Tarucus

Tarucus Moore, [1881] Blue Pierrots Pierrots

Tarucus (Lycaenidae) Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 81; TS: Hesperia theophrastus Fabricius

Tarucus (Lycaenidae); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 212
Tarucus (Lampidini); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 381; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78
Tarucus (Lycaenidae); [BRU2], 138
Tarucus (Section Castalius); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 447; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 54
Tarucus (Polyommatini); [NHM card]; [BK], 235; [AfrL]; [FE]
Tarucus (Castaliina); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)

S.Spain, AF (north of equator), Asia Minor, Iraq, Arabia, Senegal, N.Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, N.Uganda, N.Kenya, Somalia, Arabia. See [maps] Common Tiger Blue Pointed Pierrot African Pierrot Laberinto

Hesperia theophrastus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 281; TL: Morocco
Lycaena theophrastus ab. radiata Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 159, pl. 49, f. 410, 413; TL: Sebdou (Algeria)
- = ; [NHM card]
Lycaena theophrastus ab. micaerulescens Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 159, pl. 49, f. 409; TL: Sebdou (Algeria)
- = ; [NHM card]
Tarucus theophrastus ; [BK]: 235, f. 16a (m.gen), pl. 24, f. 337

Tarucus theophrastus, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Tarucus theophrastus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]

Tarucus theophrastus; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 81, (2) pl. 36, f. 3; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 287, pl. 14, f. 12, 12a, pl. 16, f. 12, pl. 18, 20, f. 29, 32-34; [BIR], 264 (key); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 382; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [BOW]: pl. 10, f. 33; [NHM card]; Bálint, 1992, Linn. Belg. 13 (8): 400; [BAFR], 549; [BMAT]: 31, pl. 10, f. 36-50; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]

Tarucus nara (Kollar, 1848)

Ceylon, S.India, Mussoorie - Bengal. See [maps] Striped Pierrot

Lycaena nara Kollar, 1848; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 421
- = Tarucus theophrastus ; [NHM card]

?Tarucus theophrastus nara;
Tarucus nara; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 273, pl. 14, f. 1, 1a, pl. 15, f. 1, pl. 19, f. 19; [BIR], 264 (key); [BOR], 648; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55

Tarucus indica Evans, 1932

India. See [maps]

Tarucus theophrastus indica Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 216

Tarucus theophrastus indica; [NHM card]
Tarucus indica; [NHM card]

Tarucus ananda (de Nicéville, [1884])

India (Nasik, Kanara, Kilgiri, Palni Hills, Annamalai Hills), Sikkim - Assam, Burma, ?Thailand. See [maps] Dark Pierrot

Castalius ananda de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4): 74, pl. 1, f. 11 ♂, 11a ♀, 11a; TL: Sikkim

Castalius ananda; Fruhstorfer, 1918, Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2): 25, pl. 4, f. 3; [NHM card]
Tarucus ananda; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 289, pl. 14, 17, f. 3, pl. 20, f. 30; [BIR], 262; [BOR], 648; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55

Tarucus waterstradti Druce, 1895

-. See [maps]

Tarucus waterstradti Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 585, pl. 32, f. 21; TL: Kina Balu

Tarucus waterstradti; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 276, pl. 17, f. 16; [BOW]: pl. 181, f. 25; [NHM card]; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 37; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55

T. w. waterstradti Borneo

Castalius ananda waterstradti; Fruhstorfer, 1918, Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2): 26
Tarucus waterstradti waterstradti; [BOR], 648 (name)

T. w. dharta Bethune-Baker, [1918] Sikkim - Assam - Burma, Thailand Assam Pierrot

Tarucus dharta Bethune-Baker, [1918]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 291, pl. 14, f. 15, pl. 17, f. 14; TL: Sikkim, Darjeeling

Tarucus waterstradti dharta, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Tarucus dharta; [NHM card]; [BIR], 262

T. w. vileja (Fruhstorfer, 1918) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya

Castalius ananda vileja Fruhstorfer, 1918; Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2): 25; TL: Sumatra

Castalius ananda vileja; [NHM card]
Tarucus waterstradtii vileja; [BMP]: 234, pl. 34, f. 22, pl. 61, f. 20
Tarucus waterstradti vileja; [BOR], 648

