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Platypthima Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
Platypthima Rothschild & Jordan, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 (2): 458, TS: Platyphima ornata Rothschild & Jordan
Altiapa Parsons, 1986; Tyō to Ga 37 (3) : 148, TS: Platypthima decolor Rothschild & Jordan
Platypthima, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Platyphthima ; Sharp, [1907], Zool. Rec. 42 (year 1905) (Ins.): 235 (missp.)
Platypthima (Hypocystina) ; [Wahlberg]
Altiapa (Hypocystina) ; [Wahlberg]

Platypthima simplex Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
Papua, New Guinea. See [About maps] Platypthima simplex Rothschild & Jordan, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 (2): 459
Platypthima simplex, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Platypthima simplex ; [BAUR, 269]

Platypthima placiva Jordan, 1924
Papua, New Guinea. See [About maps] Platypthima placiva Jordan, 1924; Novit. Zool. 31 (2) : 287
Platypthima placiva, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Platypthima placiva ; [BAUR, 269]

Platypthima leucomelas (Rothschild, 1903)
Papua, New Guinea. See [About maps] leucomelas (Rothschild, 1903); Novit. Zool. 10 (2) : 309
Platypthima leucomelas ; [BAUR, 269]

Platypthima homochroa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
-. See [About maps] Platyphtima homochroa Rothschild & Jordan, 1907; Dt. Ent. Zs 1907 : 190, TL: Angabunga, New Guinea
Platypthima homochroa, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Papua, E.New Guinea Platypthima homochroa homochroa ; [BAUR, 269]
P. h. euptychioides Joicey & Talbot²
West Irian (Wandammen Mts., Weyland Mts.) Platypthima homochroa euptychioides ; [BAUR, 269 (text)]
Goodenough I. Platypthima homochroa satisbona ; [BAUR, 269 (text)]

Platypthima ornata Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
New Guinea. See [About maps] Platypthima ornata Rothschild & Jordan, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 (2): 458
Platypthima ornata, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Paltypthima ornata ; [BOW: pl. 171, f. 3]
Papua Platypthima ornata ornata ; [BAUR, 269]
P. o. septentrionalis Nieuwnhuis & Howarth²
New Guinea (Telefomin) Platypthima ornata septentrionalis ; [BAUR, 269 (text)]

Platypthima dispar Joicey & Talbot, 1922
-. See [About maps] Platypthima dispar Joicey & Talbot, 1922; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (2) : 329, TL: Dewaro Village, 3500ft
West Irian (Arfak, Weyland Mts.) Platypthima dispar dispar ; [BAUR, 270]
New Guinea (Huon Gulf) Platypthima dispar huonis ; [BAUR, 270]

The "altiapa" species-group

Platypthima decolor Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
West Irian - Papua. See [About maps] Platypthima decolor Rothschild & Jordan, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 (2): 459
Altiapa decolor, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Platypthima decolor ; [BAUR, 269]
Altiapa decolor ;

Platypthima klossi Rothschild & Durrant, 1915²
West Irian (Oetakwa). See [About maps] klossi Rothschild & Durrant, 1915²; in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 14
Altiapa klossi, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Platypthima klossi ; [BAUR, 269]
Altiapa klossi ;

Platypthima pandora Joicey & Talbot, 1916²
West Irian (Wandammen Mts., Weayland Mts.). See [About maps] pandora Joicey & Talbot, 1916²; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17 (97) : 75
Altiapa pandora ;
P. p. golianthina Jordan, 1924²
Altiapa pandora golianthina ;
P. p. pedaloidina Joicey & Noakes, 1916
West Irian (Arfak) Platyphtima pedaloidina Joicey & Noakes, 1916; in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (3-4) : 366, pl. 57, f. 2-3
Platypthima pandora pedaloidina ; [BAUR, 270 (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)
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Joicey & Noakes in Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916
New Lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1915 (3-4) : 361-386, pl. 55-62
Joicey & Talbot, 1916
New Lepidoptera from Dutch New Guinea Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 17 (97) : 68-90, pl. 5-8
Joicey & Talbot, 1922
New forms of butterflies from Dutch New Guinea Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (2) : 325-334
Jordan, 1924
On Hypocysta and some allied genera of Satyrinae (Lep. Rhop.) from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Novit. Zool. 31 (2) : 279-297
Parsons, 1986
A new genus and twenty-six new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya Tyō to Ga 37 (3) : 103-177
Rothschild, 1903
Some new butterflies and moths Novit. Zool. 10 (2) : 309-312
Rothschild & Durrant, 1915
Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea : 1-146, : 147-148, : 149-162, : 163-168, : 169-182, : pl. 1-2
Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
On some new Lepidoptera discovered by A. S. Meek in British New Guinea Novit. Zool. 12 (2): 448-478
Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Dt. Ent. Zs 1907 : 189-198


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