Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Hesperioidea Hesperiidae Hesperiinae

600x400 (~40Kb) India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 12.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Larva on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum, Imperata cylindrica, Cocos nucifera, Calamus [BMP]

• Telicota anisodesma Lower, 1911 AU. See [maps]

  • Telicota anisodesma, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Leptaspis banksii?, Flagellaria indica K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

• Telicota ancilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Queensland. See [maps]

  • Pamphila ancilla Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; Stettin ent. Ztg 30 (1-3): 79, no. 59; TL: Rockhampton
  • Pamphila olivescens Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; Stettin ent. Ztg 30 (1-3): 79, pl. 3, f. 14
  • Telicota baudina Evans, 1949

  • Telicota ancilla, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Telicota ancilla; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 11 (text)

  Larva on Imperata cylindrica, Paspalum urvillei, Sorghum halepense, S. spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

  • T. a. horisha Evans, 1934 Taiwan

    • Telicota krefftii horisha Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (9): 208; TL: Formosa

    • Telicota ancilla horsha[sic?]; [MRS], 743
  • T. a. santa Evans, 1934 Borneo

    • ancilla santa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (10): 231
• Telicota augias (Linnaeus, 1763) Ceylon, India, Burma, AU. See [maps] Pale Palm Dart

  • Papilio augias Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad. 6: 410
  • Pamphila krefftii Macleay, 1866; Proc. Ent. Soc. N.S.W 1: liv; TL: Cap York
  • Telicota argilus Waterhouse, 1933

  • Telicota augias augias, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • Telicota augias, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • kreffti; Masters, 1873, (missp.)
  • Telicota augias; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 46, pl. 9, f. 68a-h; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 402; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 9; [MRS], 742

  Larva on Oryza sativa K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

  • T. a. augias

    • Telicota augias augias; [BMP]: 383, pl. 59, f. 46-48
• Telicota brachydesma Lower, 1908 AU. See [maps]

  • Telicota brachydesma, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Leptaspis banksii K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

• Telicota eurotas (C. Felder, 1860) AU. See [maps]

  • Pamphila eurotas C. Felder, 1860
  • Telicota laconia Waterhouse, 1937

  • Telicota eurotas, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Scleria polycarpa K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

  • T. e. eurychlora Lower, 1908

    • Telicota eurychlora, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

    • Telicota eurychlora;
• Telicota colon (Fabricius, 1775) AU. See [maps] Common Palm Dart

  • Papilio colon Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 531, no. 376; TL: India

  • Telicota colon, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Telicota colon; [MRS], 742; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

  Larva on (reared on) Sorghum verticilliflorum K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Chrysopogon , Imperata , Microstegium , Miscanthus , Ophiurus , Oryza , Phragmites , Pennisetum , Saccharum , Setaria , Zizania Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

  • T. c. argeus (Plötz, 1883) Australia, Lesser Sunda Is.

    • Hesperia argeus Plötz, 1883

    • Telicota argeus;
    • Telicota colon argeus; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73

    Larva on Miscanthus sinensis var. strictus Dunn, 1995, Victorian Ent. 25 (5): -

  • T. c. elsa Evans, 1934 Papua

    • colon elsa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (9): 207; TL: Papua
  • T. c. vaja Corbet, 1942 Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi

    • Telicota vaja Corbet, 1942; Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (B) 11 (6): 94

    • Telicota colon vaja; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 73
  • T. c. stinga Evans, 1949 N.Vietnam

    • Telicota stinga Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 392; TL: Malacca, Malaysia

    • Telicota colon stinga, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Telicota colon stinga; [MRS], 742; [BMP]: 384, pl. 59, f. 44-45
  • T. c. vega Evans, 1949
• Telicota angiana Evans, 1934

  • mamba Evans, 1949²
• Telicota melanion (Mabille, 1878)

  • Telicota dhamika Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 31; TL: Waigiu
• Telicota sadra Evans, 1949
• Telicota sadrella Parsons, 1986 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Telicota sadrella Parsons, 1986; Tyô to Ga 37 (3): 124; TL: Ambunti, Eeast Sepik Prov., PNG
• Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907 -. See [maps]

  • Telicota ternatensis Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119): 433; TL: Ternate
  • Telicota bambusae obiensis Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 30; TL: Obi
    • = ; [NHM card]

  • Telicota ternatensis; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74
  • T. t. moorei Rothschild, 1916

    • ternatensis moorei Rothschild, 1916; in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea: 40
  • T. t. sula Evans, 1932 Sula Is.