T. w. simillimus Schröder & Treadaway, 1985

Tarucus venosus Moore, 1882

NW.India, Abbotabad, Kangra, Kulu, Simla Hills, Sikkim - Bangladesh. See [maps] Veined Pierrot Himalayan Pierrot

Tarucus venosus Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1): 245, pl. 12, f. 6, 6a; TL: Dharmsala, W. Himalayas

Tarucus venosus; [BIR], 262; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 275, pl. 14, f. 2, pl. 15, f. 2, pl. 18, 19, f. 20; [BOR], 648; [NHM card]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55

Tarucus hazara Evans, 1932

Punjab - Kashmir. See [maps]

Tarucus venosus hazara Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 215

Tarucus venosus hazara; [NHM card]
Tarucus hazara; [BOW]: pl. 181, f. 25 (text); Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55

Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1944

Senegal - Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, N.Uganda, N.Kenya. See [maps] Ungemach's Pierrot

Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1944; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 111 (1942): 121

Tarucus ungemachi; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 382; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 549; [BK]: 236, f. 16b, pl. 24, f. 338; [AfrL]

Tarucus kiki Larsen, 1976

N.Nigeria. See [maps]

Tarucus kiki Larsen, 1976; Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 37 (3): 685; TL: Kano Province, Nigeria

Tarucus kiki; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 549 (text); [AfrL]

Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948

Senegal, Chad, N.Niger, N.Nigeria, Sudan, N.Uganda, N.Kenya, Somalia. See [maps] Le Gras' Pierrot

Tarucus legrasi Stempffer, 1948; Revue Fr. Ent. 15: 194

Tarucus legrasi; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 382; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 549; [BK]: 236, f. 16c (m.gen.); [AfrL]

Tarucus rosacea (Austaut, 1885)

Algeria, Tunisia, NAF, Sahel (Senegal - Egypt), Sudan, Somalia, NW.Kenya, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, W.Asia, Baluchistan. See [maps] Mediterranean Tiger Blue Mediterranean Pierrot

Lycaena theophrastus var. rosacea Austaut, 1885; Le Naturaliste 7: 141; TL: Algeria
Tarucus mediterraneae Bethune-Baker, [1918]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 281, pl. 14, f. 7a-b, pl. 16, f. 7, pl. 19, f. 26; TL: Egypt, Alexandria
- = Tarucus rosaceus ; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 382
- = (mediterranea); [NHM card]
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [AfrL]

Tarucus rosaceus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]

Tarucus mediterraneae; [BIR], 264 (key)
Tarucus rosacea; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [BAFR], 549; [BMAT]: 32, pl. 10, f. 51-65; [AfrL]
Tarucus rosaceus; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 382; [EBW]; [NHM card]; [BK]: 237, f. 16d, pl. 24, f. 340

Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955

N.Kenya, Somalia, S.Ethiopia?. See [maps] Turkana Pierrot

Tarucus kulala Evans, 1955; Entomologist 88: 185; TL: Mt Kulal, N. Kenya

Tarucus kulala; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 549; [BK]: 237, f. 16e, pl. 24, f. 341; [AfrL]

Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899 Socotra I.

Tarucus quadratus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899; Bull. Liverpool Mus. 2 (1): 10; TL: Sokotra

Tarucus quadratus; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 285, pl. 14, 16, f. 11; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 550; [AfrL]

Tarucus grammicus (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893)

E.Africa (N.Tanzania - Somalia), Ethiopia (coastal), Yemen. See [maps] Black Pierrot

Lycaenesthes grammicus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893; Rhop. Exot. [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 102, pl. 23, f. 3-4; TL: Mombasa
Tarucus louisae Sharpe, 1898; Proc. zool. Soc. London 1898: 371
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

Castalius grammica; Bethune-Baker, 1910, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 83
Tarucus grammica; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 283, pl. 14, f. 9, pl. 16, f. 10
Tarucus grammicus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 550; [BK]: 237, pl. 24, f. 342; [AfrL]

Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)

N.Africa, Sudan, Balkans, Arabia - Iran, Asia Minor, Lebanon, N.Nigeria, Uganda, Mauritania. See [maps] Little Tiger Blue

