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Cupha Billberg, 1820
Cupha Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 79, TS: Papilio erymanthis Drury
Messaras Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 163, TS: Papilio erymanthis Drury
Cupha, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cupha (Vagrantini) ; [Torben B. Larsen]; [Wahlberg]

Cupha arias C. & R. Felder, 1867
Celebes. See [About maps] Cupha arias C. & R. Felder, 1867; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 391
Cupha arias ; [BOR, 254]
N.Philippines Cupha arias arias ; [BOR, 254]
C. a. dapatana Grose-Smith, 1887
S.Philippines Cupha arias dapatana ; [BOR, 254]
C. a. cacina Fruhstorfer²
Palawan, ?Balabac, ?N.Borneo Cupha arias cacina ; [BOR, 254]
C. a. celebensis Fruhstorfer²
Sulawesi ?fedora Fruhstorfer
Cupha arias celebensis ; [BOR, 255]
C. a. muna Fruhstorfer²
Muna I. Cupha arias muna ; [BOR, 255]

Cupha crameri Felder, 1860
-. See [About maps] Cupha crameri Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 449
Ambon, Serang Cupha crameri crameri ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]
C. c. keyana Fruhstorfer²
Kai I. Cupha crameri keyana ; [BAUR, 198]
Goram I. Cupha crameri palla ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]
C. c. leonida Fruhstorfer²
Noemfoor I., N.West Irian Cupha crameri leonida ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]

Cupha erymanthis (Drury, [1773])
Ceylon, S.India, Mussoorie - Assam, Burma, Java. See [About maps] Rustic
Papilio erymanthis Drury, [1773]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: index, 29, pl. 15, f. 3-4
Cupha erymanthis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cupha erymanthis erymanthis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Cupha erymanthis ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 5]; [BOR, 254]; [MRS, 460]
[erymanthis-1v.jpg] 769x513 (~65Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
Cupha erymanthis det. Simon Chan

Larva on Flacourtia, Lepisanthes edule [BMP], Flacourtia ramonthchi, F. montana [BIR], Scolopia chinesisledo, Homalium cochinchinense [MRS]


S.China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, ?Hainan Cupha erymanthis erymanthis ; [BOR, 254]
Ceylon Cupha erymanthis placida ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. lotis (Sulzer, 1776)
N.India, Assam - S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Indo-China Papilio lotis Sulzer, 1776; Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: 144, pl. 16, f. 6
Cupha erymanthis lotis ; [BMP: 152, pl. 21, f. 14]; [BOR, 254]
[lotis-1a.jpg] 648x572 (~82Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [lotis-1b.jpg] 852x908 (~137Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. e. tiomana Corbet, 1940
Cupha tiomana Corbet, 1940; Entomologist 73 (2): 39
C. e. maja Fruhstorfer²
S.India Cupha erymanthis maja ; [BOR, 254]
Andaman Is. Cupha erymanthis andamanica ; [BOR, 254]
Nicobar Is. Cupha erymanthis nicobarica ; [BOR, 254]
Nias Cupha erymanthis disjuncta ; [BOR, 254]
Mentawai Is. Cupha erymanthis pelioptery ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. dohertyi Fruhstorfer²
Enggano Cupha erymanthis dohertyi ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. nagara Fruhstorfer²
Sumatra, Borneo Cupha erymanthis nagara ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. synnara Fruhstorfer²
Java - Sumatra Cupha erymanthis synnara ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. kangeana Fruhstorfer²
Kangean I. Cupha erymanthis kangeana ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. saturatior Fruhstorfer²
Lombok Cupha erymanthis saturatior ; [BOR, 254]
C. e. palawana Fruhstorfer²
Palawan, Balabac Is. Cupha erymanthis palawana ; [BOR, 254]

Cupha lampetia (Linnaeus, 1764)
Moluccas Papilio lampetia Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 286
Cupha lampetia ; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 6]
C. l. lamptetia Fruhstorfer
Ambon, Serang, Saparua Cupha lampetia lamptetia ; [BAUR (text)]
C. l. mirona Fruhstorfer²
Buru Cupha lampetia mirona ; [BAUR, 200]

Cupha maeonides Hewitson, 1859²
Celebes. See [About maps] maeonides Hewitson, 1859²; Ill. exot. Butts 2 (31): 41
Cupha maeonides ; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 7]; [BOR, 255]
N.Sulawesi, C.Sulawesi Cupha maeonides maeonides ; [BOR, 255]
C. m. rovena Fruhstorfer²
S.Sulawesi Cupha maeonides rovena ; [BOR, 255]
C. m. maenada Grose-Smith²
Sula Is. Cupha maeonides maenada ; [BOR, 255]

