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Chliaria Moore, 1884

Tits
Chliaria Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 32, TS: Hypolycaena othona Hewitson
Chliaria (Hypolycaenini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 438

Some taxa in Hypolycaena may still need moving here...

Chliaria kina (Hewitson, 1869)

Tsekou, Dun - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Blue Tit
Hypolycaena kina Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 13, pl. 5, f. 32-34, TL: Darjeeling
Chliaria kina kina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Chliaria kina ; [BIR, 353]; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 33]; [MRS, 648]
Hypolycaena kina ;

Larva on Rhynchostylis retusa [MRS]

C. k. kina

NW.India - Thailand, Burma, Laos, Vietnam Hypolycaena kina kina
Hypolycaena kina kina ; [BOR, 622]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 102 (note)

C. k. celastroides Corbet, 1938

Peninsular Malaya Chliaria celastroides Corbet, 1938; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (2): 254
Chliaria kina celastroides ; [BMP: 321, pl. 49, f. 22-24]
Hypolycaena kina celastroides ; [BOR, 622 (note)]

C. k. inari Wileman²

Taiwan Hypolycaena kina inari ; [BOR, 622 (note)]
Chliaria kina inari ; [MRS, 648]

Larva on Rhynchostylis retusa [MRS]

C. k. cachara (Moore, [1884])

Hypolycaena cachara Moore, [1884]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 527, pl. 49, f. 6, TL: N.Cachar Hills
Chliaria kina cachara ; Huang, 2001

Chliaria othona (Hewitson, 1865)

W.Ghats, Dehra Dun - Assam, Burma, Calcutta. See [About maps] Orchid Tit
Hypolycaena othona Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 50, pl. 22, f. 17-18, TL: Northern India
Chliaria othona othona, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Chliaria othona ; [BIR, 353]; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 34]
Chliaria othona nr. othona ; [BMP: 321, pl. 49, f. 10]

Larva on (flower buds of orchids) [BIR]

C. o. othona Hewitson, 1869

India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, ?Taiwan Hypolycaena eltola Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 14, pl. 5, f. 37-38, TL: Andaman Is.
Hypolycaena othona othona ; [BOR, 621]

863x844 (~87Kb) upperside Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

840x883 (~87Kb) underside Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. o. matiana Fruhstorfer, 1912

N.Vietnam Chliaria matiana Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 231
Thecla ab. albiplaga Dufrane, 1939; Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 79 (7/8) : 291
Chliaria othona matiana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Hypolycaena othona matiana ; [BOR, 621 (note)]

C. o. semanga Corbet, 1940

Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioman Chliaria semanga Corbet, 1940; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9 (5): 91
Chliaria othona semanga ; [BMP: 321, pl. 49, f. 7-9]
Hypolycaena othona semanga ; [BOR, 621]
?Chliaria tora semanga Corbet, 1940;

C. o. jiwabaruana Eliot, 1980

Mentawai Is. Chliaria othona jiwabaruana Eliot, 1980; Tyō to Ga 31 (1-2): 56, f. 11-12, TL: Mentawai Is., Sipora

C. o. waltraudae (Treadaway & Nuyda, [1995])

Chliaria pahanga Corbet, 1938

Peninsular Malaya. See [About maps] Chliaria pahanga Corbet, 1938; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (2): 254
Hypolycaena pahanga ; [BOR, 622 (note)]
Chliaria pahanga ; [BMP: 322, pl. 49, f. 19-21]

Chliaria balua Moulton, 1911

-. See [About maps] Chliaria balua Moulton, 1911; J. Straits Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. 60 (1911) : 151, no. 486, pl., f. 6, TL: Kuching

C. b. balua

Borneo (Sarawak), ?Sumatra Hypolycaena balua balua
Hypolycaena balua balua ; [BOR, 621]

C. b. gabrieli Corbet, 1938

Peninsular Malaya Chliaria gabrieli Corbet, 1938; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (2): 255
Chliaria balua gabrieli, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Chliaria balua gabrieli ; [BMP: 321, pl. 49, f. 28-29]
Hypolycaena balua gabrieli ; [BOR, 621 (note)]

Chliaria tora (Kheil, 1884)

-. See [About maps] Hypolycaena tora Kheil, 1884; Die Rhopalocera der Insel Nias: 31, pl. 5, f. 40
Chliaria tora ; [BOW: pl. 175, f. 34 (text)]

C. t. tora

Nias Hypolycaena tora tora
Hypolycaena tora tora ; [BOR, 620]

C. t. phataea Fruhstorfer, 1914

Sumatra Chliaria tora phatäa Fruhstorfer, 1914; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (4) : 176, TL: NE.Sumatra
Hypolycaena tora phataea ; [BOR, 620]

?C. t. minima Druce²

Borneo ?Hypolycaena tora minima ; [BOR, 620 (note)]

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References:

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[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

[BOR]

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

[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+)

[MRS]

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

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

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

[²]

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

Some related literature:

Corbet, 1938

Observations on certain Species of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (2): 242-262

Corbet, 1940

A revision of the Malayan species of Chliaria. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9 (5): 90-92, 6figs

Dufrane, 1939

Lycaenidae Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 79 (7/8) : 289-292

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, 1980

New butterflies from Sipora island Tyō to Ga 31 (1-2): 54-56

Fruhstorfer, 1912

Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 197-272, f. 1-4 (early April)

Fruhstorfer, 1914

Neue Lycaeniden Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (4) : 172-178 (31 January)

Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1869

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)

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, [1884]

Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 521-535, pl. 48-49

Moore, 1884

Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera; chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 16-52

Moulton, 1911

A List of the Butterflies of Borneo with Descriptions of new Species (3) J. Straits Brch. R. Asiat. Soc. 60 (1911) : 73-177, pl. 1

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