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Ixias Hübner, [1819]
Indian Orange Tips
Ixias Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 95, TS: Papilio pyrene Linnaeus
Thestias Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 590, TS: Papilio pyrene Linnaeus
Ixias, Pieridae Holarcticae [Heiner Ziegler]
Ixiades ; Hübner, 1826, Verz. bek. Schmett. (Anz.) (1-9): 6 (missp.)
Ixias (Pierinae) ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 103

Larva on Capparis [BMP]


Ixias flavipennis Grose-Smith, 1885
Sumatra (Padang). See [About maps] Ixias flavipennis Grose-Smith, 1885; Naturalist's Wanderings: 275
Ixia pyritis Weymer, 1887; Stettin ent. Ztg 48 (1-3) : 13, pl. 1, f. 4, TL: Sumatra
= ; [NHM]
Ixias flavipennis ; [BOR, 167]
Ixias flavipennis flavipennis ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 7, f. 10

Ixias malumsinicum Thieme, 1896
-. See [About maps] Ixias malum sinicum Thieme, 1896; Berl. ent. Z. 41 : 408, TL: Nias
Ixias malumsinicum ; [BOR, 166]
Nias Ixias malumsinicum malumsinicum ; [BOR, 166]
Sumatra Ixias malumsinicum adamsi ; [BOR, 166]

Ixias marianne (Cramer, [1779])
Ceylon, Peninsular India - Saurashtra, Punjab, Bengal. See [About maps] White Orange Tip
Papilio marianne Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): pl. 217, f. C, D, E, TL: Coromandel, S.India
Ixias agniverna Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115) : 50, TL: Ramburgh District, Hazarrebagh (Chota Nagpore), Bengal
= ; [NHM]
Ixias marianne ; [BIR, 436]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 25]; [BOR, 163]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 7, f. 4

Ixias paluensis Martin, 1914
Sulawesi. See [About maps] Ixias paluensis Martin, 1914; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 28 (1): 68
Ixias paluensis ; [BOR, 167]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 103

Ixias piepersii (Snellen, 1878)
Sulawesi. See [About maps] Thestias piepersii Snellen, 1878; Tijdschr. Ent. 21 (1) : 31, pl. 2, f. 1-2, TL: Bonthain
Ixias piepersii ; , [BOR, 166]
Ixias piepersi ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 103

Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764)
Ceylon, Peninsular India - Saurasthra, Bengal, Baluchistan, NW.Himalayas - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Yellow Orange Tip
Papilio pyrene Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 241, TL: Canton, China
Papilio aenippe Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 13, pl. 105,f. C, D
?Papilio aenippe Drury; pl. 5, f. 2
Ixias pyrene ; [BIR, 437]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 27]; [BOR, 164]; [MRS, 230]

Larva on Capparis sepiaria, C. kikuehii, C. cantoniensis, Crateva religiosa [MRS]

Ixias pyrene pyrene ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 7, f. 5
Ceylon Ixias pyrene cingalensis ; [BOR, 164]
I. p. sesia (Fabricius, 1777)
W.India - S.India Papilio sesia Fabricius, 1777; Genera Insectorum : 257
Thestias pirenassa Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 395, pl. 9, f. 4, TL: Bengal, N. India
Ixias alana Swinhoe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29) : 357, TL: Maldah
= ; [NHM]
Ixias ganduca Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 44, TL: Calcutta
= ; [NHM]
?Ixias ludekingi wahri Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 76, TL: Sabang
Ixias pyrene sesia ; [BOR, 164]
Assam, Manipur, Burma pyrene latifasciata Butler, 1871²; , TL: Moulmein, Myanmar
Ixias pyrene latifasciata ; [BOR, 164]
I. p. alticola Pendlebury, 1933
Peninsular Malaya Ixias alticola Pendlebury, 1933; J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 383
Ixias pyrene alticola ; [BMP: 92, pl. 9, f. 15-16]; [BOR, 164]
I. p. birdi Distant, 1883
Peninsular Malaya Ixias birdi Distant, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (71) : 351
Ixias pyrene birdi ; [BMP: 92, pl. 9, f. 19-20]; [BOR, 164]
I. p. verna H. Druce, 1874
S.Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Peninsular Malaya Ixias verna H. Druce, 1874; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 108, pl. 16, f. 5, 6, TL: Thailand
Ixias citrina Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 837, TL: S.Myanmar
Ixias pallida Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 837, TL: S.Myanmar
Ixias pyrene salangana Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 159, pl. 72 c, TL: Salang, Thailand
Ixias pyrene f. annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 158, TL: S.Vietnam
Ixias pyrene fruhstorferi Gabriel, 1943; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 12 (5/6) : 61, TL: S.Vietnam
Ixias pyrene verna, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ixias pyrene verna ; [BOR, 164]; [MRS, 230]; [BMP: 92, pl. 9, f. 17-18]
[verna-1u.jpg] 698x740 (~46Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small wood at a grassy swamp at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel, 2nd January, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [verna-2v.jpg] 1138x911 (~138Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small wood at a grassy swamp at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel, 2nd January, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [verna-3mv.jpg] 890x1079 (~87Kb) underside male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
[verna-4v.jpg] 699x918 (~86Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, ruderal vegeation at a roadside. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin [verna-5v.jpg] 964x892 (~123Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, ruderal vegeation at a roadside. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

