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Telicota Moore, [1881]

Palm Darts
Telicota Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 169 (misidentified original TS Papilio augias Linnaeus), TS: Papilio colon Fabricius
Astychus ; [BIR, 478 (Astycus?)]
Telicota (Hesperiinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

600x400 (~40Kb) India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 12.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

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

Larva on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum, Imperata cylindrica, Cocos nucifera, Calamus [BMP]

Telicota anisodesma Lower, 1911

AU. See [About maps] Telicota anisodesma, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on Leptaspis banksii?, Flagellaria indica K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Queensland. See [About maps] Pamphila ancilla Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; Stettin ent. Ztg 30 (1-3) : 79, no. 59, TL: Rockhampton
Pamphila olivescens Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Telicota baudina Evans, 1949
Telicota ancilla, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Telicota ancilla ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 11 (text)]

Larva on Imperata cylindrica, Paspalum urvillei, Sorghum halepense, S. spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

T. a. horisha Evans, 1934

Taiwan Telicota ancilla horisha Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (9): 208, TL: Formosa
Telicota ancilla horsha[sic?] ; [MRS, 743]

T. a. santa Evans, 1934

Borneo ancilla santa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (10): 231

Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763)

Ceylon, India, Burma, AU. See [About maps] Pale Palm Dart
Papilio augias Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad., 6: 410
Pamphila krefftii Macleay, 1866; Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1 : liv, TL: Cap York
Telicota argilus Waterhouse, 1933
Telicota augias, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
kreffti ; Masters, 1873, (missp.)
Telicota augias ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 402; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 9]; [MRS, 742]

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

T. a. augias

Telicota augias augias ; [BMP: 383, pl. 59, f. 46-48]

Telicota brachydesma Lower, 1908

AU. See [About maps] Telicota brachydesma, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

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

Telicota eurotas (C. Felder, 1860)

AU. See [About maps] Pamphila eurotas C. Felder, 1860
Telicota laconia Waterhouse, 1937
Telicota eurotas, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

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

T. e. eurychlora Lower, 1908

Telicota eurychlora ;

Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775)

AU. See [About maps] Common Palm Dart
Papilio colon Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 531, no. 376, TL: India
Telicota colon, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Telicota colon ; [MRS, 742]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

Larva on (reared on) Sorghum verticilliflorum K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Chrysopogon, Imperata, Microstegium, Miscanthus, Ophiurus, Oryza, Phragmites, Pennisetum, Saccharum, Setaria, Zizania Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

T. c. argeus (Plötz, 1883)

Australia, Lesser Sunda Is. Hesperia argeus Plötz, 1883
Telicota argeus ;
Telicota colon argeus ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

Larva on Miscanthus sinensis var. strictus Dunn, 1995, Victorian Ent. 25 (5): -

T. c. elsa Evans, 1934

Papua colon elsa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (9): 207, TL: Papua

T. c. vaja Corbet, 1942

Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi Telicota vaja Corbet, 1942; Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (B) 11 (6): 94
Telicota colon vaja ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

T. c. stinga Evans, 1949

N.Vietnam Telicota stinga Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 392, no. L7.3, TL: Malacca, Malaysia
Telicota colon stinga ; [MRS, 742]; [BMP: 384, pl. 59, f. 44-45]

T. c. vega Evans, 1949

Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907

-. See [About maps] Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119) : 433, TL: Ternate
Telicota ternatensis ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

T. t. moorei Rothschild, 1916

ternatensis moorei Rothschild, 1916; in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 40

T. t. sula Evans, 1932

Sula Is. ternatensis sula Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 405, TL: Mangoli
Telicota ternatensis sula ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

T. t. testa Evans, 1934

Sulawesi, Banggai ternatensis testa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (10): 232, TL: S.Celebes
Telicota ternatensis testa ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

T. t. ranga Evans, 1949

Talaud, Sangihe ternatensis ranga Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 403, TL: Sangir
Telicota ternatensis ranga ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

T. t. fenia Evans, 1949

New Ireland ternatensis fenia Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 404

T. t. solva Evans, 1949

ternatensis solva Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 404, TL: Florida

Telicota mesoptis Lower, 1911

AU. See [About maps] Telicota mesoptis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

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

Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883)

-. See [About maps] Hesperia ohara Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 226
Telicota ohara, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Telicota ohara ; [MRS, 743]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

Larva on Oryza, Setaria Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

T. o. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911

Taiwan Telicota ohara formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 29, TL: Formosa
Telicota ohara formosana ; [MRS, 743]

Larva on Setaria palmifolia, Cynodon doctylon [MRS]

T. o. rahula Fruhstorfer, 1911

Sulawesi ohara rahula Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 30, TL: S.Celebes
Telicota ohara rahula ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

T. o. jix Evans, 1949

S.Yunnan, ... Telicota jix Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 400, no. L13
Telicota ohara jix ; [BMP: 384, pl. 59, f. 55-57]

T. o. ixion Evans, 1949

Papua ohara ixion Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 401, TL: Aroa R.

Telicota linna Evans, 1949

S.Burma, Indo-China, Malaysia. See [About maps] Linna Palm Dart
Telicota linna Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 396, no. L7.8, TL: Sikkim
Telicota linna ; [MRS, 743]; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 11]; [BMP: 384, pl. 59, f. 52-54]

Telicota paceka Fruhstorfer, 1911

-. See [About maps]

T. p. affinis Rothschild, 1915

New Guinea Telicota affinis Rothschild, 1915; in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 40, TL: Snow Mts.

Telicota pythias Mabille²

Ceylon, India, Burma. See [About maps] Dark Palm Dart
Telicota pythias ; [BIR, 478]

A form of Telicota ancilla?

Telicota kezia Evans, 1949

New Britain. See [About maps] Telicota kezia ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 10]

T. k. lenna Evans, 1949

New Britain kezia lenna Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 402, TL: New Britain

Telicota laruta Evans, 1934

Papua. See [About maps] laruta Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (9): 208, TL: Papua

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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, 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

[Kedar Tokekar]

India

[LAMAS-2005]

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

[MRS]

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

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Corbet, 1942

The Linnaean Names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (3) Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (B) 11 (6): 91-94

Distant, 1886

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

Dunn, 1995

Biological notes on some eastern Australian butterflies Victorian Ent. 25 (5): 85-92

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

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

Eliot, 1959

New or little known Butterflies from Malaya Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7 (8) : 371-391, 7fgs., pl. 10

Evans, 1932

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

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)

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

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Fruhstorfer, 1911

Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 9-24 (1 February), (3): 25-40 (1 March), (4): 41-56 (1 April), (5): 57-72 (1 May), (6): 73-79, pl. 1 (1 June)

Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Neue Schmetterlinge aus dem "Museum Godeffroy" in Hamburg Stettin ent. Ztg 30 (1-3) : 65-80, pl. 1-4

Linnaeus, 1763

in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415

Macleay, 1866

[Lepidopterous Insects rom Cape York, presented to the Museum by Mr. Moore of H.M.S. "Salamander"] Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1 : liii-lv

Moore, 1878

Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 686-695, pl. 45

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

Plötz, 1883

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233

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

Rothschild, 1915; Rothschild, 1916

Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 1-146, : 147-148, : 149-162, : 163-168, : 169-182, : pl. 1-2

Swinhoe, 1907

New Species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119) : 430-436

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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