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Lepidoptera
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Papilionoidea
Riodinidae
- Abisara C. & R. Felder, 1860
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Judies
Abisara C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (12): 397, TS: Abisara kausambi C. & R. Felder
Sospita Hewitson, [1861]; Ill. exot. Butts 2 (37): [91] (preocc. Sospita Mulstant, 1846 (Coleoptera)), TS: Taxila fylla Westwood
Abisara, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Abisara (Nemeobiinae) ; [AfrL]
W.Himalayas - W.China. See [About maps]
Dark Judy
Taxila fylla Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 69, f. 3, text: 422]
Abisara fylla ; [BIR]; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 21]; [BOR, 656]; [MRS, 604]
Larva on
Maesa chisia [MRS]
Yunnan, ...
Abisara fylla fylla ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 100 (note)
W.China, C.China. See [About maps]
fylloides (Moore, 1902); Lepidoptera Indica, 5: 81
Abisara fylloides ; [MRS, 605]
W.China
Abisara fylloides fylloides ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Indo China
Abisara fylloides magdala ; [BOR, 656]
?Abisara fylla magdala ;
China, Riu Kiu, Ceylon, Peninsular India, Chamba - Assam, Burma, Bengal, Bihar. See [About maps]
Plum Judy
Papilio echerius Stoll, 1790; Aanhaangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (2-5): 140, TL: S.China
?Abisara echerius ; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 20]
Abisara echerius ; [MRS, 606]
Larva on
Embelia robusta,
E. laeta,
Ardisia spp. [MRS]
Ceylon, S.India
Abisara echerius prunosa ; [BOR, 656]
Mindoro
Abisara echerius laura ; [BOR, 656]
Mindanao
Abisara echerius mindanensis ; [BOR, 656]
S.Sulawesi
Abisara echerius celebica ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Abisara celebica ; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 18-19]
N.Sulawesi
Abisara echerius bugiana ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Sula Besi
Abisara echerius porphyritica ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Selajar
Abisara echerius saleyra ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Banggai
Abisara echerius satellitica ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
S.Indo China
Abisara echerius annamitica ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
N.Indo China
Abisara echerius tonkiniana ; [BOR, 656 (name)]; [MRS, 606]
Thailand
Abisara echerius siamensis ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Sumatra
Abisara echerius oenobarus ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
N.India, Nepal, Assam, Bhutan
Indian Plum Judy
Abisara echerius suffusa ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Hainan
Abisara echerius lisa ; [BOR, 656 (name)]; [MRS, 606]
Luzon
Abisara echerius cudaca ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Assam, Burma. See [About maps]
Abisara abnormis Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 532
Abisara abnormis ; [BOR, 656]; [MRS, 606]
-. See [About maps]
bifasciata Moore, 1877˛; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 587
Andamans
Abisara bifasciata bifasciata ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Sikkim, Manipur - Burma
Abisara bifasciata angulata ; [BOR, 656]
-. See [About maps]
Abisara geza Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (4): 287
Abisara geza ; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 22 (text only)]
N.Borneo
geza litavicus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Ent. Rundschau 29 (3): 23
Abisara geza litavicus ; [BOR, 656]
Nias
geza niasana Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (4): 288, TL: Nias
Abisara geza niasana ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Riouw Is.
