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Pirdana Distant, 1886

Pirdana Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 369, 376, TS: Hesperia hyela Hewitson
Pseudopirdana Chiba & Tsukiyama, 1993; Butterflies, Tokyo 6: 24, TS: Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards
Pirdana (Hesperiinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897

Borneo. See [About maps] Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 224
Pirdana albicornis ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 8 (text)]
Pseudopirdana albicornis ;

Pirdana hyela (Hewitson, 1867)

Burma, Malaya - Celebes. See [About maps] Hesperia hyela Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 23
Pirdana hyela ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 8]

Larva on Dracaena, Cordyline rumphii [BMP]

P. h. rudolphii Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]

S.Vietnam Pirdana rudolphii Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt. II (5) : 438, pl. 20, f. 6
Pirdana hyela rudolphii ; [BMP: 378, pl. 57, f. 36-38]

P. h. major Evans, 1932

Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889

Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo. See [About maps] Pirdana distanti Staudinger, 1889; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 141
Pirdana distanti ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 13]

P. d. distanti

Pirdana distanti distanti ; [BMP: 378, pl. 58, f. 21-22]

P. d. spenda Evans, 1949

Pirdana fusca de Jong & Treadaway, 1993

Samar. See [About maps]

Pirdana ismene (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

Celebes. See [About maps] Hesperia ismene C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 512, pl. 73, f. 4-5, TL: Celebes
Pirdana ismene ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

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References:

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[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

Some related literature:

Chiba & Tsukiyama, 1993

A review of the genus Pirdana Distant (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) Butterflies, Tokyo 6: 19-25

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

Elwes & de Nicéville, [1887]

List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected in Tavoy and in Siam during 1884-1885 by the Indian Museum Collector under C. E. Pitman, Esq., C.I.E.., Chief Superintendent of Telegraphs. (2), Rhopalocera J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt. II (5) : 413-442, pl. 20

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)

Hewitson, 1867

Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (1) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): [2] + ii + 25pp (+ 25 sp. no. 6 cynaca)

Staudinger, 1889

Lepidoptera der Insel Palawan Dt. ent. Z. Iris 2 (1) : 3-180, pl. 1-2

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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