I. p. ludekingi (Vollenhoven, 1860)
W.Sumatra, NE.Sumatra Thestias ludekingii Vollenhoven, 1860; Tijdschr. Ent. 3 : 125, TL: Sumatra
Ixias pyrene ludekingi ; [BOR, 165]
I. p. balice (Boisduval, 1836)
Javan Thestias balice Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 593
Ixias pyrene balice ; [BOR, 165]
I. p. familiaris Butler, 1874
Thibet Ixias familiaris Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 432, TL: Thibet
I. p. insignis Butler, 1879
Taiwan pyrene insignis Butler, 1879; Cistula ent. 2 (21) : 431, pl. 8, f. 1
Ixias splendida Swinhoe, 1916; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 18 (108) : 481, TL: Polisha; Jainau, Formosa
= ; [NHM]
Ixias pyrene insignis ; [MRS, 230]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 7, f. 6; [BOR, 165]
I. p. kausala Moore, 1877
NW.Himalaya Ixias kausala Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115) : 49, TL: Kussowlie, NW.Himalaya
Ixias satadra Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115) : 50, TL: Simla District, NW.Himalaya
= ; [NHM]
Ixias pyrene kausala ; [NHM]
I. p. andamana Moore, 1877
Andamans, ?Nicobars Ixias andamana Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 590, TL: Andaman Is.
Ixias lena Swinhoe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29) : 357, TL: Andaman Islands
= ; [NHM]
Ixias pyrene andamana ; [BOR, 165]
I. p. clarki Avinoff, 1926²
Philippines (Mindanao) clarki Avinoff, 1926; Ann. Carnegie Mus. 16: 360, pl. 30, f. 3, TL: Luzon
Ixias pyrene clarki ; [BOR, 165]
Borneo Ixias pyrene undatus ; [BOR, 165]
Ixias undatus ; Rothschild, 1913, Novit. Zool. 20 : 279
I. p. hainana Fruhstorfer
Ixias pyrene hainana ; [MRS, 230]
I. p. yunnanensis Fruhstorfer, 1902
N.Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Yunnan Ixias yunnanensis Fruhstorfer, 1902; Soc. Ent. 17 (11) : 81, TL: Yunnan
Ixias pyrene tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 15 (2) : 297, TL: N.Vietnam
Ixias pyrene tonkiniana f. denigrata Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 156, TL: N.Vietnam
Ixias pyrene yunnanensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ixias pyrene yunnanensis ; [MRS, 230]

Ixias reinwardti (Vollenhoven, 1860)
Timor. See [About maps] Thestias reinwardti Vollenhoven, 1860; Tijdschr. Ent. 3 : 126, TL: Moluccas
?Ixias reinwardti extincta Röber, 1900; Ent. Nachr. 26 (13) : 200
?Ixias reinwardti javanensis Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 67, TL: E.Java
Ixias reinwardti ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 160, f. 26]; [BOR, 166]
Timor, Flores, Sumbawa, Alor Ixias reinwardti reinwardti ; [BAUR, 159]
I. r. baliensis Fruhstorfer, 1897
Bali Ixias baliensis Fruhstorfer, 1897; Soc. Ent. 12 (7): 49, TL: Bali
Ixias reinwardti baliensis Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4) : 340, TL: Bali
Ixias reinwardti baliensis ; [BOR, 166]
I. r. lombokiana Fruhstorfer²
Lombok Ixias reinwardti lombokiana ; [BOR, 166]
I. r. kangeana Fruhstorfer²
Kangean Ixias reinwardti kangeana ; [BOR, 166]
Sumba Ixias reinwardti pagenstetcheri ; [BOR, 166]

Ixias venilia (Godart, 1819)
-. See [About maps] Pieris venilia Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 121
Ixias venilia ; [EBW]; [BOR, 166]
Java, Kangean Ixias venilia venilia ; [BOR, 166]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 7, f. 8
I. v. theresiae Kalis, 1933
Sapudi I. Ixias venilia theresiae Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 52, TL: Sapoedi
Ixias venilia theresiae ; [BOR, 166]