    • ternatensis sula Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 405; TL: Mangoli

    • Telicota ternatensis sula; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74
  • T. t. testa Evans, 1934 Sulawesi, Banggai

    • ternatensis testa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (10): 232; TL: S.Celebes

    • Telicota ternatensis testa; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74
  • T. t. ranga Evans, 1949 Talaud, Sangihe

    • ternatensis ranga Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 403; TL: Sangir

    • Telicota ternatensis ranga; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74
  • T. t. fenia Evans, 1949 New Ireland

    • ternatensis fenia Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 404
  • T. t. solva Evans, 1949

    • ternatensis solva Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 404; TL: Florida
• Telicota mesoptis Lower, 1911 AU. See [maps]

  • Telicota mesoptis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Sorghum verticilliflorum K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

• Telicota hilda Eliot, 1959 Malaysia

  • Telicota hilda Eliot, 1959; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7 (8): 390, pl. 10, f. 14; TL: Malaysia, Pahang, Fraser's Hill

  • Telicota hilda, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Telicota hilda; [BMP]: 384, pl. 59, f. 49-51
• Telicota ohara (Plötz, 1883) -. See [maps]

  • Hesperia ohara Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 226

  • Telicota ohara, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Telicota ohara; [MRS], 743; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

  Larva on Oryza , Setaria Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74

  • T. o. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911 Taiwan

    • Telicota bambusae formosana Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 29; TL: Formosa

    • Telicota ohara formosana; [MRS], 743

    Larva on Setaria palmifolia, Cynodon doctylon [MRS]

  • T. o. rahula Fruhstorfer, 1911 Sulawesi

    • Telicota bambusae rahula Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 30; TL: S.Celebes, Lompo-Batta

    • Telicota ohara rahula; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 74
  • T. o. jix Evans, 1949 S.Yunnan, ...

    • Telicota jix Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 400

    • Telicota ohara jix, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Telicota ohara jix; [BMP]: 384, pl. 59, f. 55-57
  • T. o. ixion Evans, 1949 Papua

    • ohara ixion Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 401; TL: Aroa R.
• Telicota linna Evans, 1949 S.Burma, Indo-China, Malaysia. See [maps] Linna Palm Dart

  • Telicota linna Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 396; TL: Sikkim

  • Telicota linna, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Telicota linna; [MRS], 743; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 11; [BMP]: 384, pl. 59, f. 52-54
• Telicota besta Evans, 1949 Besta Palm Dart

  • Telicota besta Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 396; TL: Hainan, China
  • T. b. besta

    • Telicota linna besta; [MRS], 743
  • T. b. bina Evans, 1949

    • Telicota bina Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 396

    • Telicota besta bina, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    • Telicota besta bina; [BMP]: 383, pl. 59, f. 58-60
• Telicota bambusae (Moore, 1878) Ceylon, .... See [maps] Dark Palm Dart

  • Pamphila bambusae Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 691, pl. 45, f. 11-12; TL: "Calcutta"

  • Telicota bambusae, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Telicota bambusae bambusae, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

  • Pamphila bambusae; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 842
  • Telicota bambusae; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 170, pl. 71, f. 4
  • T. b. bambusae

    • Telicota ancilla bambusae; Eliot, 1959, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7 (8): 389
    • Telicota bambusae bambusae; [BMP]
  • T. b. horisha Evans, 1934

    • Telicota bambusae horisha, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
• Telicota paceka Fruhstorfer, 1911 -. See [maps]

  • Telicota paceka Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 32; TL: New Guinea
  • T. p. affinis Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea

    • Telicota affinis Rothschild, 1915; in Rothschild & Durrant, Lep. B.O.U. Exp. New Guinea: 40; TL: Snow Mts.
• Telicota pythias Mabille² Ceylon, India, Burma. See [maps] Dark Palm Dart

  • Telicota pythias; [BIR], 478

  A form of Telicota ancilla?

• Telicota subha Fruhstorfer, 1911

  • Telicota bambusae subha Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (3): 31; TL: Fergusson I.
  • Telicota bambusae kiriwina Swinhoe, 1917; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 19 (113): 410; TL: Kiriwini I., Tobriand group
    • = ; [NHM card]
• Telicota kezia Evans, 1949 New Britain. See [maps]

  • Telicota kezia; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 10
  • T. k. lenna Evans, 1949 New Britain

    • kezia lenna Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 402; TL: New Britain
• Telicota kaimana Evans, 1934
• Telicota vinta Evans, 1949
• Telicota aroa Evans, 1934

  • aroa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (10): 231; TL: Aroa R.
• Telicota brandti Parsons, 1986 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Telicota brandti Parsons, 1986; Tyô to Ga 37 (3): 126; TL: New Guinea, Maprik, 600ft
• Telicota bulwa Parsons, 1986 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Telicota bulwa Parsons, 1986; Tyô to Ga 37 (3): 126; TL: Manki Divide, Bulolo, Morobe Prov., PNG
• Telicota doba Evans, 1949 Aru

  • Telicota doba Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 391; TL: Aru I.
• Telicota gervasa Evans, 1949

  • gervasa Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 404; TL: Dukeof York Is.
• Telicota laruta Evans, 1934 Papua. See [maps]

  • laruta Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (9): 208; TL: Papua
• Telicota torsa Evans, 1934 Buru

  • torsa Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (10): 231; TL: Buru
• Telicota mimena Parsons, 1986 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Telicota mimena Parsons, 1986; Tyô to Ga 37 (3): 128; TL: New Guinea, Morobe Distr., Sandy Creek, 8km NE of Wau, 900m

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