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Suastus Moore, [1881]

Suastus Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 168, TS: Heperia gremius Fabricius

Suastus gremius (Fabricius, 1798)

India, Ceylon, Burma. See [About maps] Indian Palm Bob
Hesperia gremius Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 433, no. 282-3, TL: India
Suastus gremius gremius, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Suastus gremius ; [BIR, 471]; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 46]; [MRS, 738]

760x801 (~96Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

994x945 (~129Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach. 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

S. g. gremius

S.India, NW.Hiamalaya - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa, Langkawi, Malaysia Hesperia disu Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4: 456, TL: Himalayas
Suastus divodasa Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 791, TL: Bengal
Suastus robsonii de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (4): 372, (3): pl. Q, f. 5, TL: Mussoorie
Suastus gremius ab. centripuncta Seitz, 1927; in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9: 1062, pl. 167h
Suastus gremius gremius ; [BMP: 361, pl. 54, f. 61]

Larva on Phoenix humilis, P. canariensis, P. hanceana, P. dactylifer, Rhapis humilis, R. excelsa, Caryota mitis, Washingtonia filifera [MRS]

S. g. chilon Doherty, 1891

Sumba Suastus chilon Doherty, 1891; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 60 Pt.II (2) : 196, TL: Sumba

S. g. subgrisea (Moore, 1878)

Ceylon Hesperia subgrisea Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 689, pl. 45, f. 5, TL: Ceylon
Suastus gremius subgrisea ; [NHM]

Suastus minutus (Moore, 1877)

Ceylon, Malaya. See [About maps] Small Palm Bob
Tagiades minuta Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 343
Suastus bipunctus Swinhoe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29) : 364, TL: Nilgiri Hills, western slopes, 2500ft
Suastus minuta ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 48]
Suastus minutus ; [MRS, 738]

S. m. aditia Evans, 1943

Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Hainan, S.Vietnam, N.Malaysia Suastus aditia Evans, 1943; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 12 (7,8): 96, TL: Sikkim
Suastus minutus aditia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Suastus minutus aditia ; [BMP: 361, pl. 54, f. 57-58]
Suastus minutus aditius ; [MRS, 738]

S. m. flemingi Eliot, 1973

Malaysia Suastus minutus flemingi Eliot, 1973; Entomologist 106 (1316): 9, TL: Malaysia, Pahang, Gtg. Sempak
Suastus minutus flemingi ; [BMP: 361, pl. 54, f. 59-60]

Suastus everyx (Mabille, 1883)

Malaya, Java - Bali. See [About maps] Pterygospidea everyx Mabille, 1883; C. R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 3 (31): LXXVII, TL: Malaysia
Suastus everyx everyx, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Suastus everyx ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 45]

S. e. everyx

Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Tagiades tripura de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 392, pl. G, f. 39, TL: Perak, Malaysia
Suastus everyx everyx ; [BMP: 361, pl. 54, f. 55-56]

Suastus migreus Semper, 1892

Philippines. See [About maps] migreus Semper, 1892; Reisen Philipp. (7): 300, TL: Luzon
Suastus migreus ; [BOW: pl. 188, f. 47]

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References:

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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.

[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

[BOW]

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

[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

Some related literature:

de Nicéville, 1891

On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G

de Nicéville, 1895

On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410

Doherty, 1891

The Butterflies of Sumba and Sumbawa, with some Account of the Island of Sumba J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 60 Pt.II (2) : 141-197, pl. 2

Eliot, 1973

More revisional Notes on oriental Butterflies Entomologist 106 (1316): 1-15, 10 figs

Evans, 1943

A Revision of the Genus Suastus Moore. (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 12 (7,8): 95-96

Mabille, 1883

Description d'Hespérides. C. R. Séances Soc. ent. Belg. 3 (31): li-lxxvii

Moore, [1866]

On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 755-823, pl. 41-43

Moore, 1877

Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 339-348

Moore, 1878

Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 686-695, pl. 45

Moore, [1881]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18, (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36, (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54, (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71

Semper, 1892

Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)

Swinhoe, 1890

New Species of Indian Butterflies Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29) : 353-365

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