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Polycaena Staudinger, 1886

Polycaena Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 227, TS: Polycaena tamerlana Staudinger
Hyporion Röber, 1903; Stettin. Ent. Ztg 64 (2) : 357, TS: Emesis princeps Oberthür
Polycaena (Riodinidae) ; [BRU2, 83]

Polycaena tamerlana Staudinger, 1886

-. See [About maps] Polycaena tamerlana Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 227, TL: [N slope of Alai Mts., Kirghizia]
Polycaena tamerlana ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 3]; [BRU2: 83, pl. 49, f. 13-28]

P. t. tamerlana

Alai Mts. Polycaena tamerlana tamerlana ; [BRU2, 83]

P. t. temir Grum-Grshimailo, 1890

Zaalaisky Mts. Polycaena temir Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4 : 420
Polycaena tamerlana temir ; [BRU2, 83]

Larva on Androsace lehmanniana [BRU2, 83]

P. t. pamira Tshikolovets, 1997

E.Pamirs Polycaena tamerlana pamira ; [BRU2, 83]

P. t. timur Staudinger, 1886

Tian-Shan Polycaena timur Staudinger, 1886; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (7-9): 230
Polycaena tamerlana timur ; [BRU2, 83]

Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

E.Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, 1891; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4) : 454
Polycaena lua ; [BOW: pl. 207, f. 2]; [MRS, 603]

Polycaena matuta Leech, 1893

E.Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Polycaena matuta Leech, 1893; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 294, pl. 28, f. 16
Polycaena matuta ; [MRS, 603]

Polycaena chauchowensis (Mell, 1923)

Yunnan. See [About maps] chauchowensis (Mell, 1923); Dt. ent. Z. 1923 (2) : 159
Hyporion chauchowensis Mell, ?1913; 159
Polycaena chauchawensis[sic?] ; [MRS, 603]

Polycaena carmelita Oberthür, 1903

W.China. See [About maps] Polycaena carmelita Oberthür, 1903; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1903 : 268,269
Polycaena carmelita ; [MRS, 603]

Polycaena princeps (Oberthür, 1886)

E.Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Emesis princeps Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 22, pl. 7, f. 57
Polycaena princeps ; [MRS, 603]
Hyporion princeps ;

Polycaena lama Leech, 1893

E.Tibet, W.China. See [About maps] Polycaena lama Leech, 1893; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 294, pl. 28, f. 13, 15
Polycaena lama Leech, ?1892
Polycaena lama ; [MRS, 603]
Hyporion lama ; Huang, 2001

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References:

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[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[EBW]

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

[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

Some related literature:

Grum-Grshimailo, 1890

Le Pamir et sa faune lépidoptérologique in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4 : 1-576, pl. A,1-21

Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Lepidoptera nova in Asia centrali novissime lecta et descripta Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 25 (3-4) : 445-465

Leech, 1893

Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)

Mell, 1923

Noch unbeschriebene Lepidopteren aus Südchina. ii Dt. ent. Z. 1923 (2) : 153-160

Oberthür, 1886

Espèces Nouvelles de Lépidoptères du Thibet / Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 13-38, pl. 1-7

Oberthür, 1903

Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Polycaena (Lépidopt. Rhopal.) Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1903 : 268-270

Röber, 1903

Lepidopterologisches Stettin. Ent. Ztg 64 (2) : 337-358

Staudinger, 1886

Centralasiatische Lepidopteren Stett. Ent. Ztg. 47 (4-6): 193-215, (7-9): 225-256

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