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Argyreus Scopoli, 1777
Argyreus Scopoli, 1777; Introd. Hist. nat.: 431, TS: Papilio niphe Linnaeus
= Argynnis ; [Wahlberg]
Acidalia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (2): 31, TS: Papilio niphe Linnaeus
Argyrea Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 77 (unj. emend. Argyreus Scopoli, 1777)
Mimargyra Reuss, 1922; Archiv. Naturgesch. 87 (1921) (A 11): 211, TS: Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus
Argyreus (Argynnini) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 235
Argyreus (Argynnis) ; [AfrL]

Argyreus hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)
Himalayas - China, Japan, Ceylon, Nilgiris (and hills south), Mount Abu, Saurashtra, Pachmarhi Hills, Baluchistan, Luchnow, AU. See [About maps] Indian Fritillary
Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad., 6: 408
Papilio niphe Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 785 (unnec. repl. for Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763)
Papilio argyrius Linnaeus, 1768
Papilio tigris Jung, 1792
tephania (Godart, 1819) (Argynnis); Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 262
Argynnis aruna Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1 : 156, pl. 3, f. 4
hybrida (Evans, 1912) (Argynnis); J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 558
montorum (Joicey & Talbot, 1926) (Argynnis); Encycl. Ent. (B III) 2 (1): 13
(Dryas) castetsoides (Reuss, 1926) (Argynnis); Dt. ent. Z. 1926 (1): 66
coomani (Le Cerf, 1933) (Argynnis); Bull. Mus. Paris (2) 5: 212
Argynnis hyperbius, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Argyreus hyperbius, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Argynnis hyperbius ; [BOR, 274]
Argyreus hyperbius ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 140, f. 9]; [MRS, 464]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 236
Argynnis (Argyreus) hyperbius ; [AfrL]
[hyperbius-1fu.jpg] 951x624 (~42Kb) upperside female Oppadake, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 9-93, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt [hyperbius-1mv.jpg] 951x624 (~46Kb) underside male Funaura, Iriomote, Ryukyus, Japan, 5-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt [hyperbius-2u.jpg] 658x514 (~114Kb) upperside An opening in a Cryptomeria forest at the top of Kongo Mt., Temporin temple complex, the border of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, Honshu, Japan, 3rd August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[hyperbius-2v.jpg] 765x634 (~117Kb) underside An opening in a Cryptomeria forest at the top of Kongo Mt., Temporin temple complex, the border of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, Honshu, Japan, 3rd August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [hyperbius-3fu.jpg] 1600x1200 (~188Kb) upperside female Japan: Tokyo, 23.8.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant [hyperbius-3mu.jpg] 1600x1200 (~181Kb) upperside male Japan: Tokyo, 24.8.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant
[hyperbius-4.jpg] 512x341 (~52Kb) India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar [hyperbius-4u.jpg] 512x341 (~48Kb) upperside India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Viola betonicifolia, V. hederacea, V. odorata K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


C.India - N.India, Assam - China, Taiwan Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius
Argynnis hyperbius hyperbius ; [BOR, 274]

Larva on Viola caespitosa, V. yedoensis, V. betonicifolia, V. formosana, V. nagasawai, V. philippica, V. tricolor, V. verecunda [MRS]