Lycaena balkanica Freyer, 1844; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5: 63, pl. 421, f. 1-2; TL: Turkey
Lycaena psittacus Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (10): 129 (Friv.), (7)(ii) f. 220-223
- = ; [NHM card]
Lampides balcanica ab. frivaldszkyi Aigner-Abafi, 1906; Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. Hung. 4 (2): 515
Tarucus balcanica (I) gen. clorinda Verity, 1938; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 50 (9): 8
- = Tarucus balcanica clorinda ; [NHM card]

Tarucus balkanica, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Tarucus balkanicus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Tarucus balkanicus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Tarucus frivaldszkyi; [NHM card]
Tarucus balkanica; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 277, pl. 14, f. 3-3b, pl. 15, f. 3, pl. 19, f. 21-22; [NHM card]; [BMAT]: 32, pl. 10, f. 66-73; [AfrL]; [FE]
Tarucus balcanicus[sic, recte balkanicus]; [BRU2]: 138, pl. 62, f. 19-27
Tarucus balkanicus; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 381; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [BAFR], 549; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55; [Otakar Kudrna]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78

T. b. balkanica

Tarucus balkanica balkanica; [AfrL]

T. b. areshana Bethune-Baker, [1918] Kopet-Dagh

Tarucus balkanica var. areshana Bethune-Baker, [1918]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 277

Tarucus balkanica areshana; [NHM card]
Tarucus balcanicus areshanus; [BRU2], 138

T. b. alternatus Moore, 1882 Ghissar, Darvaz

Tarucus balcanicus alternatus; [BRU2], 138

T. b. nigra Bethune-Baker, 1918 Baluchistan, Saurasthtra, Delhi, Peshawar, Simla Hills, C.India Black-Spotted Pierrot

Tarucus callinara f. nigra Bethune-Baker, [1918]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 278; TL: Cutch, India

Tarucus nigra; [BIR], 264 (key)
Tarucus balkanica nigra; [NHM card]; [AfrL]
Tarucus balkanicus nigra; [Torben B. Larsen]

Tarucus sybaris (Hopffer, 1855)

Cape, Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Botswana, Moçambique. See [maps]

Lycaena sybaris Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 642; TL: Mozambique

Tarucus sybaris, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

Tarucus sybaris; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 284, pl. 14, f. 10, pl. 16, f. 9, pl. 20, f. 28; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

T. s. sybaris Cape - Natal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi

Tarucus sybaris sybaris; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [BAFR], 550; [AfrL]

T. s. linearis (Aurivillius, 1924) Namibia, Angola, Botswana?

Cupido sybaris var. linearis Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 465 (?1924)
Tarucus sybaris f. vreuricki Dufrane, 1954; Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 90: 286
- = Tarucus sybaris linearis ; [AfrL]

Tarucus sybaris vreuricki; [NHM card]
Tarucus sybaris linearis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 550 (text); [AfrL]

Tarucus thespis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Namaqualand - Cape. See [maps]

Papilio thespis Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 318
Papilio pitho Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 337
- = ; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

Tarucus thespis; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 296; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 550; [AfrL]

Tarucus bowkeri (Trimen, 1883)

Natal, Transvaal. See [maps]

Lycaena bowkeri Trimen, 1883; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 351

Tarucus bowkeri; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 294, pl. 14, f. 14, l. 17, f. 15, pl. 20, f. 31; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 216; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 550; [AfrL]

T. b. bowkeri

Tarucus bowkeri bowkeri; [AfrL]

T. b. transvaalensis Quickelberge, 1972 S.Africa

Tarucus bowkeri transvaalensis Quickelberge, 1972; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 84 (10): 233

Tarucus bowkeri transvaalensis; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

Tarucus callinara Butler, 1886

Peshawar - Bengal, N.Burma, Thailand. See [maps] Spotted Pierrot

Tarucus callinara Butler, 1886; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18 (105): 185; TL: Sheemagar, Upper Burma

Tarucus callinara, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Tarucus callinara; [NHM card]; [BIR], 263; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 278, pl. 14, f. 4, pl. 15, f. 4, pl. 18, 19, f. 23; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 55

Tarucus alteratus Moore, 1882

Peshawar, Campbellpore, C.India, Berar, Kulu, Kangra, Simla Hills, NW.Himalaya. See [maps] Rusty Pierrot

Tarucus alteratus Moore, 1882; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1): 245, pl. 12, f. 4, 4a

Tarucus alteratus; [BIR], 262; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 280, pl. 14, 15, f. 6, pl. 18, 19, f. 25; [NHM card]; [EBW]

