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Thymelicus Hübner, [1819]

Thymelicus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (8): 113, TS: Papilio acteon Rottenburg
Adopoea Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 81, TS: Papilio linea Denis & Schiffermüller
Thymelinus Stephens, 1835; Ill. Br. Ent., (Haustellata) 4 (3): 405 (missp.)
Pelion Kirby, 1858; List. Brit. Rhop.: ?, TS: Papilio linea Denis & Schiffermüller
Thymeticus ; Edwards, 1871, (misspel.)
Adopaea ; Scudder, 1875, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10 (2) : 103 (misspel.); McDunnough, 1938, (misspel.)

Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)

Canary Islands, NAF, SEU, CEU, Lebanon, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Lullworth Skipper Dorada oscura Fläckig tåtelsmygare Karłątek akteon
Papilio acteon Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6: 30, TL: Germany
Thymelicus acteon, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thymelicus acteon, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus acteon, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Thymelicus acteon ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 33]; [BRU, 127]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Bromus [H&R], (in Europe) Holcus lanatus, Elytrigia repens, Brachypodium sylvaticum [BMAT], Agropyron repens, Poa annua, Brachypodium sylvaticum [BRU]

T. a. orana Evans, 1949

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Thymelicus acteon orana Evans, 1949; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 19: 345, TL: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
Thymelicus acteon maurus Picard, 1950; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 28: 126, TL: Casablanca (Morocco)
Thymelicus acteon orana ; [BMAT: 96, pl. 31, f. 30-34]

Thymelicus hamza (Oberthür, 1876)

N.Africa. See [About maps] Moroccan Small Skipper
Hesperia hamza Oberthür, 1876; Étud. d'Ent. 1 : 28, pl. 3, f. 2a-c, TL: Province of Oran (Algeria)
Thymelicus hamza, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Thymelicus hamza ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 33 (text)]

T. h. hamza

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Thymelicus hamza hamza ; [BMAT: 96, pl. 31, f. 35-40]

T. h. novissima Turati, 1921²

Cyrenaica Thymelicus hamza novissima ; [BMAT: 97 (note)]

Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808

EU, NAF, C.Asia, Amurland, NA (introduced). See [About maps] Lauhahiipijä Essex Skipper European Skipperling European Skipper Tåtelsmygare Dorada linea corta Karłątek ryska
Thymelicus lineola Ochsenheimer, 1808; Schmett. Europa 1 (2): 230, TL: Germany
virgula (Hübner, [1813])
ludoviciae (Mabille, 1883)
Thymelicus pallida Tutt, 1896
Thymelicus lineola lineola, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thymelicus lineola, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thymelicus lineola, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Thymelicus lineola, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Thymelicus lineola, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Thymelicus lineola, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thymelicus lineola, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus lineola, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Thymelicus lineola ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 34 (text)]; [BRU, 126]; [NACL, #4012]; [BOC, 68]; [Opler]; [Otakar Kudrna]

450x462 (~40Kb) upperside Bois de Caurel, Brittany, France 11/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	450x321 (~32Kb) underside Bois de Caurel, Brittany, France 11/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	500x492 (~28Kb) upperside Finland, Tampere, Peltolammi, 6820:326, 1996?, Photo © Tero Piirainen
500x558 (~42Kb) underside Finland, Tampere, Peltolammi, 6820:326, 1996?, Photo © Tero Piirainen	604x524 (~80Kb) female Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 30.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	identification uncertain 900x1160 (~145Kb) upperside Russia, Udmurtia, Izhevsk (parklike areas along shore of "Izhevsky Prud"), 5.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
600x529 (~109Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 30.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov Thymelicus sylvestris?

Larva on Gramineae, Calamagrostis epigejos, Deschampsia caespitosa, Elytrigia repens [SPRK]

Larva on Agropyron repens, Phleum pratense, Dactylis spp., Arrhenatherum elatus [BRU]

Larva on Phelum arvense [NAB]

T. l. semicolon Staudinger, 1892

Morocco, Algeria Thymelicus lineola var. semicolon Staudinger, 1892; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 282, TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Thymelicus lineola ifranensis Picard, 1950; Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 28: 128, TL: Ifrane (Morocco)
Thymelicus lineola semicolon ; [BMAT: 97, pl. 31, f. 46-49]

T. l. kushana Wyatt, 1961

Afghanistan Thymelicus lineola kushana Wyatt, 1961; J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 18, TL: Shiva Mts., N. Badakhshan, 8500, Afghanistan

Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda, 1761)

Morocco, EU, Asia Minor, Iran. See [About maps] Small Skipper Stor Tåtelsmygare Ockergelber Braundickkopffalter La Bande Noire Dorada linea larga Karłątek leśny
Papilio sylvestris Poda, 1761; Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 79, TL: Graz, Austria
flava (Brünnich, 1763)
flava (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Hesperia thaumas Hufnagel, 1766
Papilio linea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 160
flavus Müller, 1776
Thymelicus sylvestris, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Thymelicus sylvestris, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thymelicus sylvestris, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus sylvestris, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Thymelicus sylvestris ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 34]; [BRU, 127]; [Otakar Kudrna]