Ixias vollenhovii (Wallace, 1867)
Timor. See [About maps] Thestias vollenhovii Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 393, TL: Timor
Thestias venatrix Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 393, TL: Moulmein
Ixias vollenhovi ; [EBW]
Ixias vollenhovii ; [BAUR, 158]

Ixias kuehni Röber, 1891
Wetar I. Ixias kühni Röber, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 287, TL: Wetter
Ixias kuehni ; [BAUR, 158]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 7, pl. 7, f. 9


Unknown or unplaced taxa

Ixia moulmeinensis Moore, [1879]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 837, TL: Moulmein to Meetan


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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)
[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
[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
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[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/
[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:
Avinoff, 1926
Descriptions of some new species and varieties of Rhopalocera in the Carnegie Museum Ann. Carnegie Mus. 16: 355-376, pl. 30-33
Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 1-690, pl. 1-24
Butler, 1874
Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of diurnal Lepidoptera in the collection of Herbert Druce Esq. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 423-436, pl. 6
Butler, 1879
Descriptions of new Butterflies of the Indian Region Cistula ent. 2 (21) : 431-432, pl. 8
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Cramer, [1779]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)
Distant, 1883
Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. 2 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (71) : 351-353
H. Druce, 1874
A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. L. Layard at Chentaboon and Nahconchaisee, Siam, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 102-109, pl. 16
Fabricius, 1777
Genera Insectorum eorumque characters naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem ... Genera Insectorum : 1-310
Fruhstorfer, 1897
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem malayischen Archipel Soc. Ent. 12 (7): 49-50 (1 July, 1897), (22): 169-170 (15 February, 1898), (23): 178-179 (1 March, 1898)
Fruhstorfer, 1898
Neue Rhopaloceren aus dem Indo-malayischen Archipel Berl. Ent. Zs. 42 (3/4) : 311-343 (mid July)
Fruhstorfer, 1902
Neue ostasiatische [sic] Rhopaloceren Soc. Ent. 17 (11) : 81-82 (1 September)
Fruhstorfer, 1903
Verzeichniss der in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Pieriden und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 15 (2) : 269-305 (1 May)
Fruhstorfer, 1910
2. Familie: Pieridae, Weisslinge in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 119-120 (1909), : 121-144 (14 January, 1910), : 145-152 (11 February, 1910), : 153-168 (2 April, 1910), : 169-176 (4 April, 1910), : 177-190 (20 May, 1910)
Gabriel, 1943
A revision of the genus Ixias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 12 (5/6) : 55-70
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])
Hübner, 1826
Anzeiger der im Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge angenommenen Benennungen ihrer Horden, Rotten, Stämme, Familien, Vereine und Gattungen Verz. bek. Schmett. (Anz.) (1-9): 1-72
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Kalis, 1933
Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Lepidoptera Rhopalocera van Nederlandsch-Indië Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 47-86
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Martin, 1914
Die Tagfalter der Insel Celebes Dt. ent. Z. Iris 28 (1): 59-80, (2): 81-107
Moore, 1877
Descriptions of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115) : 43-52
Moore, 1877
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60
Moore, [1879]
A list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 821-859, pl. 51-53 (1879)
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
Pendlebury, 1933
Notes and new Records of Butterflies from the Malay Peninsula J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 377-401
Rothschild, 1913
Notes on Ixias undatus Butler, with the description of the unknown female Novit. Zool. 20 : 279
Röber, 1891
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891), 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)
Röber, 1900
Neue Schmetterlinge Ent. Nachr. 26 (13) : 199-204
Snellen, 1878
Opgave van en Aanteekeningen over Lepidoptera in zuid-west Celebes verzameld Tijdschr. Ent. 21 (1) : 1-43, pl. 1-2
Swinhoe, 1890
New Species of Indian Butterflies Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29) : 353-365
Swinhoe, 1916
New Species of Butterflies and Moths from Australia, Africa, and the Indo-Malayan Region Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 18 (108) : 480-490
Thieme, 1896
Eine neue Ixias aus Nias Berl. ent. Z. 41 : 408
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
Vollenhoven, 1860
Deux Lépidoptères nouveaux Tijdschr. Ent. 3 : 125-127
Wallace, 1867
On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 301-416, pl. 6-9
Weymer, 1887
Exotische Lepidopteren. IV Stettin ent. Ztg 48 (1-3) : 3-18, pl. 1-2
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls


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