Tarucus extricatus Butler, 1886

Sind, Punjab, NW. Frontier Province, Saurasthra, Rajasthan, Bombay. See [maps] Rounded Pierrot

Tarucus extricatus Butler, 1886; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3): 366, pl. 35, f. 2

Tarucus extricatus; [BIR], 264 (key); [NHM card]; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 279, pl. 14, 15, f. 5, pl. 19, f. 24

Tarucus bengalensis Bethune-Baker, [1918]

Calcutta. See [maps]

Tarucus bengalensis Bethune-Baker, [1918]; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 281, pl. 14, 16, f. 8, pl. 19, f. 27; TL: Calcutta

Tarucus bengalensis; [NHM card]

Lycaena theophrastes Gerhard, 1850; Versuch Mon. europ. Schmett. (3): 7, pl. 11, f. 4a-b

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Jean Delacre]
http://homepage.mac.com/jdelacre
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Michel Tarrier]
Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[NHMUS]
Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
[Simon Coombes] 1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK
01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[Torben B. Larsen]
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[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.

Some related literature:

Aigner-Abafi, 1906
Schmetterlings-Aberrationen aus der Sammlung des Ungarischen National-Museums Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. Hung. 4 (2) : 484-531, pl. 13-14
Aurivillius, 1925
Die Gross-Schmetteringe der Erde; 13 Band; Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13 : 1-613, pl. 1-80
Austaut, 1885
Lépidoptéres nouveaux d'Algérie Le Naturaliste 7 : 141-142
Bálint, 1992
Faunistic data of Lycaenid butterflies from the Himalayan Region I (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Linn. Belg. 13 (8) : 395-422
Bethune-Baker, 1910
A revision of the African species of Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 1-84, pl. 1-13
Bethune-Baker, [1918]
A Revision of the genus Tarucus Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4) : 269-296, pl. 14-20
Butler, 1886
On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western India Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3) : 355-395, pl. 35
Butler, 1886
On a Collection of Lepidoptera made by Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., in Upper Burma, in the Winter of 1885-86 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18 (105) : 182-191
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn) : 1-595, pl. 1-69
de Nicéville, [1884]
On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
Dufrane, 1954
Sur quelques Lycaenidae d'Afrique Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 90 : 282-286
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) : iii-x,1-454, pl. 1-32
Evans, 1955
A revision of the genus Tarucus (Lepidoptera: Lycaeninae) of Europe, North Africa and Asia Entomologist 88 : 179-187
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Freyer, 1844
Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. (65-80) Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5 : 1-40 (1842), : 41-92 (1844), : 93-164 (1845)
Fruhstorfer, 1918
Revision der Gattung Castalius auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane Tijdschr. Ent. 61 (1/2) : 17-44, pl. 4-5 (15 July)
Gerhard, 1850
Versuch einer Monographie der europäischen Schmetteringsarten: Thecla, Polyomattus[sic], Lycaena, Nemeobius. Als Beitrag zur Schmetterlingskunde Versuch Mon. europ. Schmett. (1): 1-4, pl. 1-4 (1850), (2): 5, pl. 5-8 (1850), (3): 7-8, pl. 9-12 (1850), (4): 9, pl. 13-16 (1851), (5): 11, pl. 17-20 (1851), (6): 13, pl. 21-24 (1851), (7): 15, pl. 25-28 (1851), (8): 17, pl. 29-32 (1851), (9): 19, pl. 33-36 (1852), (10): 21, pl. 37-39 (1853)
Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1893
Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies Rhop. Exot. [1] 1: (Ornithoptera) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 2: (Ornithoptera) 3-4, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) [5-6] 1-2, pl. 3 (1900), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) 7-8, pl. 4 (1901), [1] 1: (Papilio) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 1: (Papilio) 3-5,7-14, pl. 2-6 (1888), [1] 1: (Papilio) 15-20, pl. 7-9 (1890), [1] 1: (Papilio) 21-25, pl. 10-11 (1891), [1] 2: (Papilio) 27-31, pl. 12-13 (1893), [1] 2: (Papilio) 33-35, pl. 14 (1894), [1] 2: (Papilio) 37-38, pl. 15 (1895), [1] 2: (Papilio) 39-40, pl. 16 (1897), [1] 3: (Papilio) 41-46, pl. 17-19 (1899), [1] 3: (Papilio) 47-48, pl. 20 (1900), [1] 3: (Papilio) 49-50, pl. 21 (1901), [1] 3: (Papilio) 51-55, pl. 22-23 (1902), [1] 1: (Delias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 2: (Delias) 5-7, 9-11, pl. 2-3 (1893), [1] 2: (Delias) 12-18, pl. 4-5 (1895), [1] 2: (Delias) 20-22, pl. 6 (1896), [1] 3: (Delias) 24-26, pl. 7 (1897), [1] 3: (Delias) 28-35, pl. 8-9 (1901), [1] 3: (Delias) 36-38, pl. 10 (1902), [1] 1: (Pieridae) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Pinacopteryx) 1-4, pl. 1 (1893), [1] 1: (Callosune) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 3: (Huphina) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [1] 3: (Huphina) [8],9-10, pl. 3 (1899), [1] 1: (Elodina) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [1] 1: (Belenois) 1-4, pl. 1 (1892), [1] 2: (Belenois) 5-8, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Mylothris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1900), [1] 1: (Ixias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Appias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1894), [1] 1: (Pierinae) 5-7, pl. 2 (1889), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 5-9, 11-15, pl. 2-3 (1897), [2] 1: (Asthipa) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 2: (Asthipa) 5-6, pl. 2 (1896), [2] 2: (Ravadeba) 7, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 5-12, pl. 2-3 (1896), [2] 3: (Mycalesis) 13-18, pl. 4-5 (1902), [2] 3: (Libythea) 1-2, pl. 1 (1902), : (Ragadia-Argyronympha-Hypocysta) : 1-6, pl. [1] (1895), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 1-5, pl. 1 (1893), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 7-9, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 10-14, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 3: (Pedaliodes) 15-20, pl. 4-5, (Oxeoschistus) 1 (1900), [2] 3: (Pronophila) 1-2, pl. 1, (Oxeoschistus) 2-3, pl. 1 (1900), [2] 2: (Elymnias) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 3: (Elymnias) 5-6, pl. 2, (Bruasa) 6-7, pl. 1 (1897), [2] 1: (Morpho) 1-2, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Morphotenaris-Hyantis) 1-3, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1894), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 9-11, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 13-15, pl. 4 (1896), [2] 3: (Tenaris) 17-18, pl. 5 (1898), [2] 1: (Heliconius) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Acraea) 1-6, pl. 1-2 (1889), [2] 1: (Acraea) 7-10, pl. 3 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 11-14, pl. 4 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 15-18, pl. 5 (1894), [2] 3: (Acraea) 19-29, pl. 6-8, (Planema) 29-30, pl. [1] (1901), [2] 1: (Cethosia) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 3: (Cirrhochroa) 1, pl. [1], (Cupha) 2-4, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Terinos) 1-2, pl. 1 (1894), [2] 1: (Thaleropis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 2: (Doleschallia) 1-3,5-7, pl. 1-2 (1893), [2] 2: (Kallima) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Hypolimnas) 1-2, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 3-4, pl. 2 (1897), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 5-6, pl. 3 (1898), [2] 1: (Euxanthe) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 1: (Hestina) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 1: (Cymothoe) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Limenitis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1899), [2] 2: (Neptis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 3: (Neptis) 5-11, pl. 2-3 (1899), [2] 3: (Neptis) 13-17, pl. 4-5 (1900), [2] 1: (Euthalia-Tanaecia) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euthalia) 5-10, pl. 2-3 (1891), [2] 2: (Euthalia) 11-14, pl. 4 (1894), [2] 3: (Euthalia) 15, pl. 5, (Dichorragia) 16, pl. 1 (1898), [2] 1: (Apatura) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Euphaedra) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euryphene) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 1-2,[3-4] pl. 1-2 (1887), [2] 1: (Charaxes) [5], pl. 3 (1888), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 