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Praetaxila Fruhstorfer, 1914
Praetaxila Fruhstorfer, 1914; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 793 (24 April), TS: Sospita segecia Hewitson
Holodesmus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 6, 68, TS: Sospita segecia Hewitson

Praetaxila segecia (Hewitson, [1861])
New Guinea, Australia. See [About maps] Sospita segecia Hewitson, [1861]; Ill. exot. Butts 2 (37): [92], pl. [46], f. 4-5
Praetaxila segecia, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Praetaxila segecia ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 183, f. 21]
Aru Praetaxila segecia segecia ; [BAUR, 390]
P. s. punctaria (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
N.Queensland (Cape York - Coen district) Harlequin
Abisara punctaria Fruhstorfer, 1904
Praetaxila segecia punctaria ; [BAUR, 390 (text)]
P. s. cariya Fruhstorfer˛
West Irian (Snow Mts.) Praetaxila segecia cariya ; [BAUR, 390 (text)]
P. s. yaniya Fruhstorfer˛
Papua (Aroa R.), Yule I. Praetaxila segecia yaniya ; [BAUR, 390 (text)]

Praetaxila wallacei (Hewitson, ?1897)
-. See [About maps] wallacei (Hewitson, ?1897); Exot. Butts. 4 (3) [?1867]: pl. 40
Misool Praetaxila wallacei wallacei ; [BAUR, 390 (text)]
P. w. arfakensis Joicey & Talbot˛
West Irian (Arfak Mts.) Praetaxila wallacei arfakensis ; [BAUR, 390]
P. w. theodosia Fruhstorfer˛
West Irian (Dore Bay) Praetaxila wallacei theodosia ; [BAUR, 391 (text)]

Praetaxila huntei (Sharp, 1903)
Papua (Biagi). See [About maps] Abisara huntei Sharp, 1903; Entomologist 36 (487): 310
postalba Rothschild˛
Praetaxila huntei ; [BAUR, 391]

Praetaxila statira (Hewitson, ?1897)
New Guinea. See [About maps] statira (Hewitson, ?1897); Exot. Butts. 4 (3) [?1867]: pl. 40
Sospita statira ; [BOW: pl. 184, f. 1-2]
Misool Praetaxila statira statira ; [BAUR, 391 (text)]
P. s. naram Fruhstorfer˛
W.West Irian Praetaxila statira naram ; [BAUR, 391]
P. s. gudula Fruhstorfer˛
Waigeu Praetaxila statira gudula ; [BAUR, 391 (text)]
P. s. dhyana Fruhstorfer˛
West Irian (Snow Mts.) Praetaxila statira dhyana ; [BAUR, 391 (text)]
P. s. vedalla Fruhstorfer˛
New Guinea (Astrolabe Bay) Praetaxila statira vedalla ; [BAUR, 391 (text)]

Praetaxila tyrannus (Grose-Smith, 1897)
-. See [About maps] tyrannus (Grose-Smith, 1897); Rhopal. Exotica 2: 3, pl. 40
Waigeu, Gebe Praetaxila tyrannus tyrannus ; [BAUR, 392]
West Irian Praetaxila tyrannus segestes ; [BAUR, 392 (text)]

Praetaxila satraps (Grose-Smith, 1894)
New Guinea. See [About maps] satraps (Grose-Smith, 1894); Novit. zool. 1 (3): 545
Praetaxila satraps ; [EBW]
Sospita satraps ; [BOW: pl. 183, f. 25]
West Irian (Geelvink Bay - Humboldt Bay) Praetaxila satraps satraps ; [BAUR, 392]
P. s. bahadur Fruhstorfer˛
New Guinea (Astrolabe Bay) Praetaxila satraps bahadur ; [BAUR, 392 (text)]
New Guinea (Sattleburg Mts.) abuna Heller˛
Praetaxila satraps simbangana ; [BAUR, 392 (text)]
P. s. mambarensis Rothschild & Jordan˛
Papua (Mambare River) Praetaxila satraps mambarensis ; [BAUR, 392 (text)]

Praetaxila eromena (Jordan, 1912)
-. See [About maps] Abisara eromena Jordan, 1912; Novit. Zool. 18 (3): 594
West Irian (Snow Mts.) Praetaxila eromena eromena ; [BAUR, 392]
P. e. poultoni Joicey & Talbot˛
West Irian (Wangaar R.) Praetaxila eromena poultoni ; [BAUR, 392]

Praetaxila albiplaga (Röber, 1886)
-. See [About maps] albiplaga (Röber, 1886); (Corresp. Bl. ent. Ver.) Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 1 (1): 49
Aru Praetaxila albiplaga albiplaga ; [BAUR, 392]
P. a. avera Rothschild & Jordan˛
Papua (Aroa R.) Praetaxila albiplaga avera ; [BAUR, 392]
P. a. keiana Rothschild & Jordan˛
Kai I. Praetaxila albiplaga keiana ; [BAUR, 392 (text)]

Praetaxila weiskei (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
New Guinea. See [About maps] weiskei (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901); : 281
Praetaxila weiskei ; [BOW: pl. 183, f. 23-24]; [BAUR, 394]

Praetaxila heterisa (Jordan, 1912)
-. See [About maps] Abisara heterisa Jordan, 1912; Novit. Zool. 18 (3): 596
West Irian (Mt. Goliath) Praetaxila heterisa heterisa ; [BAUR, 394]
P. h. tessei Joicey, Noakes & Talbot˛
West Irian (Angi Lakes) Praetaxila heterisa tessei ; [BAUR, 394]


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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)
[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-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)
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Some related literature:
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)
Jordan, 1912
Some new Erycinidae from Dutch New Guinea Novit. Zool. 18 (3): 594-596
Röber, 1886
Neue Tagschmetterlinge der indo-australischen Fauna (Corresp. Bl. ent. Ver.) Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 1 (1): 45-72, pl. 2-5
Sharp, 1903
Description of a new species of the family Lemoniidae Entomologist 36 (487): 310
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
The Butterflies of Australia, a Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera, introducing ... Butts Australia: 239pp, 42 pls


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