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Taractrocera Butler, [1870]
Grass Darts
Taractrocera Butler, [1870]; Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: 279, TS: Hesperia maevius Fabricius
Bibla Mabille, 1904; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 17 (B): 113, 122, TS: Hesperia papyria Boisduval
Taractrocera ardonia (Hewitson, 1868)
Malaya, Borneo, Celebes. See [About maps] Ancyloxipha ardonia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 45
Taractrocera ardonia ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 4, 5]
Taractrocera ardonia (Hewitson, 1868); [BMP: 379, pl. 59, f. 1]
T. a. lamia Evans, 1934
Taractrocera sumatrensis Evans, 1949
Taractrocera tilda Evans, 1934
tilda Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 149 (part 3)
Taractrocera archias (C. Felder, 1860)
Malaya, Philippines. See [About maps] Pamphila archias C. Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 462
Taractrocera archias ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 3]
T. a. quinta Swinhoe, [1912]
Taractrocera quinta Swinhoe, [1912]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica, 10 (114): 122
Taractrocera archias quinta ; [BMP: pl. 59, f. 3-4]
T. a. samadha Fruhstorfer, 1910
Taractrocera nigrolimbata (Snellen, 1889)
Hesperia aliena Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 228
T. n. nigrolimbata
Taractrocera aliena aliena ; [BMP: 379, pl. 61, f. 16]
Taractrocera nigrolimbata nigrolimbata ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. 65: 257-265
Taractrocera luzonensis (Staudinger, 1889)
T. l. zenia Evans, 1934
Taractrocera zenia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 149 (part 3)
Thymelicus ziclea Plötz, 1884; Stett. ent. Ztg. 45 (7-9): 289
Taractrocera ziclea zenia Evans, 1934; [BMP: 379, pl. 59, f. 2]
Taractrocera luzonenis ziclea ; De Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. 65: 257-265
Taractrocera anisomorpha (Lower, 1911)
AU. See [About maps] Bibla anisomorpha Lower, 1911
Taractrocera anisomorpha [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on Cenchrus ciliaris K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868)
W.Ghats - Bombay, S.India (hills), N.Burma. See [About maps] Tamil Grass Dart
ceramas ; [BIR, 475]
Taractrocera danna (Moore, 1865)
Kashmir - Bhutan. See [About maps] Himalayan Grass Dart
Pamphila danna Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 508, pl. 30
Taratrocera danna ; [BIR, 475]; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 6]
Taractrocera dolon (Plötz, 1884)
AU. See [About maps] Apaustus dolon Plötz, 1884
Taractrocera diomedes Waterhouse, 1933

Larva on Sorghum verticilliflorum K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Taractrocera ilia Waterhouse, 1932
AU. See [About maps] Taractrocera ilia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932
AU. See [About maps] Taractrocera iola Waterhouse, 1933
Taractrocera ina [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on Brachiaria decumbens, Cymbopogon citratus, Oryza sativa, Paspalum conjugatum, P. dilatatum, P. urvillei, Sorghum verticilliflorum, S. spp., (Unidentified grasses) K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793)
India, Ceylon, Burma. See [About maps] Common Grass Dart
Hesperia maevius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 352, TL: "India" [Tranquebar]
Taractrocera maevius ; [BIR, 475]; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 7]
T. m. sagara (Moore, [1866])
maevius sagara (Moore, [1866]); , TL: Darjeeling, India
= Taractrocera maevius maevius (Fabricius, 1793); [Torben B. Larsen]
Taractrocera sagara ;
Taractrocera flavoides Leech, 1893
W.China. See [About maps] Taractrocera flavoides ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 37]; [MRS, 744]
Taractrocera papyria (Boisduval, [1832])
Australia, Tasmania. See [About maps] Hesperia papyria Boisduval, [1832]; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 166
Taractrocera celaeno Cox, 1873
Hesperilla fumosa Guest, 1882
Apautus alix Plötz, 1884
Ancyloxipha agraulia Hewitson, 1868
Apaustus minimus Miskin, 1889
Taractrocera papyria [Don Herbison-Evans]
 Taratrocera papyria ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 8]

Larva on Cynodon dactylon, Danthonia sp., Echinopogon caespitosus, Imperata sp., Microlaena stipoides, Oryza sativa, Paspalum dilatatum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Phragmites australis, Poa spp., Carex gaudichaudiana K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


Unknown taxa
Taractrocera kamia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 148 (part 3)

4.3.2009 (14)

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.
[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
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

Some related literature:
Boisduval, [1832]
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptčres in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.), 1: 267pp, pl. 1-5
Butler, [1870]
Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: (1869) 303pp, 3pls
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, 1934
Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 67 (2): 33-36 (part 1) (3): 61-65 (part 2) (7): 141-151 (part 3) (8): 181-184 (part 4) (9): 206-209 (part 5) (10): 231-234 (part 6)
C. Felder, 1860
Lepidopterorum Amboienesium Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462 (?12): 473-496
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
De Jong, 1992
A note on three species of Taractrocera Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Zool. Meded. 65: 257-265 [?1991]
Moore, 1865
List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A.M. Lang in the N. W. Himalayas Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 486-509, pls. 30-31
Plötz, 1883
Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64 (4-6): 195-233
Plötz, 1884
Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Thymelicus Hüb. und ihre Arten Stett. ent. Ztg. 45 (7-9): 284-290

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