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Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893

Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (3) : 323, TS: Hesperia kumara Moore
Caltoris (Hesperiinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

Caltoris kumara (Moore, 1878)

Ceylon, W.Ghats - N.Kanara, Palnis, Nilgiris, Bangalore, High Wavys, Calcutta, Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Blank Swift
Hesperia kumara Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 687, TL: N.Kanara, India
?Hesperia kumara Moore, 1857; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 255
Caltoris kumara ; [BIR, 484]

C. k. moorei (Evans, 1926)

Burma, S.Yunnan kumara moorei (Evans, 1926); , TL: Sikkim

C. k. elongata (Evans, 1926)

Sumatra, Borneo

Caltoris aurociliata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)

Sikkim, Assam. See [About maps] Parnara aurociliata Elwes & Edwards, 1897
Parnara aurociliata ; Evans, 1915, 546

Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894)

S.China, Okinawa, Taiwan. See [About maps] Parnara bromus Leech, 1894; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 614, pl. 42, f. 10
Caltoris bromus ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 25]; [MRS, 727]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

Larva on Bambusa Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

C. b. bromus

S.Yunnan, India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines Caltoris bromus bromus ; [BMP: 390, pl. 60, f. 28-29]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

C. b. yanuca (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

bromus yanuca (Fruhstorfer, 1911) (Parnara); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (4): 55
Caltoris bromus yanuca ; [MRS, 727]

Caltoris cahira (Moore, 1877)

India - Malaya - S.China. See [About maps] Colon Swift
Hesperia cahira Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 593, pl. 58, f. 8, TL: Andamans
Caltoris cahira ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 26]; [MRS, 727]

C. c. carina (Evans, 1937)

Yunnan, ...? Baoris carina Evans, 1937; Entomologist 70 (2): 39
Caltoris cahira carina ; [MRS, 727]

C. c. austeni (Moore, [1884])

S.Yunnan, ...? cahira austeni (Moore, [1884]); , TL: Khasi Hills
Caltoris cahira austeni ; [BMP: 391, pl. 60, f. 30]; [MRS, 727]

Caltoris cormasa (Hewitson, 1876)

India - Malaya, Philippines. See [About maps] Full Stop Swift
Hesperia cormasa Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 457, TL: Borneo
Caltoris cormasa ; [BMP: 391, pl. 60, f. 26-27]; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 27]
Caltoris cormosa ; [MRS, 727]

Caltoris tulsi (de Nicéville, [1884])

India - Malaya - S.China. See [About maps] Purple Swift
Parnara tulsi de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 86, pl. 10, f. 1 ♂, TL: Sikkim
Caltoris tulsi ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 29]

C. t. tulsi

Caltoris tulsi tulsi ; [BMP: 391, pl. 60, f. 35-36]

Caltoris plebeia (de Nicéville, 1887)

Sikkim - Borneo. See [About maps] Parnara plebeia de Nicéville, 1887; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3) : 466, pl. 40, f. 2, TL: Sikhim
Caltoris plebeia ; [BMP: 391, pl. 60, f. 31-32]

Caltoris philippina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

India, Ceylon, Malaya - New Guinea, Solomons. See [About maps] Cobalus philippina Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (12): 201, no. 48
?Cobalus pilippina Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 81
Hesperia seriata Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 688, TL: Ceylon

= ; [NHM]

?Prenes philippina ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 510, 3: pl. 96, f. 8-9 (Panama [??!])
Caltoris philippina ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 28]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

C. p. philippina

Sri Lanka, India, Malay Peninsula, Nias, Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Sula Caltoris philippina philippina ; [BMP: 391, pl. 60, f. 37-38]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

C. p. subfenestrata (Röber, 1891)

Caltoris beraka (Plötz, 1885)

Sulawesi, Sangihe, Sula. See [About maps] Hesperia beraka Plötz, 1885; Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 227
Caltoris beraka ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

Caltoris boisduvalii (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

Papua. See [About maps] Hesperia boisduvalii C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 514
Parnara hasoroides Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 284, pl. 21, f. 11, TL: Batchian; Halmaheira
Parnara hasaroides[sic] ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 399

Caltoris confusa (Evans, 1932)

Burma. See [About maps] Baoris confusa Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 413

Caltoris mehavagga (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Sulawesi, Sula, Buru. See [About maps] Parnara mehavagga Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (4): 51
Caltoris mehavagga ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78

Caltoris nirwana (Plötz, 1882)

Java - W.China. See [About maps] Hesperia nirwana Plötz, 1882; Stettin ent. Ztg 43 (10-12): 436
Caltoris nirwana ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 25 (text)]

Caltoris tenuis (Evans, 1932)

Thailand, Burma, N.Laos. See [About maps] Baoris tenuis Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 413

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[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

[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+)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

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This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

de Nicéville, [1884]

On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10

de Nicéville, 1887

Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India, with some Notes on the seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melanitis Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3) : 448-467, pl. 39-40

de Nicéville, 1891

On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G

Elwes & Edwards, 1897

A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 101-324, pl. 18-27

Evans, 1926

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (9-11) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (1): 49-83, pl. 30, (2): 427-446, pl. 31, (3): 615-637, pl. 32

Evans, 1932

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls

Evans, 1937

Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 70 (1): 16-19 (part 9), (2): 38-40 (part 10), (3): 64-66 (part 11), (4): 81-83 (part 12)

C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Fruhstorfer, 1911

Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 9-24 (1 February), (3): 25-40 (1 March), (4): 41-56 (1 April), (5): 57-72 (1 May), (6): 73-79, pl. 1 (1 June)

Godman & Salvin, [1900]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204

Hewitson, 1876

Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 449-457

Leech, 1894

Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)

Moore, 1857

A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a

Moore, 1877

The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60

Moore, 1878

Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 686-695, pl. 45

Moore, [1879]

A list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 821-859, pl. 51-53 (1879)

Moore, [1884]

Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 521-535, pl. 48-49

Plötz, 1882

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (1) & (2) Stettin ent. Ztg 43 (7-9): 314-344, (10-12): 436-456

Plötz, 1885

Neue Hesperiden des indischen Archipels und Ost-Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H. Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C. Ribbe auf Celebes, Java un den Aru-Inseln, Künstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kühn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 225-232

Rothschild, 1915

On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402

Rothschild, 1915

On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227

Snellen, 1876

Lepidoptera van Batavia. Beschrijving der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 19 (3) : 159-167, pl. 7

Swinhoe, 1893

A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasi Hills. Part I Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (3) : 267-330

Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003

The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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