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Euripus Doubleday, [1848]

Courtesans
Euripus Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 41, f. 2, TS: Euripus halitherses Doubleday
Idrusia Corbet, 1943; Entomologist 76: 206 (unn. repl. for Euripus Doubleday, [1848])
Euripus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Euripus (Apaturinae) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 205; [Wahlberg]

Larva on Urticaceae [BMP]

Euripus consimilis (Westwood, 1850)

S.India, Dehra Dun - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Painted Courtesan
Diadema consimilis Westwood, 1850; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 281
Euripus consimilis ; [BOW: pl. 143, f. 6-7]; [BOR, 381]

Larva on Trema orientalis [BIR]

E. c. consimilis

N.India - Burma (Tenasserim) - N.Thailand ?sunta Fruhstorfer
Euripus consimilis consimilis ; [BOR, 381]

E. c. meridionalis Wood-Mason²

S.India Euripus consimilis meridionalis ; [BOR, 381]

E. c. eurinus Fruhstorfer, 1903

Thailand Euripus consimilis eurinus Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 25
Euripus consimilis eurinus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Euripus consimilis eurinus ♀ ab. amala ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 26; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 315, pl. 2, f. 7
Euripus consimilis eurinus ♀ ab. sunta ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 26; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 315
Euripus consimilis eurinus ♀ ab. diocletiana ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 27; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 316, pl. 2, f. 9
Euripus consimilis eurinus ♀ ab. gudila ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 27; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 316, pl. 2, f. 8
Euripus consimilis eurinus ♀ ab. triquilla ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 27; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 316, pl. 2, f. 10
Euripus consimilis eurinus ; Fruhstorfer, 1906, Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 315, pl. 1, f. 6; [Bernard Rond]

Euripus nyctelius (Doubleday, 1845)

Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Malaya, Indo-China. See [About maps] Courtesan
Diadema nyctelius Doubleday, 1845; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1) 16 (104): 182, TL: Sylhet
Euripus halitherses Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): pl. 41, f. 2
Euripus haliartus C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (8): 234, TL: N.India
Euripus pfeifferae C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (8): 235, pl. 3, f. 1

= Euripus pfeifferae ; [NHM]

?Euripus robustus myrinoides Fruhstorfer, 1909; Stettin ent. Ztg. 70 (2) : 230, TL: S.Celebes
Euripus nyctelius, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Euripus nyctelius nyctelius, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Euripus nyctelius ; [EBW]; [MRS, 446]
Euripus halitherses ; [BOW: pl. 143, f. 8-9]
Euripus halitherses f. isa ; [BIR, female form, mimic Euploea diocletiana]
Euripus halitherses f. nyctelius ; [BIR, female form, mimic Euploea]
Euripus halitherses f. cinnamoneus ; [BIR, female form, mimic Euploea]
Euripus halitherses f. alcathaeoides ; [BIR, female form, mimic Euploea]

Females mimic Euploea species. [BIR, (for E. halitherses)]

Larva on Trema orientalis, Urticaceae [MRS]

E. n. nyctelius

Sikkim, Assam, Burma, ?N.Thailand Euripus nyctelius nyctelius ; [BOR, 381]
Euripus nyctelius f. niasicus ; [BOR, 381, f.]

E. n. mastor Fruhstorfer, 1903

Indo China Euripus halitherses mastor Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 28

Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. isa ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 29 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. neda ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 29 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. phygalia ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 29 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. alcathoeoides ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 30

Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. cinnamomeus ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 30 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. hadria ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 30 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. gulussa ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 30 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. gyrtone ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 30 Euripus halitherses mastor ♀ ab. haliartus ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 30 Euripus nyctelius mastor ; [BOR, 381]

