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Pelopidas Walker, 1870

Millet Skippers
Pelopidas Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (4): 56, TS: Pelopidas midea Walker
Chapra Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 169, TS: Hesperia mathias Fabricius
Pelopidas (Hesperiinae) ; [BK, 431]; [AfrL]

600x400 (~31Kb) India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

600x400 (~33Kb) India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

600x400 (~39Kb) underside India: Melghat, 7.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)

Tropical Africa, Arabia, India, Ceylon, Burma, Madagascar. See [About maps] Small Branded Swift Lesser Millet Skipper Black Branded Swift
Hesperia mathias Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 433, no. 289-90, TL: Tranquebar, S.India
Baoris mathias ; [BIR, 486]
Pelopidas mathias ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 11]; [MRS, 729]; [BK: 431, pl. 64, f. 854]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Larva on Ehrharta erecta [PBSA]

P. m. mathias

Pelopidas mathias mathias ; [BMP: 387, pl. 60, f. 9-10]

Larva on Oryza sativa, Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum officinarum, Cymbopogon nardus [BMP]

P. m. oberthueri Evans

Pelopidas mathias oberthueri ; [MRS, 729]

725x596 (~117Kb) "Dragonfly Kingdom", Nakamura, Kochi-ken, Shikoku-chiho, Japan. 9th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

617x536 (~119Kb) The Seosicheum River bank, Gurye County, Jeonnam Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Miscanthus sinensis, M. floridulum, Brachiaria mutica, Imperata cylindrica, Paspalum conjugatum [MRS]

P. m. repetita (Butler, 1882)

Admiraly I., Dampier I., Vulcan I. Parnara parvimacula Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 399, TL: Dampier Island

Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, [1821])

Tropical Africa - India. See [About maps] Millet Skipper White Branded Swift
Gegenes thrax Hübner, [1821]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [150]
Pelopidas midea Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (4): 56
Pelopidas thrax ; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]

P. t. inconspicua (Bertolini, 1850)

South Africa - Kenya, ? Hesperia inconspicua Bertolini, 1850; Atti. Accad. Sci. 1st Bologna Memorie 2: 179
Pamphila mohopaani Wallengren
Pelopidas thrax inconspicua ; [BK: 432, pl. 64, f. 855]

Larva on Imperata arundinacea, Ehrharta erecta [PBSA], Oryza, Imperata [BK]

P. t. masta Evans, 1949

Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882)

Madhya Pradesh, Ganjam, Kasauli - Assam, Burma, Malaya. See [About maps] Great Swift
Parnara assamensis de Nicéville, 1882; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 51 (2-3): 65, TL: Sikkim
Baoris assamensis ; [BIR, 485]
Pelopidas assamensis ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 9]; [BMP: 388, pl. 58, f. 28]; [MRS, 729]

Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Ceylon, Peninsular India, Dun - Assam, Burma, Malaya, Philippines. See [About maps] Conjoined Swift
Goniloba conjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 23 (12): 195, no. 45
Baoris conjuncta ; [BIR, 485]
Pelopidas conjuncta ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 10]; [MRS, 729]
Pelopidas conjunctus ;

P. c. conjuncta

N.Vietnam, Laos, Thailand Pelopidas conjunctus conjunctus ; [BMP: 388, pl. 58, f. 27]

Larva on Zea mays, Saccharum officinarum, Andropogon, Bambusa [BMP]

Pelopidas jansonis (Butler, 1878)

Japan. See [About maps] Pelopidas jansonis ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 24]
Pelopides[sic] jansonis ; [MRS, 729]

Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)

Ceylon, Palnis, Nilgiris, Coorg, N.Kanara, Kangra - Assam, S.Shan States, Bengal. See [About maps] Chinese Swift Large Branded Swift
sinensis (Mabille, 1877); , TL: Shangai, China
Baoris sinensis ; [BIR, 485]
Pelopidas sinensis ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 12]; [MRS, 728]

Pelopidas agna (Moore, [1866])

-. See [About maps] Bengal Swift
Hesperia agna Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 791, TL: Bengal
Pelopidas dingo Evans, 1949
Pelopidas agna [Don Herbison-Evans]
Pelopidas agna ; [MRS, 728]

Larva on Ischaemum australe, Panicum maximum, Paspalum paniculatum, Sorghum verticilliflorum, (Unidentified grasses) K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

P. a. agna

Bengal, Vietnam, S.Yunnan Pelopidas agna agna ; [BMP: 387, pl. 60, f. 7-8]

Pelopidas lyelli (Rothschild, 1915)

AU. See [About maps] Parnara lyelli Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 400, TL: Dampier I.
Pelopidas lyelli [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on Oryza sativa, Paspalum dilatatum, Sorghum spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

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References:

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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.

[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

[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

[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

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Kedar Tokekar]

India

[MRS]

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

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

de Nicéville, 1882

Second List of Butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1882, with Notes on Habits J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 51 (2-3): 54-66

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

Evans, 1926

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (11) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 615-637, pl. 32

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

Hübner, [1821]

Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819) pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820) pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821) pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821) pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822) pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822) pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823) pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824) pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825) pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826) pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827) (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)

Moore, [1866]

On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 755-823, pl. 32-34

Moore, [1881]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

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

Walker, 1870

A list of the [61] Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science Entomologist 5 (4): 48-57

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