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Thoressa Swinhoe, [1913]
Thoressa Swinhoe, [1913]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica, 10 (120): 284, TS: Pamphila masoni Moore
Pedestes Watson, 1893; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 71, 81 (preocc. Pedestes Gray, 1842), TS: Isoteinon masuriensis Moore
Pedesta Hemming, 1934; Entomologist 67: 38 (repl. Pedestes Watson, 1893), TS: Isoteinon masuriensis Moore
= ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179
Thoressa ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179-186

Thoressa aina (de Nicéville, 1889)
Garhwal, Sikkim. See [About maps] Halpe aina de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3) : 176, pl. B, f. 8, TL: Sikkim

Thoressa bivitta (Oberthür, 1886)
W.China. See [About maps] Pamphila bivitta Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 28
Thoressa bivitta ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 38, 39]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 71 (note)

Thoressa cerata (Hewitson, 1876)
Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos. See [About maps] Hesperia cerata Hewitson, 1876; Ent. Mon. Mag. 13 (7): 152, TL: Sikkim
Thoressa cerata [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Thoressa decorata (Moore, [1881])
Ceylon. See [About maps] Halpe decorata Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 173
Thoressa decorata ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 12]

Thoressa fusca (Elwes, [1893])
Burma, W.China, SE.China, NE.India - N.Laos. See [About maps] Halpe fusca Elwes, [1893]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1892 (4): 653, pl. 43, f. 1, TL: Bernardmyo, N.Burma
Thoressa fusca fusca [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Thoressa fusca ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note)
Assam, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan Thoressa fusca fusca ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note), f. 39, pl. 3, f. 8
T. f. caenis (Leech, 1894)
Sichuan Halpe caenis Leech, 1894; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 625 (1893-1894), TL: Sichuan, Siao Lou
Thoressa breviprojecta Yuan & Wang, 2003; Entomotaxonomia 25 (1): 64-65, TL: Lu-shan, Sichuan
= ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182
Thoressa fusca caenis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 71 (note); Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182
T. f. debilis (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)
Assam Thoressa fusca debilis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 71 (note)
T. f. senna Evans, 1937
Yunnan, Sichuan Thoressa fusca senna Evans, 1937; , TL: Sichuan, Chia Kou Ho
Thoressa fusca senna ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note), f. 40, pl. 3, f. 9
T. f. strona Evans, 1949

Thoressa gupta de Nicéville, 1886
-. See [About maps]
Sikkim, NW.Yunnan Thoressa gupta gupta ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28, pl. 3, f. 6
T. g. leechii Evans, 1932
Sichuan, Guangdong Thoressa gupta leechii ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28, f. 38, pl. 3, f. 7; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182, f. 3 (m.gen), pl. 12b, f. 3-4
T. g. nujiangensis Huang, 2003
NW.Yunnan Thoressa gupta nujiangensis Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28, f. 35-37, pl. 3, f. 4-5, TL: Lishadi, Nujiang valley, NW.Yunnan

Thoressa horshana (Matsumura)
Thoressa horshana ; [MRS, 723]

Thoressa hyrie (de Nicéville, 1891)
SE.Tibet - N.Thailand, Laos, Burma. See [About maps] Halpe hyrie de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 388, pl. G, f. 34, TL: Naga Hills, India
Halpe lucasi merea Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 390, TL: Pemako, Mere, S.E.Tibet
Thoressa hyrie [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Thoressa latris (Leech, 1894)
W.Sichuan. See [About maps] Thoressa latris ; [MRS, 723]

Thoressa xiaoqingae Huang & Zhan, 2004
Guangdong. See [About maps] Thoressa xiaoqingae Huang & Zhan, 2004; Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 183, pl. 12b, f. 5-6, TL: Nanling Nature Reserve, Ru-yang, Guangdong, China

Thoressa masoni (Moore, [1879])
Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam. See [About maps] Pamphila masoni Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 842, pl. 411, f. 6, TL: Upper Tenasserim, Burma
Thoressa masoni [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Thoressa masoni ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 12 (text)]

Thoressa monastyrskyi Devyatkin, 1996
-. See [About maps] Thoressa monastyrskyi ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note)
T. m. annamita Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999
C.Vietnam Thoressa monastyrskyi annamita ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note)

Thoressa similissima Devyatkin, 2002
N.Vietnam. See [About maps] Thoressa similissima Devyatkin, 2002; Atalanta 33 (1/2): 127, pl. IV, f. 1-2, TL: N.Vietnam, Thanh Hoa, Ben En National Park
Thoressa similissima ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note)

Thoressa submacula (Leech, 1890)
N.Vietnam, S.China. See [About maps] Halpe submacula Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 48, TL: Chang Yang
Thoressa submacula [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Thoressa submacula ; [MRS, 723]; Devyatkin, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 127 (note), pl. IV. f. 3-4; Yoshino, 2003, Futao 43: 10 (note), f. 31-32
T. s. rubella Devyatkin, 1996
Thoressa submacula rubella ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note)