E. n. euploeoides C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Peninsular Malaya, ?S.Thailand, Singapore, Langkawi, Sumatra, S.Yunnan Euripus euploeoides C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 415
?haterius Fruhstorfer
Idrusia nyctelius euploeoides f. isina Corbet, 1947; Entomologist 80 (2): 29
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides ; [BMP: 194, pl. 29, f. 8]; [BOR, 381]; [MRS, 446]
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides f. euploeoides ; [BMP: 194, pl. 29, f. 10]
Euripus nyctelius euploeoides f. isina ; [BMP: 194, pl. 29, f. 9]

E. n. niasicus Fruhstorfer²

Nias Euripus nyctelius niasicus ; [BOR, 381]

E. n. javanus Fruhstorfer²

Java Euripus nyctelius javanus ; [BOR, 381]

E. n. borneensis Distant & Pryer

Borneo Euripus borneensis Distant & Pryer, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109): 54
Euripus nyctelius borneensis ; [BOR, 381]
Euripus halitherses borneensis ♀ ab. crastiana ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 32
Euripus halitherses borneensis ♀ ab. loweimima ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 32
Euripus halitherses borneensis ♀ ab. halizona ; Fruhstorfer, 1903, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 32

E. n. palawanicus Fruhstorfer²

Philippines (Palawan) Euripus nyctelius palawanicus ; [BOR, 381]

E. n. clytia Felder²

Philippines (Luzon) ?ankaeus Semper
Euripus nyctelius clytia ; [BOR, 381]
Euripus nyctelius clytia f. clytia ; [BOR, 381, f.]
Euripus nyctelius clytia f. lucasioides ; [BOR, 381, f.]

E. n. orestheion Fruhstorfer²

Philippines (Mindoro) Euripus nyctelius orestheion ; [BOR, 381]

E. n. nysia Semper²

Philippines (Bohol, Mindanao) ?peirithous Fruhstorfer
Euripus nyctelius nysia ; [BOR, 381]

E. n. sumatrensis Fruhstorfer²

Sumatra Euripus nyctelius sumatrensis ; [Bernard Rond]

E. n. ophelion Fruhstorfer²

Bangka Euripus nyctelius ophelion ; [Bernard Rond]

Euripus robustus Wallace, 1869

Sulawesi. See [About maps] Wallace's Courtesan
Euripus robustus Wallace, 1869; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (4): 348, TL: Tondano, N.Celebes
Euripus holofernes Staudinger, 1886; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (13): 139, TL: Minahassa
Euripus robustus ; [BOR, 381]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 205

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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.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[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

[Bernard Rond]

e-mail: Bernard Rond

[EBW]

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

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MRS]

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

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[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

[²]

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

Some related literature:

Corbet, 1947

Papers on Malayasian Rhopalocera 1. The forms of Idrusia nyctelius (Dbl. 1845) in the Malay Peninsula Entomologist 80 (2): 28-29

Distant & Pryer, 1887

On the Rhopalocera of Northern Borneo. Part I & II Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (109): 41-56, (112): 264-275

Doubleday, 1845

Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Diurnal Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (1) 16 (104): 176-182, (105): 232-236, (106): 304-308

Doubleday, [1848]; Westwood, 1850

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

C. & R. Felder, 1860

Lepidopterologische Fragmente. V-VI Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (4): 97-112, pl. 1-2, (8): 225-251, pl. 3-4

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, 1903

Neue Nymphaliden aus Ostasien Dt. ent. Z. Iris 16 (1) : 22-42, pl. 1, f. 5-6 (early October)

Fruhstorfer, 1906

Verzeichnis der von mir in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nymphaliden und Besprechung verwandter Formen Wiener ent. Ztg 25 (10) : 307-362, pl. 1-2 (30 October)

Fruhstorfer, 1909

Neues über Rhopaloceren Stettin ent. Ztg. 70 (2) : 209-238 (early April)

Staudinger, 1886

Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)

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

Wallace, 1869

Notes on eastern Butterflies (3 parts) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1869 (1): 77-81, (4): 277-288, 321-349

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