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Ritra de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890: Ritra de Nicéville, 1890; in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 3 : 411 nota, TS: Sithon aurea Druce
Ritra (Cheritrini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 435; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 97

Ritra aurea (Druce, 1873)

-. See [About maps] Sithon aurea Druce, 1873; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 352, pl. 33, f. 1, TL: Borneo
Ritra aurea ; [BOW: pl. 180, f. 38]

Borneo (Sarawak, Saban, SE.Borneo), Palawan Ritra aurea aurea ; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 99, pl. 1, f. 10, pl. 2, f. 22; [BOR, 602]

R. a. cuprea (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

Sumatra Cheritra aurea cuprea Fruhstorfer, 1914; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (4) : 175, TL: NE.Sumatra
Ritra aurea cuprea ; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 98; [BOR, 602 (note)]

R. a. volumnia (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

Peninsular Malaya Cheritra aurea volumnia Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 243, TL: Malaya
Ritra aurea columnia ; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 98
Ritra aurea volumnia ; [BMP: 302, pl. 46, f. 3]; [BOR, 602 (note)]

R. a. panowa (Fruhstorfer, 1914)

W.Borneo (Sintang) Cheritra aurea panowa Fruhstorfer, 1914; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (4) : 175, TL: W. Borneo, Sintang
Ritra aurea panowa ; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 99; [BOR, 602 (note)]

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References:

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[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+)

Some related literature:

Cowan, 1967: The Indo-Oriental tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 75-103, pl. 1-4
Druce, 1873: A list of the Collections of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 337-361, pl. 32-33
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
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)
de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890: The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon, a descriptive Handbook of all the known Species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that Region, with Notices of allied Species occurring in the neighbouring Countries along the Border, with numerous Illustrations. Vol. 3 Butts India Burmah Ceylon 3 : 1-503, pl. 25-29

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