7-9, pl. 4 (1890), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 11-13, pl. 5 (1891), [2] 1: (Mynes) 1-2, pl. 1 (1888), [2] 2: (Mynes) 3-6, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Prothoe) 1-2, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 3: (Erycinidae) 1-10, pl. 1-2 (1902), [3] 2: (Dicallaneura-etc) 1-6, pl. 1 (1897), [3] 3: (Dicallaneura-etc) 7-11, pl. 2 (1901), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 1-4,[5-9] 1-5, pl. 1-2 (1887), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 11-17, 19-22, pl. 3-5 (1888), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23-25, 27-29, 31-33, pl. 6-8 (1889), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 35-48, pl. 9-11 (1890), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 49-51,53-64, pl. 12-15 (1891), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 65-68, pl. 16 (1892), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [69-72] 57-60, pl. 17 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) [73-77] 61-65,79-84, pl. 18-19 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85-107, pl. 20-23 (1893), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109-120, pl. 24-25 (1894), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 121-125, pl. 26 (1900), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 127-131, 133-141, pl. 27-29 (1901), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143-146, pl. 30 (1902), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 1-6, pl. 1 (1894), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 7-13, 15-22, pl. 2-3 (1895), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 23-25, 27-31, pl. 1-2 (1895), [3] 2: (Waigeum) 34-38, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 39-46, pl. 3-4 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 5-8, pl. 2 (1897), [3] 2: (Pseudonotis) 1-3, pl. [1], (Epimastidia) 4-5, pl. [1], (Lampides) 5-8, pl. [1] (1897), [3] 2: (Lampides) 9-10, pl. 2, (Thysonotis) 47, pl. 5 (1897), [3] 3: (Holochila) 9-11, pl. 3 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 9-12, pl. 3, (Ilerda) 13, pl. [1], (Horaga) 14-15, pl. [1] (1902), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 47x,48-50, pl. 6 (1898), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 23-26, pl. 4 (1898), [3] 3: (Holochila) 13-15, pl. 4 (1899), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 27-29, pl. 5, (Waigeum) [30], pl. 2 (1899), [3] 3: (Holochila) 17-19, pl. 5 (1899), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 51-54, pl. 7 (1899), [3] 3: (Jamides) 11-14, pl. 1 (1900), [3] 3: (Hypolycaena-etc) 1-4, pl. [1] (1900), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 31-33, pl. 6, (Thysonotis) 55-56, pl. 8 (1900), [3]: (Additions-Corrections) 1-2,[3],vii-x
Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]
Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, 1843 (-1855), Die Tagfalter Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (9): Title ("1843"), (1): [1-3], 4-16, (ii) pl. 1-5, f. 1-29 (1843), (2): 17-40, (ii) pl. 29-34, f. 131-156 (1843), (3): 41-56, (ii) pl. 6-12, f. 30-60, pl. 35-36, f. 157-164 (1844), (4): 57-80, (ii) pl. 13-22, f. 61-107 (1844), (5): 81-90, (ii) pl. 23-28, f. 108-130, pl. 37-41, f. 165-189 (1844), (6): 91-98, (ii) pl. 42-44, f. 190-203 (1844), (7): 99-114, (ii) pl. 45-52, f. 204-248 (1844), (9): 115-122 (1844), (10): 123-146, (ii) pl. 53-57, f. 249-274 (1845), (11): 147-162 (1845), (12): (iii) pl. 1-3, f. 1-17 (1845), (13): 163-164, (ii) pl. 58-65, f. 275-315 (1846), (14): (ii) pl. 66-70, f. 316-338, (iii) pl. 4-5, f. 18-30 (1846), (26): (ii) pl. 71-77, f. 339-376 (1847), (32): (ii) pl. 78-82, f. 377-400 (1848), (36): (ii) pl. 83-89, f. 401-426, (iii) pl. 6, f. 31-36 (1848), (37): (ii) pl. 90-91, f. 427-437 (1849), (43): (ii) pl. 92-94, f. 438-450, 452-453 (1850), (45): (ii) pl. 95-102, f. 453-489 (1850), (47): (ii) pl. 103, f. 490-495 (1851), (49): (ii) pl. 104-109, f. 496-528 (1851), (51): (ii) pl. 110-118, f. 529-570 (1851), (54): (ii) pl. 119-123, f. 571-596 (1852), (56): (ii) pl. 124-127, f. 597-618, pl. 130-132, f. 628-639, pl. 134, f. 646-651 (1852), (59): (ii) pl. 128-129, f. 619-627, pl. 133, f. 640-645 (1853), (65): (iii) pl. 7, f. 37-42, (index) [1], 2-20 (1854), (66): (index) 21-24 (1855)
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