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Unkana Distant, 1886: Unkana Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 369, 370, TS: Unkana batara Distant
Zea Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 369, 377, TS: Hesperia mytheca Hewitson

Unkana ambasa (Moore, [1858])

Sumatra, Malaya, Philippines. See [About maps] Ismene ambasa Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 248, pl. 7, f. 6, 6a
Unkana ambasa ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 25]

Larva on Pandanus fascicularis, Psychotria viridiflora [BMP]

Java latreillei (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Hesperia); Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 511, TL: Java
cruda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Goniloba); CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (12): 195, TL: Java
anitta (Plötz, 1882) (Hesperia); Stettin ent. Ztg 43 (7-9): 339, pl.
palawana Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 19, TL: Palawan
chaon Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 333

U. a. attina (Hewitson, [1866])

S.Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos Hesperia attina Hewitson, [1866]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 (6) : 489, TL: "India"
Unkana ambasa attina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

U. a. batara Distant, 1886

S.Vietnam, Malaya, Thailand, Langkawi, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Batoe Hoary Palmer
Unkana batara Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana : 370, pl. 34, f. 11, TL: Malaysia
Unkana ambasa batara, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Unkana ambasa batara ; [BMP: 376, pl. 58, f. 5-6]

U. a. tranga Evans, 1949

Nias ambasa tranga Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 333, TL: Nias

Unkana flava Evans, 1932

Burma, N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam. See [About maps] Unkana attina var. flava Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 386, TL: Tonkin

Unkana mindanaensis Fruhstorfer, 1911

Philippines. See [About maps] mindanaensis Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 19, TL: Mindanao

Unkana mytheca (Hewitson, 1877)

Malaya. See [About maps] Hesperia mytheca Hewitson, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109) : 81, TL: Malaysia
Unkana mytheca mytheca, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Unkana mytheca ; [BOW: pl. 189, f. 26]

S.Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka Unkana mytheca mytheca ; [BMP: 376, pl. 58, f. 12-13]

U. m. kala (Evans, 1932)

Nias mytheca kala (Evans, 1932) (Zea); Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 385, TL: Nias

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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.
[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
[LAMAS-2005]: Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[NHM]: Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
[Yutaka Inayoshi]: A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:

Distant, 1886: Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Rhopalocera Malayana : 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44
Evans, 1932: The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls
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
C. & R. Felder, [1867]: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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: Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204
Hewitson, [1866]: Descriptions of new Hesperidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 (6) : 479-501
Hewitson, 1877: Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109) : 76-85
Moore, [1858]: A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Plötz, 1882: Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (1) & (2) Stettin ent. Ztg 43 (7-9): 314-344, (10-12): 436-456

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