Thoressa horishama (Matsumura, 1910)
Taiwan Halpe horishama Matsumura, 1910; Ent. Z. 23: 181
Halpe formosa Seitz, 1926; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: pl. 171
Thoressa horishana[sic] ; Yoshino, 2003, Futao 43: 9 (note)

Thoressa varia (Murray, 1875)
Japan. See [About maps] varia (Murray, 1875) (Pamphila); Ent. mon. Mag. 11 (6/7): 172, TL: Japan
melancholica (Bryk, 1942) (Halpe); Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 56: 21, TL: China
Thoressa varia ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 40]; [BRU, 126]

Larva on Sasa kurilensis [BRU, Fukuda et al., 1984]


Thoressa naumanni (Huang, 1998)
SE.Tibet. See [About maps] Pedesta naumanni Huang, 1998; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 211, pl. 1, f. 1a-b, 2a-b, TL: Arni Bridge, Metok, S.E. Tibet, 1300m
Thoressa naumanni ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 23 (note)

Thoressa luanchuanensis (Wang & Niu, 2002)
Henan. See [About maps] Ampittia luanchuanensis Wang & Niu, 2002; Entomotaxonomia 24 (4): 278, f. 13-14, 34-38, TL: Luan-chuan, Henan
Thoressa nakai Yoshino, 2003; Futao 43: 9, f. 29-30, 39, 44, TL: Shennonia, Hubei
= ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182
Ampittia luanchuanensis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 24 (note, = Pedesta or Thoressa)
Thoressa luanchuanensis ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182

Thoressa masuriensis (Moore, 1878)
Himalayas - Assam. See [About maps] Isoteinon masuriensis Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 693
Pedesta masunerisis[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 23]
Pedesa masuriensis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 24 (note)
Thoressa masuriensis ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179
T. m. tali (Swinhoe, [1912])
Laos, Vietnam, N.Yunnan Pedestes masuriensis tali Swinhoe, [1912]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica, 10 (?): 149, TL: N.Yunnan
Pedesta masuriensis tali [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Pedesta masuriensis tali ;

Thoressa panda (Evans, 1937)
Pedesta panda Evans, 1937
Pedesta panda ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 24 (note)
Thoressa panda ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179

Thoressa pandita (de Nicéville, 1885)
Sikkim - Burma, N.Vietnam. See [About maps] Isoteinon pandita de Nicéville, 1885; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 54 (2): 121, pl. 2, f. 14, TL: Sikkim
Pedesta pandita [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Pedesta pandita ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 24 (note), f. 34, pl. 3, f. 3
Thoressa pandita ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179

Thoressa nanshaona Murayama, 1995
NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Thoressa nanshaona Murayama, 1995; Insect & Nature 30 (14): 33, TL: Teng-chong, Yunnan
Thoressa nanshaona ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note); Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 180, pl. 12b, f. 1-2

Thoressa blanchardii (Mabille, 1876)
-. See [About maps] Pedesta blanchardii Mabille, 1876
Pedesta blanchardii ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 24 (note), f. 32, pl. 3, f. 2
Thoressa blanchardii ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179
T. b. shensia (Evans, 1949)
China (Shaanxi) Pedesta blanchardii shensia Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 249, TL: Tapai Shan [Tai-bai-shan], S.Shensi
Thoressa abprojecta Wang & Yuan, 2003; Entomotaxonomia 25 (1): 63-64, TL: Qin-ling, Shaanxi
= ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182
Thoressa blanchardii shensia ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 182

Thoressa baileyi (South, 1913)
NW.Yunnan, W.Sichuan. See [About maps] Halpe baileyi South, 1913; J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc. 22 (3): 614, TL: Menkong
Pedesta baileyi nanka Evans, 1949
= ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 180
Thoressa dianchiana Murayama, 1995; Insect & Nature 30 (14): 33
= ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 180
Thoressa dianchiana ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 28 (note)
Pedesta baileyi ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 21]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 23 (note), f. 30, pl. 2, f. 17; Yoshino, 2003, Futao 43: 9 (note), f. 26, 28
Thoressa baileyi ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179, 180

Thoressa serena (Evans, 1937)
W.Sichuan, NW.Yunnan, NE.Burma, N.Vietnam. See [About maps] Pedesta serena Evans, 1937; Entomologist 70 (1): 16 (part 9), TL: Ta Tsien Lou,Sichuan
Pedesta serena [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Pedesta serena ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 23, f. 31, pl. 2, f. 18; Yoshino, 2003, Futao 43: 9 (note)
Thoressa serena ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179, 180

Thoressa cuneomaculata (Murayama, 1995)
Pedesta cuneomaculata Murayama, 1995
Pedesta cuneomaculata ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 24 (note), f. 33, pl. 3, f. 1
Thoressa cuneomaculata ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179

Thoressa hishikawai (Yoshino, 2003)
NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Pedesta hishikawai Yoshino, 2003; Futao 43: 9, f. 25, 27, 37, TL: Zhondian, 3900m, N.Yunnan
Thoressa hishikawai ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179, 180

