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Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Hesperioidea
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
- Caprona Wallengren, 1857
-
Ragged Skippers
Caprona Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 51, TS: Caprona pillaana Wallengren
Abaratha (Hesperiidae)Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 181, TS: Pterygospidea ransonnetii Felder
Stethotrix Mabille, 1889; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889 : clxxxiv [184], TS: Stethotrix heterogyna Mabille
Caprona (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 400]; [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64
South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Moçambique - E.Africa, Ethiopia, SW.Arabia. See [About maps]
Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 51
Stethotrix heterogyna Mabille, 1889; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889 : clxxxiv [184]
Caprona pillaana ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 41]; [BK: 400, pl. 58, f. 756]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Dombeya rotundifolia [PBSA],
Grewia [BK]
South West Africa. See [About maps]
Caprona cassualalla Bethune-Baker, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8 (46) : 506
Caprona cassualalla ; [AfrL]
Larva on
Grewia sp.,
G. teste? [PBSA]
W.Africa - Uganda, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan. See [About maps]
Western Ragged Skipper
Caprona adelica ; [AfrL]
Caprona adelica adelica ; [BK: 400, pl. 58, f. 757]
-. See [About maps]
Pyrgus agama Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 249, pl. 7, f. 1, 1a, TL: Java
Caprona agama agama, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caprona agama ; [MRS, 707]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64
Larva on
Microcos,
Laportea Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64
S.India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China, Java, Sulawesi
Pterygospidea erosula C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 529, pl. 73, f. 3, TL: Celebes
Pterygospidea syrichthus C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 530, pl. 72, f. 22-23, TL: Java
Tagiades danae Plötz, 1884; Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884) : 43
Abaratha saraya Doherty, 1886; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (2) : 138, TL: Kumaon, India
Abaratha siamica Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119) : 432, TL: Shan States, Siam
Caprona syrichthus pelias Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (31): 139, TL: Tonkin, Than-Moi
Caprona syrichthus pelias Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (39): 173, TL: Tonkin, Chiem-Hoa; Than-Moi
Caprona erosula(?) pelligera Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (39): 173, TL: S.Celebes, "Pik von Bonthain"
Caprona mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 22 (42) : 173
Caprona erosula ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 22]
Caprona syrichthus ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 24]
Caprona agama agama ; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965, Tyô to Ga 15 (4) : 93, f. 51-54; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64
Burma, Siam, S.Vietnam. See [About maps]
Abaratha alida de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 394, pl. G, f. 40, TL: Tilin Yaw, N.Burma
?Abaratha alida f. mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 89
Caprona alida alida, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Caprona alida ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 24 (text)]
Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Hainan, S.China
Caprona elwesii Watson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (4) : 674, TL: Bernardmyo
Abaratha parvopunctata Mabille & Boullet, 1917; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1917 (4): 101, TL: Cochin-China
Caprona alida alida ; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965, Tyô to Ga 15 (4) : 94, f. 55-56
S.India - Igatpuri, Kalka, Assam, Burma, Ceylon. See [About maps]
Golden Angle
Pterygospidea ransonnetii Felder, 1868; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2) : 284
Pterygospidea potiphera Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pterygospidea): [118], pl. [59], f. 7, TL: Neilgherries
Abaratha ransonneti ; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 182, pl. [67] 97, f. 1
Caprona ransonnetti[sic?] ; [BIR, 465]
Caprona ransonnetti[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 185, f. 23]
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Abaratha taylorii de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 88, pl. 10, f. 13 ♂, TL: Khurda, Orissa
31.1.2013 (6)
- 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.
- [AfrL]
- Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
- [BIR]
- Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
- [BK]
- Larsen, 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
- [BOW]
- Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- [CiNii]
- http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
- [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
- [NHM]
- Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- [PBSA]
- Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978
- [Yutaka Inayoshi]
- A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
- Some related literature:
- Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera from Tropical Africa
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8 (46)
: 506-542
- de Nicéville, [1884]
- On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4)
: 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10
- 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
- Doherty, 1886
- A list of Butterflies taken in Kumaon
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (2)
: 103-140
- Felder, 1868
- Diagnose neuer von E. Baron v. Ransonnet in Vorder-Indien gesammelter Lepidopteren
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2)
: 281-286
- 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, 1909
- Lepidopterologisches Pęle-Męle. XIII. Illustrationen interessanter Tagfalter
Ent. Zs. 22 (42)
: 172-175, f. 1-10 (16 January)
- Fruhstorfer, 1909
- Neue Hesperiden
Ent. Zs. 23
(30): 135-136 (23 October),
(31): 138-139 (30 October),
(39): 171-174 (25 December)
- 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, 1873
- Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [5]
: (Systematic Index) V,
(Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867),
(Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870),
(Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875),
(Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872),
(Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854),
(Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859),
(Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860),
(Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867),
(Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871),
(Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866),
(Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872),
(Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853),
(Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865),
(Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871),
(Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853),
(Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858),
(Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863),
(Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874),
(Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873),
(Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870),
(Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853),
(Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875),
(Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876),
(Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870),
(Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871),
(Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875),
(Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853),
(Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866),
(Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873),
(Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876),
(Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857),
(Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869),
(Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871),
(Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873),
(Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875),
(Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867),
(Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873),
(Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875),
(Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874),
(Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867),
(Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868),
(Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869),
(Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872),
(Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873),
(Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876),
(Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869),
(Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875),
(Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873),
(Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874),
(Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
- Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965
- Hesperiid butterflies from South Vietnam (2)
Tyô to Ga 15 (4)
: 84-105
- Mabille, 1889
- [no title]
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889
: ix-x,[9-10],
: lxxxiv-lxxxv,[84-85],
: xcix-c,[99-100],
: cxlix-cl,[149-150],
: clv-clvi,[155-156],
: clxvii-clxix,[167-169],
: clxxxiii-clxxxiv,[183-184]
- Mabille & Boullet, 1917
- Description d'Hespérides nouveaux
Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1917
(1): 54-60,
(4): 97-101
- 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
- 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, 1884
- Die Hesperiinen-Gruppe der Achlyoden
Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884)
: 1-55
- 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
- Wallengren, 1857
- Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade ĺren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4)
: 1-55
- Watson, 1897
- Notes on a collection of butterflies from the north Chin Hills and upper Chindwin District, Burma
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (4)
: 634-687, pl. A.
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