Abisara niya Fruhstorfer, 1914; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 782 (14 April)
Abisara geza niya ; [BOR, 656 (name)]; [BMP: 207, pl. 31, f. 12-13]
W.Java, S.Java
Abisara geza erilda ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Sumatra
Abisara geza sura ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Manipur - Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps]
Straight Plum Judy
Abisara kausambi C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (12): 397
Abisara kausambi ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 22]
Peninsular Malaya
Abisara kausambi kausambi ; [BMP: 208, pl. 31, f. 14-15]; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Java
Abisara kausambi tina ; [BOR, 656]
Sulawesi
Abisara kausambi sabina ; [BOR, 656]
Palawan
Abisara kausambi aja ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Borneo
Abisara kausambi asoka ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Nias
Abisara kausambi daphne ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Mentawai
Abisara kausambi disparilis ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
SW.Borneo
Abisara kausambi sala ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
Bangka, Belitung
Abisara kausambi stasinus ; [BOR, 656 (name)]
-. See [About maps]
Sospita saturata Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 701
Abisara saturata ; [MRS, 606]
Hainan
Abisara saturata saturata ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Burma, Thailand
Abisara saturata maya ; [BOR, 658]
Manipur
Abisara saturata baraka ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore
Malayan Plum Judy
Abisara kausambioides de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 64 (3): 442
Abisara saturata kausambioides ; [BMP: 207, pl. 31, f. 16-18]
Abisara saturata kausamboides ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Abisara kausamboides ; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 23]
Bangka
Abisara saturata amaga ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Nias
Abisara saturata iliaca ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
NE.Sumatra
Abisara saturata paha ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
N.Borneo
Abisara saturata tera ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Mindanao
Abisara saturata corbeti ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Manipur, Mergui (Tenasserim), Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps]
Malay Tailed Judy
Abisara savitri C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (12): 397
Abisara savitri ; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 25]
India
Abisara savitri savitri ; [BMP: 207, pl. 31, f. 10]; [BOR, 658]
Sumatra
Abisara savitri susa ; [BOR, 658]
W.Java
Abisara savitri atlas ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Manipur
Abisara savitri attenuata ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Bangka
Abisara savitri deniya ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Natuna
Abisara savitri periya ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
SE.Borneo
Abisara savitri sciurus ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
N.Borneo
Abisara savitri strix ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Himalayas (east from Nepal), NE.India (hills). See [About maps]
Tailed Judy
Sospita neophron Hewitson, [1861]; Ill. exot. Butts 2 (37): [92], pl. 46 (Eryc.-Sospita)
Abisara neophron ; [BOW: pl. 182, f. 24]; [MRS, 605]
Assam, SE.Tibet (Metok)
Abisara neophron neophron ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Sikkim, Nepal
Abisara neophron neophronides ; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 82 (note)
S.Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Indo China, S.China. See [About maps]
Sospita chelina Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (4): 283
Abisara neophron chelina ; [BMP: 208, pl. 31, f. 11]; [BOR, 658]; [MRS, 605]
Abisara chelina ; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 82 (note)
Yunnan, ...?
Abisara chelina chelina ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 101 (note)
SE.Tibet
Abisara chelina duanhuii Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 82, f. 61, pl. 5, f. 34, TL: Longpo to Nidadan, Nujiang Valley, SE.Tibet
Abisara chelina duanhuii ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 101 (note)
Sumatra. See [About maps]
Abisara aita de Nicéville, 1893; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 49
Abisara aita ; [BOR, 658]
Sikkim, Assam, N.Burma. See [About maps]
Spot Judy
Abisara chela de Nicéville, 1886; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 55 (2): 252
Sikkim, Assam
Abisara chela chela ; [BOR, 658]
India
Abisara chela amplifascia ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
S.Shan States - Burma
Abisara chela kalawna ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
Assam, Burma - S.China. See [About maps]
burnii (de Nicéville, 1895); J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 266
Abisara burnii ; [MRS, 605]
Larva on
Myrsinaceae [MRS]
Assam
Abisara burnii burnii ; [BOR, 658]
N.Indo China
Abisara burnii timaeus ; [BOR, 658 (name)]
S.China
Abisara burnii assus ; [BOR, 658 (name)]; [MRS, 605]
Taiwan
Abisara burnii etymander ; [BOR, 658 (name)]; [MRS, 605]
W.China. See [About maps]
Abisara freda Bennet, 1957; The Entomologist, 90: 27
Abisara freda ; [MRS, 604]
Abisara freda daliensis ; [MRS, 604]
-. See [About maps]
Abisara gerontes ; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 33]; [AfrL]
Sierra Leone - Nigeria
Abisara gerontes gerontes ; [BAFR, 574]; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Gabon, Zaire
Abisara gerontes gabunica ; [BAFR, 574 (text)]; [AfrL]
E.Nigeria, Cameroun, Zaire, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, W.Kenya. See [About maps]
Neave's Judy
Abisara neavei ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Maesa [BK]
Uganda
Abisara neavei neavei ; [BAFR, 574]; [BK, 253, pl. 11, f. 383]; [AfrL]
E.Zaire, W.Tanzania?