Cupha melichrysops Mathew, 1887²
Solomon Islands. See [About maps] melichrysops Mathew, 1887²; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (1): 39
Cupha melichrysops ; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 6 (text only)]
Ugi Is. Cupha melichrysops melichrysops ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]
C. m. pallescens Godman & Salvin²
Gudalcanal, Malaita? Cupha melichrysops pallescens Godman & Salvin²; BAUR, 201
Bougainville, Shortlands, Roviana, Treasury Is. Cupha melichrysops tredecia ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]

Cupha myronides Felder, 1860²
N.Moluccas myronides Felder, 1860²; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 449
Cupha myronides ; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 6 (text only)]
Halmahera Cupha myronides myronides ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. m. datos Fruhstorfer²
Bachan Cupha myronides datos ; [BAUR, 200]
C. m. lampetina Fruhstorfer²
Obi Cupha myronides lampetina ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

Cupha prosope (Fabricius, 1775)
Australia. See [About maps] Papilio prosope Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 504
Messaras susanna Koch, 1865
Messaras susanna Macleay, 1866
Cupha prosope, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cupha prosope, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cupha prosope ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 9]

Larva on Flacourtia jangomas, Scolopia brownii, Breynia oblongifolia [BAUR], Flacourtia jangomas, F. sp., Scolopia braunii, Xylosma ovatum, X. terraereginae, X. sp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Homalium circumpinnatum? K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Cape York - Richmond River, New South Wales Cupha prosope prosope ; [BAUR, 201]
Aru Cupha prosope madestes ; [BAUR, 200]
Waigeu, Misool Cupha prosope wallacei ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. p. cyclotas Grose-Smith²
Geelvink Bay (-Noemfoor I.) Cupha prosope cyclotas ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. p. charmides Grose-Smith²
Noemfoor I. Cupha prosope charmides ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. p. oderca Fruhstorfer²
New Guinea, Papua humboldti Fruhstorfer²
Cupha prosope oderca ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. p. alexis Grose-Smith²
Bismarck Archipelago Cupha prosope alexis ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. p. decernia Fruhstorfer²
Garibari I. Cupha prosope decernia ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]
C. p. fumosa Grose-Smith²
Trobriand Is. Cupha prosope fumosa ; [BAUR, 201]
C. p. cluentia Fruhstorfer²
Fergusson I. Cupha prosope cluentia ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]
Darnely I. Cupha prosope turneri ; [BAUR, 201 (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.
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[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
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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/
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[Simon Chan]
Singapore
[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:
Corbet, 1940
Revisional Notes on Malayan Rhopalocera Entomologist 73 (2): 39-443
Doubleday, [1848]
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): xii + 1-250, pls. 1-30
Drury, [1773]
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: 130pp, 50pls (1770), index to vol. 1 (1773)
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
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
Hewitson, 1859
Illustrations of new species of exoctic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (1857-1861) Ill. exot. Butts 2 (21): [31-32],[45-46],[55-56], pl. [16],[23],[28] (1857), (22): [47-48],[117-120], pl. [24],[59-60] (1857), (23): [51-52],[63-64],[79-80], pl. [26],[32],[40] (1857), (24): [15-16],[43-44],[99-100], pl. [8],[22],[50] (1857), (25): [25-26],[57-58],[115-116], pl. [13],[29],[58] (1858), (26): [1-2],[33-34],[101-102], pl. [1],[17],[51] (1858), (27): [17-18],[23-24],[85-86], pl. [9],[12],[43] (1858), (28): [59-62],[103-104], pl. [30-31],[52] (1858), (29): [65-68],[105-106], pl. [33-34],[53] (1859), (30): [3-4],[35-36],[53-54], pl. [2],[18],[27] (1859), (31): [41-42],[55-56],[107-108], pl. [21],[38],[54] (1859), (32): [73-74],[93-94],[109-110], pl. [37],[47],[55] (1859), (33): [81-84],[111-112], pl. [41-42],[56] (1859), (34): [71-72],[77-78],[95-96], pl. [36],[39],[48] (1860), (35): [27-28],[97-98],[113-114], pl. [14],[49],[57] (1860), (36): [19-22],[29-30], pl. [10-11],[15] (1860), (37): [7-8],[89-92], pl. [4],[45-46] (1861), (38): [9-12],[37-38], pl. [5-6],[19] (1861), (39): [5-6],[39-40],[87-88], pl. [3],[20],[44] (1861), (40): [13-14],[49-50],[69-70],[121-124], pl. [7],[25],[35] (1861)
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Mathew, 1887
Descriptions of some new species of Rhopalocera from the Solomon Islands Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (1): 37-49, 1pl
Sulzer, 1776
Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linaeischen System Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: -


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