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Cupha Billberg, 1820

Cupha Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 79, TS: Papilio erymanthis Drury
Messaras Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 163, TS: Papilio erymanthis Drury
Cupha, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cupha (Vagrantini) ; [Torben B. Larsen]; [Wahlberg]

Cupha arias C. & R. Felder, 1867

Celebes. See [About maps] Cupha arias C. & R. Felder, 1867; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 391
Cupha arias ; [BOR, 254]

C. a. arias

N.Philippines Cupha arias arias ; [BOR, 254]

C. a. dapatana Grose-Smith, 1887

S.Philippines Cupha arias dapatana ; [BOR, 254]

C. a. cacina Fruhstorfer²

Palawan, ?Balabac, ?N.Borneo Cupha arias cacina ; [BOR, 254]

C. a. celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1900

Sulawesi Cupha erymanthis celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12) : 343, TL: Dongala
Cupha arias fedora Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12) : 344, TL: Tonkean, Ost-Celebes
Cupha arias celebensis ; [BOR, 255]

C. a. muna Fruhstorfer, 1898

Muna I. Cupha erymanthis muna Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4) : 323, TL: Muna
Cupha arias muna ; [BOR, 255]

Cupha crameri (Felder, 1860)

-. See [About maps] Messaras crameri Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 449, TL: Amboina

C. c. crameri

Ambon, Serang Cupha crameri crameri ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]

C. c. keyana Fruhstorfer²

Kai I. Cupha crameri keyana ; [BAUR, 198]

C. c. palla (Röber, 1891)

Goram I. Messaras erymanthis var. palla Röber, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 303, TL: Goram
Cupha crameri palla ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]

C. c. leonida Fruhstorfer, 1912

Noemfoor I., N.West Irian Cupha crameri leonida ; [BAUR, 198 (text)]

Cupha erymanthis (Drury, [1773])

Ceylon, S.India, Mussoorie - Assam, Burma, Java. See [About maps] Rustic
Papilio erymanthis Drury, [1773]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: index, : 29, pl. 15, f. 3-4
Cupha erymanthis f. takamukui Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3) : 96, pl. 4, f. 7, TL: Formosa
Cupha erymanthis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cupha erymanthis erymanthis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Cupha erymanthis ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 5]; [BOR, 254]; [MRS, 460]

769x513 (~65Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko Cupha erymanthis det. Simon Chan

597x783 (~102Kb) underside Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Flacourtia, Lepisanthes edule [BMP], Flacourtia ramonthchi, F. montana [BIR], Scolopia chinesisledo, Homalium cochinchinense [MRS]

C. e. erymanthis

S.China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, ?Hainan Cupha erymanthis erymanthis ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. placida Moore²

Ceylon Cupha erymanthis placida ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. lotis (Sulzer, 1776)

N.India, Assam - S.Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Indo-China Papilio lotis Sulzer, 1776; Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: 144, pl. 16, f. 6
Cupha erymanthis lotis ; [BMP: 152, pl. 21, f. 14]; [BOR, 254]

648x572 (~82Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

852x908 (~137Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. e. tiomana Corbet, 1940

Cupha tiomana Corbet, 1940; Entomologist 73 (2): 39

C. e. maja Fruhstorfer, 1898

S.India Cupha erymanthis maja Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 43 (1/2) : 198, TL: S.India
Cupha erymanthis maja Fruhstorfer, 1898; Soc. Ent. 13 (11) : 81
Cupha erymanthis maja ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. andamanica Moore²

Andaman Is. Cupha erymanthis andamanica ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. nicobarica Felder²

Nicobar Is. Cupha erymanthis nicobarica ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. disjuncta Weymer²

Nias Cupha erymanthis disjuncta ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. peliopteryx (Hagen, 1898)

Mentawai Is. Messaras peliopteryx Hagen, 1898; Ent. Nachr. 24 (13) : 203, TL: Mentawej
Cupha erymanthis peliopteryx ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. dohertyi Fruhstorfer, 1904

Enggano Cupha erymanthis dohertyi Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Zs. 49 (1/2) : 191, TL: Enggano I.
Cupha erymanthis dohertyi Fruhstorfer, 1904; Stettin ent. Ztg 65 (2) : 343, TL: Enggano I.
Cupha erymanthis dohertyi ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. nagara Fruhstorfer²

Sumatra, Borneo Cupha erymanthis nagara ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. synnara Fruhstorfer, 1912

Java - Sumatra Cupha erymanthis synnara Fruhstorfer, 1912; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 467, TL: Java
Cupha erymanthis synnara ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. kangeana Fruhstorfer, 1903

Kangean I. Cupha erymanthis kangeana Fruhstorfer, 1903; Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (1/2) : 96, TL: Kangeau
Cupha erymanthis kangeana ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. saturatior Fruhstorfer, 1898