A. h. taprobana (Moore, 1900)
Ceylon hyperbius taprobana (Moore, 1900) (Acidalia); Lepidoptera Indica, 4 : 237
Argynnis hyperbius taprobana ; [BOR, 274]
A. h. castetsi (Oberthür, 1891)
SE.India Argynnis castetsi Oberthür, 1891; Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 9, f. 1
Argynnis hyperbius castetsi ; [BOR, 274]
A. h. sumatrensis (Fruhstorfer, 1903)
?S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra hyperbius sumatrensis (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Argynnis); Insekten-Börse 20 (17): 132 [?]
Argyreus hyperbius sumatrensis ; [BMP: 150, pl. 21, f. 24, 30]
Argynnis hyperbius sumatrensis ; [BOR, 274]
A. h. javanica (Oberthür, 1889)
Java Argynnis niphe javanica Oberthür, 1889; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889: 236, TL: Java
Argynnis hyperbius javanica ; [BOR, 274]
A. h. sagada (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Philippines (Luzon, ?Babuyanes) hyperbius sagada (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Argynnis); in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 516
Argynnis hyperbius sagada ; [BOR, 274]
A. h. inconstans (Butler, 1873)
Queensland (Gympie) - New South Wales (Urunga), Papua, New Guinea (mountains) Australian Fritillary
Argynnis inconstans Butler, 1873; Cist. Ent. 1 (7) : 164, TL: Moreton Bay
Argyreus hyperbius inconstans ; [BAUR, 210]
A. h. neumanni (Rothschild, 1902)
Ethiopia Argynnis hyperbius neumanni Rothschild, 1902; Novit. Zool. 9 : 596
Argyreus hyperbius neumanni ; [BAFR, 211]
Argynnis (Argyreus) hyperbius neumanni ; [AfrL]
A. h. centralis (Martin, 1913)
Sulawesi Argynnis hyperbius centralis Martin, 1913; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (2): 109, (3): 126, TL: Celebes
Argynnis hyperbius centralis ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 236
A. h. niugini Samson, 1976
Papua hyperbius niugini Samson, 1976; J. Lep. Soc. 30 (1): 12


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References:
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[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAFR]
D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[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
[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
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Kedar Tokekar]
India
[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
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Peter Payzant]
Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile
[S. Shuichi Haupt]
e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm
[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:
Butler, 1873
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Cist. Ent. 1 (7) : 151-177
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Evans, 1912
A list of Indian butterflies J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 553-584, (3): 969-1008
Fruhstorfer, 1903
[Notes] Insekten-Börse 20 (17): 132 (23 April)
Fruhstorfer, 1912
6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 453-456 (31 January, 1912), : 457-488 (18 March, 1912), : 489-496 (25 May, 1912), : 489-496 (10 May, 1912), : 497-504 (15 April, 1912), : 505-512 (10 May, 1912), : 513-528 (11 April, 1912), : 529-552 (20 April, 1912), : 553-592 (15 May, 1912), : 593-616 (25 September, 1912), : 617-632 (15 October, 1912), : 633-640 (25 October, 1912), : 641-656 (10 January, 1913), : 657-664 (12 January, 1913), : 665-680 (13 January, 1913), : 681-688 (25 January, 1913), : 689-696 (16 June, 1913), : 697-704 (5 August, 1913), : 705-712 (20 January, 1914), : 713-720 (20 November, 1913), : 721-744 (9 March, 1914), : 745-751 (30 July, 1915), : 753-760 (28 March, 1914), : 761-766 (14 April, 1914)
Godart, 1819
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Joicey & Talbot, 1926
New forms of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Encycl. Ent. (B III) 2 (1): 1-14
Linnaeus, 1763
in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415
Linnaeus, 1767
Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, .... Editio Duocecima Reformata. Tom. 1. Part II. Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): -,533-1327
Martin, 1913
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Celebes Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (2): 109, (3): 121-129, pl. 6-8
Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Oberthür, 1889
[note] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889: 236
Oberthür, 1891
Nouveaux Lépidoptères d'Asie Étud. d'Ent. 15 : 7-25, pl. 1-3
Rothschild, 1902
New N.E. African Lepidoptera discovered by Oscar Neumann Novit. Zool. 9 : 595-598
Samson, 1976
A new subspecies of Argynnis hyperbius (Nymphalidae) from New Guinea J. Lep. Soc. 30 (1): 12-15
Scopoli, 1777
Introductio ad Historiam naturalem sisteus Genera Lapidum, Plantarum et ANimalium detecta, Characteribus -- in tribus divisa, subinde ad Leges Naturae Introd. Hist. nat.: [x], 3-506 + [34 pp.]
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


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