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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, Genera Insectorum 17 (B): 113, 122, TS: Hesperia papyria Boisduval
Taractrocera (Hesperiidae) ; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 172
Taractrocera (Hesperiinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

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]; [BMP: 379, pl. 59, f. 1]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

T. a. ardonia

Sulawesi, Sangihe, Salayar Taractrocera ardonia ardonia ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

T. a. lamia Evans, 1934

Taractrocera sumatrensis Evans, 1949

Taractrocera archias (Felder, 1860)

Malaya, Philippines. See [About maps] Pamphila archias Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 462, TL: Amboina
Thymelicus ziclea Plötz, 1884; Stett. ent. Ztg 45 (7-9) : 289

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260

Hesperia dschaka Plötz, 1885; 227, TL: Java, Batavia

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261

?Taractrocera talantus turica Seitz, 1927; 1076, TL: java

= ?; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261
= ?Taractrocera nigrolimbata ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

Taractrocera ziclea aurea Evans, 1932; 398 (nom. nud.)

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261

Taractrocera ziclea ikramana Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 94, TL: E.Java

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261

Taractrocera archias ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 3]; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260

T. a. archias

Taractrocera archias archias ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 262

T. a. bavius Mabille, 1891

Taractrocera bavius Mabille, 1891; clxxxiv, TL: Timor
Taractrocera archias bavius ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

T. a. quinta Swinhoe, [1912]

Burma Taractrocera quinta Swinhoe, [1912]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica 10 : 122, TL: Burma
Taractrocera archias quinta ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261; [BMP: pl. 59, f. 3-4]

T. a. kisaga Fruhstorfer, 1910

Lombok Taractrocera archias kisaga Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 95, TL: Lombok
Taractrocera archias kisaga ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 262

T. a. samadha Fruhstorfer, 1910

Burma Taractrocera ziclea samadha Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 94, TL: Burma, Thayetmyo
Taractrocera archias samadha ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261

Taractrocera nigrolimbata (Snellen, 1876)

-. See [About maps] Thymelicus nigrolimbata Snellen, 1876; 165, pl. 7, f. 5, TL: Java
Hesperia aliena Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 228, TL: Java

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

Thymelicus myconius Plötz, 1885; 230, TL: Sulawesi

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

Taractrocera archias godhania Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 95, TL: Sumba

= ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

Taractrocera nigrolimbata ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

T. n. nigrolimbata

Taractrocera aliena aliena ; [BMP: 379, pl. 61, f. 16]
Taractrocera nigrolimbata nigrolimbata ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

T. n. talanta (Plötz, 1885)

Sulawesi Thymelicus talantus Plötz, 1885; 230, TL: Sulawesi, Bonthain
Taractrocera nigrolimbata talanta ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 264
Taractrocera nigrolimbata talantus ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

Taractrocera luzonensis (Staudinger, 1889)

-. See [About maps] Pamphila luzonensis Staudinger, 1889; 145, TL: Luzon
Taractrocera luzonensis ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 259; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

T. l. luzonensis

Philippines (Luzon) Taractrocrea luzonensis luzonensis ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 259

T. l. tissara Fruhstorfer, 1910

Sumatra Taractrocera ziclea tissara Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 95, TL: W.Sumatra
Taractrocera luzonenis tissara ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260

T. l. dongala Evans, 1932

Sulawesi, Banggai, Sula Is. Taractrocera ziclea dongala Evans, 1932; 398, TL: Sulawesi, Dongala
Taractrocera luzonensis dongala ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

T. l. zenia Evans, 1934

Burma Taractrocera ziclea zenia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 149, TL: Burma, Mergui
Taractrocera luzonensis zenia ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260
Taractrocera ziclea zenia ; [BMP: 379, pl. 59, f. 2]

T. l. stella Evans, 1934

Borneo Taractrocera ziclea stella Evans, 1934; 149, TL: Borneo
Taractrocera luzonensis stella ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260

T. l. bessa Evans, 1949

Salayar, Tukangbesi, Tanahjampea Taractrocera ziclea bessa Evans, 1949; 361, TL: Toekan Bessi
Taractrocera luzonensis bessa ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

Taractrocera anisomorpha (Lower, 1911)

AU. See [About maps] Bibla anisomorpha Lower, 1911
Taractrocera anisomorpha, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [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, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932

AU. See [About maps] Taractrocera iola Waterhouse, 1933
Taractrocera ina, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [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]
Hesperia flaccus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 434

= ; [NHM]

Taractrocera lineata Druce, 1874; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 109, pl. 16, f. 7, TL: Nahconchaisee

= ; [NHM]

Taractrocera maevius ; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 172, pl. 70, f. 5; [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, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [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)

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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.

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, 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, 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-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[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

[NCB]

Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis; NCB naturalis

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

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 : 1-267, 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

Druce, 1874

A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. L. Layard at Chentaboon and Nahconchaisee, Siam, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 102-109, pl. 16

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)

Felder, 1860

Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462

Fruhstorfer, 1910

Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (3): 58 (1 March), (4): 59-74 (1 April), (5): 75-104 (1 May)

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. Leiden 65 (19): 257-265 [1991]

Mabille, 1904

Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (A): 1-78 (1903), (B): 79-142 (1904), (C): 143-182 (1904), (D): 183-210 (1904)

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, pl. 30-31

Moore, [1881]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)

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

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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