Lombok Cupha erymanthis saturatior Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4) : 322, TL: Lombok
Cupha erymanthis saturatior ; [BOR, 254]

C. e. palawana Fruhstorfer, 1900

Palawan, Balabac Is. Cupha erymanthis palawana Fruhstorfer, 1900; Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12) : 344, TL: Palawan
Cupha erymanthis palawana ; [BOR, 254]

Cupha maeonides (Hewitson, 1859)

Celebes. See [About maps] Messaras maeonides Hewitson, 1859; Ill. exot. Butts [2] (Messaras): [57], pl. [30], f. 1-2, TL: Celebes
Cupha maeonides ; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 7]; [BOR, 255]

C. m. maeonides

N.Sulawesi, C.Sulawesi Cupha maeonides maeonides ; [BOR, 255]

C. m. rovena Fruhstorfer²

S.Sulawesi Cupha maeonides rovena ; [BOR, 255]

C. m. maenada Grose-Smith²

Sula Is. Cupha maeonides maenada ; [BOR, 255]

Cupha melichrysos (Mathew, 1887)

Solomon Islands. See [About maps] Messarus[sic] melichrysos Mathew, 1887; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (1) : 39
Cupha melichrysos ; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 6 (text only)]

C. m. melichrysos

Ugi Is. Cupha melichrysos melichrysos ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]

C. m. pallescens Godman & Salvin²

Gudalcanal, Malaita? Cupha melichrysos pallescens ; BAUR, 201

C. m. tredecia (Mathew, 1887)

Bougainville, Shortlands, Roviana, Treasury Is. Messarus[sic] tredecia Mathew, 1887; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (1) : 40, pl. 4, f. 2, TL: Treasury I., Solomon Is.
Cupha melichrysos tredecia ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]

Cupha prosope (Fabricius, 1775)

Australia. See [About maps] Papilio prosope Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 504
Messaras susanna Koch, 1865
Messaras susanna Macleay, 1866
Cupha prosope, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Cupha prosope, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Cupha prosope ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 142, f. 9]

Larva on Flacourtia jangomas, Scolopia brownii, Breynia oblongifolia [BAUR], Flacourtia jangomas, F. sp., Scolopia braunii, Xylosma ovatum, X. terraereginae, X. sp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Homalium circumpinnatum? K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

C. p. prosope

Cape York - Richmond River, New South Wales Cupha prosope prosope ; [BAUR, 201]

C. p. madestes (Hewitson, 1859)

Aru Messaras madestes Hewitson, 1859; Ill. exot. Butts [2] (Messaras): [57], pl. [30], f. 3, 6, TL: New Guinea
Cupha prosope madestes ; [BAUR, 200]

Misidentified/misapplied:

?Cupha madestes turneri; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 126 (Misol)

C. p. wallacei (Felder, 1867)

Waigeu, Misool Cupha prosope wallacei ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

C. p. cyclotas (Grose-Smith, 1894)

Geelvink Bay (-Noemfoor I.) Messaras cyclotas Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (2): 349, TL: Biak; Korrido
Cupha prosope cyclotas ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

C. p. charmides Grose-Smith, 1898

Noemfoor I. Cupha prosope charmides ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

C. p. oderca Fruhstorfer²

New Guinea Cupha prosope oderca ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

C. p. alexis Grose-Smith²

Bismarck Archipelago Messaras miokensis Ribbe, 1898; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 11 (1): 112

= Cupha madestes miokensis ; [NHM]

Cupha prosope alexis ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

C. p. decernia Fruhstorfer²

Garibari I. Cupha prosope decernia ; [BAUR, 200 (text)]

C. p. fumosa Grose-Smith, 1897

Trobriand Is. Cupha fumosa Grose-Smith, 1897; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (6) 19 : 174, TL: Kiriwini, Trobriands
Cupha prosope fumosa ; [BAUR, 201]

C. p. cluentia Fruhstorfer, 1904

Fergusson I. Cupha madestes cluentia Fruhstorfer, 1904; Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6) : 318, TL: Fergusson I.
Cupha prosope cluentia ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]

C. p. turneri (Butler, 1876)

Papua Messaras turneri Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18 (105) : 244, TL: New Guinea, Port Moresby
humboldti Fruhstorfer, 1899
Cupha prosope turneri ; [BAUR, 201 (text)]

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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.

