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Oreolyce Toxopeus, 1927
Oreolyce Toxopeus, 1927; Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 256, 277, TS: Lycaena quadriplaga Snellen
Arletta Hemming, 1935; Stylops 4: 3 (repl. for Moorea Toxopeus, 1927), TS: Polyommatus vardhana Moore
Moorea Toxopeus, 1927; Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 255 (homonym Moorea Jones & Kirby, 1869), TS: Polyommatus vardhana Moore
= Arletta ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449
Arletta (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449
Oreolyce (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449

Subgenus Oreolyce
Oreolyce; (5 sp.)

Oreolyce quadriplaga (Snellen, 1892)
Malaya?, Java. See [About maps] Naga Hedge Blue
Lycaena quadriplaga Snellen, 1892; Tijdschr. Ent. 35 (3/4) : 143
Celastrina quadriplaga ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 22]
Lycaenopsis quadriplaga ; [BIR, 280 (note) (Nagas)]

Oreolyce nearcha (Fruhstorfer, 1917)
Lycaenopsis nearcha Fruhstorfer, 1917; Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 23, pl. 2, f. 11
?Sidima nearcha ;

Oreolyce archena (Corbet, 1940)
Malaya? Celastrina archena Corbet, 1940; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9 (8): 143
O. a. archena (Corbet, 1940)
Oreolyce archena archena ; [BMP: 238, pl. 35, f. 1-3]
O. a. boultoides Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Oreolyce (Oreolyce) archena boultoides Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 32, f. 8-9, 220-221, 244, 245, TL: Sumatra, Liwa

Oreolyce boulti (Chapman, 1912)

Oreolyce dohertyi (Tytler, 1915)

Subgenus Arletta Hemming, 1935
Arletta Hemming, 1935; (1 sp.)

Oreolyce vardhana (Moore, [1875])
Himalayas (Kashmir - Kumaon). See [About maps] Dusky Hedge Blue
Polyommatus vardhana Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 572, pl. 66, f. 5, TL: Jako, valle of Rupin river, Busahir
Celastrina vardhana ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 25]
Lycaenopsis vardhana ; [BIR, 275]
O. v. nepalica (Forster, 1980)
Yunnan, ... nepalica ; Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983, Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 36, f. 12
Oreolyce (Arletta) vardhana nepalica ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 106 (note), f. 168


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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.
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 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
[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+)


Some related literature:
Corbet, 1940
A note on the Celastrina quadriplaga complex. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9 (8): 143
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
Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History) Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 309 pp., 560 figs
Fruhstorfer, 1917
Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis auf Grund morphologischer Vergleiche der Klammerorgane Archiv Naturg. (A) 82 (1) : 1-42, 2 pls. (January)
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
Moore, [1875]
Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 565-579, pl. 66-67
Snellen, 1892
Beschrijving van eenige nieuwe Javaansche Dagvlinders Tijdschr. Ent. 35 (3/4) : 133-147
Toxopeus, 1927
Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis Felder und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. (Mit Einführung von 6 neuen Genera, Beschreibung von 2 neuen Species un 5 neuen Subspecies). Lycaenidae Australasiae II Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 232-302, pl. 1, 27 text figs.


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