Abisara neavei kivuensis ; [BAFR, 574 (text)]; [AfrL]
Cameroun
Abisara neavei latifasciata ; , [BAFR, 574 (text)]; [AfrL]
S.Zaire, N.Zambia
Abisara rogersi dollmani ; [BAFR, 575 (text)]
Abisara neavei dollmani ; [AfrL]
Abisara neavei mahale ; [AfrL]
Abisara neavei congdoni ; [AfrL]
Congo, Angola. See [About maps]
Abisara rogersi ; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 34]; [EBW]; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Angola
Abisara rogersi rogersi ; [BAFR, 575]; [AfrL]
Uganda
Abisara simulacris ; [BAFR, 574]
Abisara rogersi simulacris ; [AfrL]
C.Zaire, Malawi. See [About maps]
Abisara dewitzi ; [BAFR, 575]; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 34 (text only)]; [AfrL]
Malawi, NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts). See [About maps]
Abisara delicata ; [BAFR, 575]; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 34 (text only)]; [AfrL]
Abisara delicata delicata ; [AfrL]
Abisara delicata tanzania ; [AfrL]
Abisara delicata zanzibarica ; [AfrL]
Nigeria - Angola - NE.Zaire (Ituri). See [About maps]
Abisara tantalus ; [BAFR, 576]; [AfrL]
Abisara tantalus tantalus ; [AfrL]
Nigeria - Zaire
Abisara tantalus f. caerulea Riley, 1932; Novit. zool. 37: 185, TL: the lower Congo Valley
Abisara caerulea ;
Abisara caerulea caerulea ; [BAFR, 576]
Abisara tantalus caerulea ; [AfrL]
Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana
Abisara caerulea liberiana Clench, 1965; Mem. Am. ent. Soc. 19: (267-403), TL: ganta, Liberia
Abisara caerulea liberiana ; [BAFR, 576 (text)]
Abisara tantalus cyanis ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun. See [About maps]
Abisara talantus talantus ; [BAFR, 576]
Abisara talantus ; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 37]; [AfrL]
E.Zaire, SW.Uganda. See [About maps]
Abisara talantus caeca ; [BAFR, 576 (text)]
Abisara caeca ; [AfrL]
Abisara caeca caeca ; [AfrL]
Gabon, Congo Republic, W.Zaire
Abisara talantus semicaeca ; [BAFR, 576 (text)]
Abisara caeca semicaeca ; [AfrL]
-. See [About maps]
Abisara rutherfordi, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Abisara rutherfordi ; [BOW: pl. 127, f. 35-36]
Abisara rutherfordii ; [AfrL]
Nigeria, Cameroun
Abisara rutherfordi rutherfordi ; [BAFR, 576]
Abisara rutherfordii rutherfordii ; [AfrL]
C.Zaire, E.Zaire
Abisara rutherfordi cyclops ; [BAFR, 576 (text)]
Abisara rutherfordii cyclops ; [AfrL]
Cameroun, Gabon, Congo Republic
Abisara rutherfordi herwigii ; [BAFR, 576 (text)]
Abisara rutherfordii herwigii ; [AfrL]
Abisara cameroonensis ; [AfrL]
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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
- [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
- [EBW]
- Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
- [LAMAS-2005]
- Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
- [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
- [Wahlberg]
- Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
- [˛]
- This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.
- Some related literature:
- Clench, 1965
- in Fox, Lindsey et al., The Butteflies of Liberia. Superfamily Lycaenoidea
Mem. Am. ent. Soc. 19: 267-403, f. 163-233
- de Nicéville, 1893
- On new and little-known Butterflies from north-east Sumatra collected by Hofrath Dr. L. Martin
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 37-56, 3pls
- de Nicéville, 1895
- On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. (1)
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259?-321 [pls. N-Q in (4)]
- de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]
- A List o fthe Butterflies of Sumatra with special reference to the Species occurring in the north-east of the Island
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 64 (3): 357-555
- Westwood, [1851]
- The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846),
19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847),
133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848),
201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849),
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850),
327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851),
467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
- C. & R. Felder, 1860
- Lepidoptera nova in paeninsula Malayica collecta
Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (12): 394-402
- Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Verzeichniss der in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nemeobiinae und Libythaeinae und Besprechung verwandter Formen
Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (4): 274-296 (late January)
- Fruhstorfer, 1914
- 7. Familie: Erycinidae
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
: 767-784 (14 April),
785-792 (15 April),
793-798 (24 April)
- Hewitson, [1861]
- 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)
- Huang, 2001
- Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera
Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152
- Huang, 2003
- A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes
Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114
- Moore, 1877
- The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 580-632, pls. 58-60
- Moore, 1878
- List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 695-708
- Moore, [1884]
- Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 521-535
- Riley, 1932
- Revisional notes on the genera Abisara and Saribia (Lep. Riodinidae), with descriptions of new species
Novit. zool. 37: 181-188, 1pl
- 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)
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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.