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Liphyra Westwood, 1864

Liphyra Westwood, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 31, TS: Liphyra brassolis Westwood
Sterosis C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 219, TS: Sterosis robusta C. & R. Felder

= ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 426

Liphyra, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Liphyra (Liphyrinae) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 426
Liphyra (Liphyrini) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 113

Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864

India, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Moluccas, Malaya - Australia. See [About maps] Moth Butterfly
Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 31
Liphyra brassolis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Liphyra brassolis brassolis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Liphyra brassolis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Liphyra brassolis ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 34; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 626; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 8]; [BOR, 545]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 114

Larva on Nauclea orientalis, (eggs. on) (later in nests of Oecophylla smaragdina F.) [BMP]

In ant nests, feeding on ant larvae [BIR]

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

L. b. brassolis

Sikkim - Burma Liphyra f. extensa Gaede, 1917; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 8: 404
Liphyra f. grandis Gaede, 1917; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 8: 404
Liphyra brassolis brassolis ; [BOR, 545]

L. b. abbreviata Strand, 1911

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo Liphyra abbreviata Strand, 1911; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 5 (2) : 308
Liphyra brassolis abbreviata ; [BMP: 217, pl. 34, f. 1]; [BOR, 545]

L. b. major Rothschild, 1898

Queensland (Cape York - Mackay) Liphyra brassolis major Rothschild, 1898; Novit. Zool. 5 (1) : 97, TL: N.Queensland
Liphyra brassolis major ; [BAUR, 300]

L. b. melania Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Darwin, Groote Eylandt Liphyra melania Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Liphyra brassolis melania ; [BAUR, 300 (text)]

L. b. robusta (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

Moluccas, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Manam, Solomon Is. Sterosis robusta C. & R. Felder, 1865; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 219, pl. 27, f. 10-11, TL: Halmaheira
Liphyra brassolis robusta ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 396; [BAUR, 300]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 114

Larva preys on Ocecophylla Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 114

L. b. justini Schröder & Treadaway, 1988

Philippines

L. b. hermelnuydai Schröder & Treadaway, 1998

Philippines

Liphyra castnia Strand, 1911

New Guinea. See [About maps] Liphyra castnia Strand, 1911; Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 5 (2) : 305
Liphyra castnia ; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 9]; [BAUR, 300]

Liphyra grandis Weymer, 1902

New Guinea. See [About maps] Liphyra grandis Weymer, 1902; Ent. Zs. 16 (2) : 6, TL: New Guinea
Liphyra grandis ; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 9 (text)]

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References:

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[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, 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

[BOR]

D'Abrera, 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, 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

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:

Druce, 1895

A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34

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, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

C. & R. Felder, 1865

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)

Hewitson, 1878

Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)

Rothschild, 1898

On some new or rare Lepidoptera of the Old-World regions Novit. Zool. 5 (1) : 96-102

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

Strand, 1911

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lycaenidengattung Liphyra Westw. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 5 (2) : 305-309

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

Westwood, 1864

[no title] Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 : 10-12, 31

Weymer, 1902

Zwei neue Tagfalter aus Neuguinea Ent. Zs. 16 (2) : 5-6

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