. 21, f. 7]; [BOR, 249]
A. m. nicevillei Fruhstorfer²
Java Ariadne merione nicevillei ; [BOR, 249]
Borneo Ariadne merione ahmat ; [BOR, 249]
A. m. luzonia Fruhstorfer²
Philippines (-Luzon) ?crestonia Fruhstorfer
Ariadne merione luzonia ; [BOR, 249]
Philippines (Luzon, Babuyanes) Ariadne merione maculata ; [BOR, 249]
A. m. pharis (Fruhstorfer)
Ariadne merione pharis ; [MRS, 558]

Ariadne merionoides Holland, 1891
Sulawesi. See [About maps] Ariadne merionoides Holland, 1891; Proc. Bost. Soc. 25: 66
Ariadne merionides[sic?] ; [BOR, 250]

Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904)
Cameroun - Rwanda, Burundi, E.Zaire, Uganda - W.Kenya, NW.Tanzania. See [About maps] Pagenstecher's Castor
Ariadne pagenstecheri, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Ariadne pagenstecheri pagenstecheri f. aurantiaca Heron; [BAFR, 241, fig. (L. Kivu)]
Ariadne pagenstecheri ; [BOW: pl. 92, f. 7]; [BAFR, 241]; [BK: 337, pl. 47, f. 583]; [AfrL]

Larva on Tragia [BK]


Ariadne personata (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Zaire. See [About maps] Adriadne personata ; [BAFR, 241]
Ariadne personata ; [AfrL]

Ariadne specularia (Fruhstorfer, 1899)
-. See [About maps] Ergolis specularia Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 91
Ariadne specularia ; [BOW: pl. 140, f. 11 (text only)]; [BOR, 248]
Java, ?Sumatra, Borneo Ariadne specularia specularia ; [BOR, 248]
A. s. arca (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
S.Burma, Thailand, Langkawi Ergolis arca Fruhstorfer, 1906; Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10): 311
Ariadne specularia arca, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ariadne specularia arca ; [BMP: 149, pl. 21, f. 4]; [BOR, 248]
A. s. intermedia Fruhstorfer²
Sumbawa - Alor Ariadne specularia intermedia ; [BOR, 248]

Ariadne taeniata C. & R. Felder, 1861²
Philippines. See [About maps] taeniata C. & R. Felder, 1861²; Wien. ent. Monats. 5: 303
Ariadne taeniata ; [BOW: pl. 140, f. 14]; [BOR, 250]
"N.Philippines" Ariadne taeniata taeniata ; [BOR, 250]
"S.Philippines" Ariadne taeniata adelpha ; [BOR, 250]

The ? species-group

Ariadne obscura C. & R. Felder, ?1865²
obscura C. & R. Felder, ?1865²; Reise novara ?2: ?450 [page vs. year/vol. don't match!]
Halmahera, Bachan Ergolis obscura obscura
Ergolis obscura obscura ; [BAUR, 198]
A. o. buruensis Fruhstorfer²
Buru Ergolis obscura buruensis ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]

Ariadne timora Wallace, 1869²
-. See [About maps] timora Wallace, 1869²; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 333
Timor Ergolis timora timora
Ergolis timora timora ; [BAUR, 198]
A. t. phemonoe Fruhstorfer²
Wetar Ergolis timora phemonoe ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]


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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
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[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
[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
[Frédéric Vivien]
e-mail: Frédéric Vivien
[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/
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Boisduval, [1836]
Histoire Naturelle des insectes: Spécies général des lépidoptères Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 690pp, 24pls
Cramer, [1776]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-156, pl. 85-96 (1776)
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Fruhstorfer, 1899
Revision der asiatischen Ergolis Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 88-99 (mid July)
Fruhstorfer, 1906
Verzeichnis der von mir in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nymphaliden und Besprechung verwandter Formen Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10): 307-362, pl. 1-2 (30 October)
Fruhstorfer, 1912
6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 453-456 (31 January, 1912), 457-488 (18 March, 1912), 489-496 (25 May, 1912), 489-496 (10 May, 1912), 497-504 (15 April, 1912), 505-512 (10 May, 1912), 513-528 (11 April, 1912), 529-552 (20 April, 1912), 553-592 (15 May, 1912), 593-616 (25 September, 1912), 617-632 (15 October, 1912), 633-640 (25 October, 1912), 641-656 (10 January, 1913), 657-664 (12 January, 1913), 665-680 (13 January, 1913), 681-688 (25 January, 1913), 689-696 (16 June, 1913), 697-704 (5 August, 1913), 705-712 (20 January, 1914), 713-720 (20 November, 1913), 721-744 (9 March, 1914), 745-751 (30 July, 1915), 753-760 (28 March, 1914), 761-766 (14 April, 1914)
Linnaeus, 1763
in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415
Wallace, 1869
Notes on eastern Butterflies (3 parts) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (?): 77-81, (4): 277-288, 321-349


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