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Lotongus Distant, 1886

Lotongus Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 369, 371, TS: Eudamus calathus Hewitson
Lotoagus ; Sharp, [1887], 246 (missp.)
Lotongus (Hesperiinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68

Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)

Burma - Malaya. See [About maps] Eudamus calathus Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (106) : 353, TL: Sumatra
Lotongus calathus calathus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lotongus calathus ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 27]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68

Larva on Calamus, Cocos, Daemonorops, Trachycarpus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68

L. c. calathus

Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Natuna, Palawan White-tipped Palmer
Hesperia schaedia Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 452, TL: Sumatra
Lotongus maculatus Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 372, pl. 35, f. 1, TL: Malaysia
Proteides surus Mabille, 1895; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1895: lix, TL: Borneo
Lotongus calathus calathus ; [BMP: 371, pl. 57, f. 13-14]

884x760 (~136Kb) upperside male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

927x702 (~123Kb) underside male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. c. taprobanus (Plötz, 1885)

Celebes calathus taprobanus (Plötz, 1885) (Hesperia); Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 226
Lotongus calathus taprobanus ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 29]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68

L. c. balta Evans, 1949

Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos Lotongus calathus balta Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 320, TL: Kanbauk, Tavoy, S.Burma
Lotongus calathus balta, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Lotongus avesta (Hewitson, 1868)

Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand. See [About maps] Hesperia avesta Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 30, TL: Sumatra
Lotongus tamiata Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 233
Lotongus avesta, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lotongus avesta ; [BOW: pl. 187, f. 26]; [BMP: 371, pl. 57, f. 12]

Lotongus saralus (de Nicéville, 1889)

Assam - W.China. See [About maps] Parnara sarala de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3) : 173, pl. B, f. 6 ♀, TL: Khasi Hills
Lotongus sarala ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 16]
Lotongus saralus ; [MRS, 739]

L. s. chinensis Evans, 1932

Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnan, Szechwan Lotongus sarala[?] chinensis Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 383, TL: W.Szechwan, China
Lotongus sarala chinensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lotongus saralus chinensis ; [MRS, 739]
Lotongus sarala chinensis ;

L. s. quinquepunctus Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Hainan Lotongus avesta quinquepuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 176, pl. 24, f. 28, TL: Hainan
Lotongus saralus quinquepunctus ; [MRS, 739]

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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.

[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

[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/

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:

de Nicéville, 1889

On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Revision of the Genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3) : 163-194, pl. A-B

Distant, 1886

Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Rhopalocera Malayana : 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44

Elwes & Edwards, 1897

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

Evans, 1932

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

Evans, 1949

A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: xix, 502pp, pl. 1-53

Hewitson, 1868

Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56

Hewitson, 1876

Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (106) : 347-355

Hewitson, 1876

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

Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Descriptions of new forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Hainan Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 167-177, pl. 19-24

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

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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