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Loxura Horsfield, [1829]

yamflies
Loxura Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 119, TS: Papilio atymnus Stoll
Loxura (Loxurini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 434
Loxura (Loxyrini) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 127

Loxura atymnus (Stoll, [1780])

Ceylon, S.India, Orissa, S.Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Mussoorie - Assam, Bengal, Burma, Malaysia, Philippines. See [About maps] Yamfly
Papilio atymnus Stoll, [1780]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 82, pl. 331, f. D, E, TL: South India [Coromandel]
Loxura atymnus atymnus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Loxura atymnus ; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 26; [BIR, 329]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 12]; [MRS, 639]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 128

769x513 (~59Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

512x341 (~27Kb) India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Dioscorea pentaphylla, Smilax [BIR], Discorea spp., Solanum tuberosum [MRS]

Larvae always attended by ants [BIR]

L. a. atymnus

S.India Loxura mahara Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 221
Loxura anglerius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 223
Loxura atymnus atymnus ; [BOR, 590]

L. a. arcuata Moore˛

Ceylon Loxura atymnus arcuata ; [BOR, 590]

L. a. continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1912

Assam - W.Thailand, Indo China, S.China, Hainan, S.Yunnan Loxura continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 221, TL: "Himalaya, Burma Siam"
Loxura atymnus continentalis ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. praeha Moore˛

S.Andamans Loxura atymnus praeha ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. nicobarica Evans, 1932

Nicobars atymnus nicobarica Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 274
Loxura atymnus nicobarica ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912

N.Borneo, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore Loxura fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 222, TL: Malay Peninsula
Loxura atymnus fuconius, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Loxura atymnus fuconius ; [BMP: 298, pl. 44, f. 21]; [BOR, 590 (note)]

1056x922 (~229Kb) underside male Thailand, Phang Nga Province, a hill at Khao Khuan Kha, 5 km NE Khok Kloi, a primary forest. 23rd February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1292x1289 (~414Kb) underside Thailand, Phuket, a garden in the Nai Yang beach area. 28th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. a. leminius Fruhstorfer, 1912

NE.Sumatra atymnus leminius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 222
Loxura atymnus leminius ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. deinostratus Fruhstorfer, 1912

W.Java atymnus deinostratus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 222
Loxura atymnus deinostratus ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. matienus Fruhstorfer, 1912

E.Java, Bali atymnus matienus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 222
Loxura atymnus matienus ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. manilius Fruhstorfer, 1912

Lombok, Flores, Sumba, Sumbawa atymnus manilius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 223
Loxura atymnus manilius ; [BOR, 590 (note)]

L. a. luzonica Swinhoe, 1917

Philippines (Luzon)

L. a. kangeanus Kalis, 1933

Kangean Loxura atymnus kangeanus Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 63, TL: Kaioearo, Kangean

L. a. sulawesiensis Takanami, 1986˛

Sulawesi Loxyra atymnus sulawesiensis ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 128

Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884

-. See [About maps] Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 14 (81) : 200
Loxura cassiopeia cassiopeia, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

L. c. cassiopeia

Peninsular Malaya, Thailand Loxura cassiopeia cassiopeia ; [BOR, 591 (note)]; [BMP: 299, pl. 44, f. 22-23]

L. c. amatica Fruhstorfer, 1912

N.Borneo, Palawan cassiopeia amatica Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 223
Loxura cassiopeia amatica ; [BOR, 591]

L. c. numana Fruhstorfer, 1912

W.Sumatra cassiopeia numana Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 223
Loxura cassiopeia numana ; [BOR, 591 (note)]

L. c. fuscidaudata Fruhstorfer, 1912

Nias cassiopeia fuscidaudata Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 223
Loxura cassiopeia fuscidaudata ; [BOR, 591 (note)]

L. c. batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913

Batu I. Loxura cassiopeia batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (3) : 137, TL: Pulo Tello, Batu I.

L. c. yilma Fruhstorfer, 1926

Philippines (Mindanao) cassiopeia yilma Fruhstorfer, 1926; in Seitz, Macrolep. 9: 996
takioi Hayashi, 1976
Loxura cassiopeia yilma ; [BOR, 591 (note)]

L. c. owadai Hayashi, [1977]

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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.

[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

[Kedar Tokekar]

India

[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/

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[˛]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Distant, 1884

Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. 3 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 14 (81) : 198-202

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Evans, 1932

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls

Fruhstorfer, 1912

Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 197-272, f. 1-4 (early April)

Fruhstorfer, 1913

Neue Indo-Australiche[sic] Rhopaloceren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (3) : 130-139 ([14 October])

Hewitson, 1863

Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)

Horsfield, [1829]

Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828), (2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-2] (1829)

Kalis, 1933

Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Lepidoptera Rhopalocera van Nederlandsch-Indië Tijdschr. Ent. 76 : 47-86

Stoll, [1780]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

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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