400x329 (~32Kb) upperside Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire, UK 24/06/91, Photo © Simon Coombes	785x500 (~90Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 15.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	791x636 (~93Kb) female Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
identification uncertain 818x614 (~108Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 24.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Aira, Piptatherum, Holcus, (etc) [H&R] Phleum [BRU], (in Spain) Holcus lanatus, Brachypodium sylvaticum, (in Europe) Deschampsia sp., Oryzopsis sp. [BMAT]

T. s. iberica (Tutt, 1905)

Morocco, Algeria Adopaea flavus ab. iberica Tutt, 1905; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 1: 107, TL: Spain, France
Thymelicus sylvestris iberica ; [BMAT: 97, pl. 31, f. 41-45]

T. s. syriaca

Greece, Middle East Thymelicus sylvestris syriaca ; [BMAT: 97 (note)]

Thymelicus hyrax (Lederer, 1861)

Greece, Asia Minor, Iran, Israel. See [About maps] hyrax (Lederer, 1861); Wien. ent. Monats. 5 : 149, pl. 1, f. 6, TL: "Antiochia", Turkey
pfeifferi Bytinsky-Salz & Brandt, 1937
Thymelicus hyrax, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Thymelicus hyrax, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus hyrax ; [BRU, 128]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Thymelicus alaica (Filipjev, 1931)

Ghissar, Alai, Darvaz, W.Pamirs, Tian-Shan. See [About maps] alaica (Filipjev, 1931); in Abh., Pamir-Exped. Leningrad, 8: 149, f. 1, TL: W.Ghissar and Alai
Thymelicus alaica, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus alaicus ;
Thymelicus alaica ; [BRU, 128]

Thymelicus stigma Staudinger, 1886

Ghissar. See [About maps] Thymelicus stigma Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 252, TL: Samarkand
Thymelicus stigma, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus stigma ; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 34 (text)]; [BRU, 128]

Thymelicus leonina (Butler, 1878)

S.China, Amur, Ussuri, Japan. See [About maps] leonina (Butler, 1878); Cist. Ent. 2 (19) : 286, TL: Japan
Thymelicus leonina, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus leonina ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 41 (text)]; [BRU, 129]
Thymelicus leoninus ; [MRS, 735]

Larva on Bromus, Brachypodium, Agropyron [BRU]

T. l. hamadakohi Fujioka, 1993

T. l. tatsius Evans

Thymelicus leoninus tatsius ; [MRS, 735]

Thymelicus sylvatica (Bremer, 1861)

Amur, Ussuri, SW.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] sylvatica (Bremer, 1861); Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 3: 557, TL: Ussuri
Thymelicus sylvatica, Extracts from [BRU] by [Ilya Osipov]
Thymelicus sylvatica ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 41]; [BRU, 128]
Thymelicus sylvaticus ; [MRS, 735]

Larva on Calamagrostis, Bromus, Agropyron, Brachypodium, Carex [BRU]

T. s. astigmatus (Leech)

Thymelicus sylvaticus astigmatus ; [MRS, 735]

T. s. teneprosus (Leech)

Thymelicus sylvaticus teneprosus ; [MRS, 735]

T. s. occidentalis (Leech)

Thymelicus sylvaticus occidentalis ; [MRS, 735]

Thymelicus nervulata (Mabille, 1876)

W.China. See [About maps] Pamphila? nervulata Mabille, 1876; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6 : lvi, TL: Tibet, Mou-Pin
Thymelicus nervulata ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 41 (text)]

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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.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOC]

Robert Michael Pyle, 2002; The Butterflies of Cascadia

[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

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ilya Osipov]

The insects from former USSR for collectors Web site; e-mail: Ilya Osipov; http://www.osipov.org/insects/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MRS]

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

[NAB]

Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

[²]

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

Some related literature:

Butler, 1878

On some Butterflies recently sent home from Japan by Mr. Montagne Fenton Cist. Ent. 2 (19) : 281-286

Filipjev, 1931

Lepidoptera in Abh., Pamir-Exped. Leningrad, 8: 143-174

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Lederer, 1861

Über Alb. Kindermanns letzte lepidopterologische Ausbeute Wien. ent. Monats. 5 : 144-155

Mabille, 1876

[Hespérides] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6 : ix-xi,[9-11], : xxv-xxvii,[25-27], : liv-lvii,[54-57], : clii-cliii,[152-153]

Oberthür, 1876

Sur la Faune des Lépidoptères de l'Algerie Étud. d'Ent. 1 : 1-74, pl. 1-4

Ochsenheimer, 1808

Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Erster Band, Zweyte Abtheilung Schmett. Europa 1 (2): 240pp

Poda, 1761

Insecta Musei Graecensis, quae in ordines, genera et species juxta Systema Naturae Caroli Linnaei digessit Ins. Mus. Graecensis: 8+127, 2pls

Scudder, 1875

Historical Sketch of the Generic Names proposed for Butterflies: A Contribution to Systematic Nomenclature Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10 (2) : 91-293

Staudinger, 1886

Centralasiatische Lepidopteren Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (4-6): 193-215, (7-9): 225-256

Staudinger, 1892

Lepidopteren aus Tunis Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 277-300

Stephens, 1835

Illustrations of British Entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable Ill. Br. Ent., (Haustellata) 4 (1): pl. 33-41 (1831), (2): 1-352 (1834), (3): 353-436 (1835)

Wyatt, 1961

Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 1-18, 3pls

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.