Thoressa viridis (Huang, 2003)
NW.Yunnan. See [About maps] Pedesta viridis Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 23, f. 29, pl. 2, f. 16, TL: Sijitong, Nujiang valley, NW.Yunnan
Thoressa viridis ; Huang & Zhan, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179

 

Thoressa astigmata (Swinhoe, 1890)
Nilgiris astigmata (Swinhoe, 1890) (Parnara); Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29): 363, TL: Nilgiris

Thoressa evershedi (Evans, 1910)
evershedi (Evans, 1910) (Halpe); J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 389, TL: Palni Hills

Thoressa honorei (de Nicéville, 1887)
S.India. See [About maps] honorei (de Nicéville, 1887) (Halpe); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3): 464

Thoressa justini Inoue, 1969
Luzon. See [About maps] justini Inoue, 1969; Kontyû 37: 380

Thoressa kuata (Evans, 1940)
kuata (Evans, 1940) (Halpe); Entomologist 73: 230, TL: China

Thoressa latris (Leech, 1894)
W.China. See [About maps] latris (Leech, 1894) (Halpe); REF#: 623

Thoressa sitala (de Nicéville, 1885)
Calcutta. See [About maps] sitala (de Nicéville, 1885) (Halpe); J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 54 (2): 121, TL: Calcutta

Thoressa thandaunga (Evans, 1926)
thandaunga (Evans, 1926) (Halpe); J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 619

Thoressa zinnia (Evans, 1939)
zinnia (Evans, 1939) (Halpe); Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 8 (8): 165, TL: China

The ? species-group

Thoressa pedla (Evans, 1956)
Pedesta pedla Evans, 1956; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 9: 751
?Pedesta pedia ;


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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.
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU]
Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM


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Bryk, 1942
Zur Kenntnis der Großschmetterlinge der Kurilen Dt. Ent. Zeit. Iris, 56: 3-113 [?-90], 4fgs, 2pls
de Nicéville, 1885
Descriptions of some new Indian Rhopalocera J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 54 (2): 117-124, pl. 2
de Nicéville, 1887
Descriptions of some new or little-known Butterflies from India, with some Notes on the seasonal Dimorphism obtaining in the Genus Melanitis Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3): 448-467, pls. 39-40
de Nicéville, 1889
On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Revision of the Genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3) : 163-194, pl. A-B
de Nicéville, 1891
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G
Devyatkin, 2002
Hesperiidae of Vietnam 11: New tax of the subfamily Hesperiinae Atalanta 33 (1/2): 127-135
Elwes, [1893]
On Butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak. (1) and (2) Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 (2): 249-289, pl. 27 1892 (4): 617-664, pl. 43-44
Evans, 1910
A List of the Butterflies of the Palni Hills J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 380-391
Evans, 1926
The Identification of Indian Butterflies (11) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 615-637, pl. 32
Evans, 1932
The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls
Evans, 1937
Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 70 (1): 16-19 (part 9) (2): 38-40 (part 10) (3): 64-66 (part 11) (4): 81-83 (part 12)
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
Evans, 1956
Revisional Notes on the Hesperiidae of Europe, Asia and Australia Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 9: 749-752
Hewitson, 1876
Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera Ent. Mon. Mag. 13 (7): 149-152
Huang, 1998
Research on the butterflies of the Namjagbarwa Region, S. E. Tibet Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 41: 207-264
Huang, 2003
A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114
Huang & Zhan, 2004
Notes on the genera Thoressa and Pedesta, with description of a new species from South China Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 179-186, pl. 12b
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 (2): 25-26 : 26-50 81-83 109-114, pl. 1
Leech, 1894
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894) (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
Moore, 1878
Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 686-695
Moore, [1879]
A list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 821-859, pl. 51-53
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
Murayama, 1995
Description of 3 new speices 5 new races of Chinese butteflies from Yunnan Province Insect & Nature 30 (14): 32-35, 8 fgs
Murray, 1875
Notes on Japanese Butterflies, with descriptions of new Genera and Species Ent. mon. Mag. 11 (6/7): 166-172, 163-168
Oberthür, 1886
Espèces Nouvelles de Lépidoptères du Thibet / Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 13-38, pl. 1-7
South, 1913
A list of butterflies collected by Captain F.M. Bailey in western China, south-eastern Tibet, and the Mishimi hills, 1911 J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc. 22 (3): 598-615
Swinhoe, 1890
New Species of Indian Butterflies Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29): 353-365
Wang & Niu, 2002
Description of new species of Chinese bufferflies [in Chines] Entomotaxonomia 24 (4): 276-282
Watson, 1893
A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 3-133, pls 1-3
Yoshino, 2003
New butterflies from China 8 Futao 43: 6-19
Wang & Yuan, 2003; Yuan & Wang, 2003
Two new species of the genus Thoressa from China Entomotaxonomia 25 (1): 61-66


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