[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[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

[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

[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

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Oleg Kosterin]

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

[Olli Vesikko]

http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/

[Simon Chan]

Singapore

[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:

Butler, 1876

On a Collection of Lepidoptera from Port Moresby, New Guinea Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 18 (105) : 240-249

Corbet, 1940

Revisional Notes on Malayan Rhopalocera Entomologist 73 (2): 39-443

Doubleday, [1848]

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)

Drury, [1773]

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1 : 1-130, pl. 1-50 (1770), (1773)

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Felder, 1860

Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462

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, 1898

Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Indo-malayischen Archipel Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4) : 311-343 (mid July)

Fruhstorfer, 1898

Neue asiatische Lepidopteren Soc. Ent. 13 (11) : 81 (1 September)

Fruhstorfer, 1898

Neue Lepidopteren aus Asien Berl. Ent. Zs. 43 (1/2) : 175-199 (mid November)

Fruhstorfer, 1900

Neue Cupha-Unterarten und Aufzählung der bekannten Species Stettin ent. Ztg 60 (10-12) : 343-347 (April)

Fruhstorfer, 1903

Neue Nymphaliden Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (1/2) : 93-96 (early May)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Malayischen Archipel Ent. Meddel. 2 (5/6) : 291-332, 5 figs. (June)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Rhopaloceren-Fauna der Insel Engano Berl. ent. Zs. 49 (1/2) : 170-206, pl. 1-2 (mid August)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Neue Lepidopteren von Engano Stettin ent. Ztg 65 (2) : 341-344 (October)

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)

Grose-Smith, 1894

An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novit. zool. 1 (2): 331-365, (2): 543-551, (3): 571-584

Grose-Smith, 1897

Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies from the Pacific Islands Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (6) 19 : 172-180

Hagen, 1898

Vorläufige Diagnose neuer Rhopaloceren von den Mentawej-Inseln Ent. Nachr. 24 (13) : 193-206

Hewitson, 1859; Hewitson, 1861

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [2] : (Systematic Index) II, (Ithomia XIV): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855), (Ithomia XV-XIX): [3-12], pl. [2-6] (1856), (Ithomia XX): 13x,14x, [13-14] (1861), pl. [7] (1857), (Ithomia XXI): 15x,16x, [15-16] (1861), pl. [8] (1858), (Ithomia XXII): [17-18], pl. [9] (1859), (Ithomia XXIII): [19-20], pl. [10] (1861), (Ithomia XXIV): [21-22], pl. [11] (1863), (Ithomia XXV): [23-24], pl. [12] (1867), (Ithomia XXVI): [25-26], pl. [13] (1868), (Ithomia XXVII): [27-28], pl. [14] (1869), (Ithomia XXVIII-XXIX): [29-32], pl. [15-16] (1871), (Ithomia XXX-XXXI): [33-36], pl. [17-18] (1872), (Ithomia XXXII-XXXIII): [37-40], pl. [19-20], (1874) , (Ithomia XXXIV-XXXV): [41-44], pl. [21-22] (1876), (Acraea I): [45-46], pl. [23] (1852), (Acraea II): [47-48], pl. [24] (1861), (Acraea III): [49-50], pl. [25] (1865), (Acraea IV-V): [51-52], pl. [26-27] (1867), (Acraea VI): [53-54], pl. [28] (1868), (Acraea VII): [55-56], pl. [29] (1875), (Messaras): [57-58], pl. [30] (1859), (Eresia I): [59-60], pl. [31] (1852), (Eresia II): [61-62], pl. [32] (1857), (Eresia III-VI): [63-70], pl. [33-36] (1864), (Eresia VII): [71-72], pl. [37] (1868), (Eresia VIII-IX): [73-76], pl. [38-39] (1870), (Eresia X): [77-78], pl. [40] (1872), (Junonia): [79-80], pl. [41] (1864), (Cybdelis I-II): [81-84], pl. [42-43] (1852), (Cybdelis III): [85-86], pl. [44] (1857), (Cybdelis IV): [87-88], pl. [45] (1869), (Epiphile I): [89-90], pl. [46] (1857), (Epiphile II & Paromia): [91-92], pl. [47] (1861), (Eubagis I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1852), (Eubagis II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1857), (Eubagis III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1859), (Catagramma I): [99-100], pl. [51] (1851), (Catagramma II): [101-102], pl. [52] (1853), (Catagramma III-V): [103-108], pl. [53-55] (1855), (Catagramma VI): [109-110], pl. [56] (1857), (Catagramma VII-VIII): [111-114], pl. [57-58] (1858), (Catagramma IX and Callithea): [115-116], pl. [59] (1858), (Catagramma X): [117-118], pl. [60] (1864), (Catagramma XI-XII): [119-122], pl. [61-62] (1868), (Catagramma XIII): [123-124], pl. [63] (1876), : iv

Linnaeus, 1764

Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]

Mathew, 1887

Descriptions of some new species of Rhopalocera from the Solomon Islands Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (1) : 37-49, pl. 4

Matsumura, 1929

New butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3) : 87-107, pl. 4

Ribbe, 1898

Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomon-Archipels in der Süd-See Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 11 (1): 35-133, 12 (1): 219-260

Rothschild, 1915

On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227

Röber, 1891

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891), 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)

Sulzer, 1776

Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linaeischen System Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: -

Westwood, 1888

List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected in northern Celebes by Dr Hickson Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888 (3) : 467-475, pl. 12

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