Prioneris

Prioneris Wallace, 1867 Sawtooths

Prioneris Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 383; TS: Pieris thestylis Doubleday

Prioneris; [BMP]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Prioneris (Pierinae); Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 140

Prioneris thestylis (Doubleday, 1842)

Mussoorie - Assam, Burma. See [maps] Spotted Sawtooth

Pieris thestylis Doubleday, 1842; in Gray, Zool. Misc.: 76; TL: N.India
Prioneris thestylis f. fumie Sonan, 1931; Zephyrus 3 (3/4): 197

Prioneris thestylis; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 161, f. 10; [BOR], 144; [MRS], 245; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

P. t. thestylis N.India - Burma

Pieris seta Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: 78; TL: N.India
Pieris seta Moore, 1857; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1857 (333): 102, pl. 44, f. 3
Prioneris watsonii Hewitson, 1868; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1861 (1): 99; TL: N.India
Prioneris thestylis jugurtha Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 136; TL: Thailand

Prioneris thestylis thestylis; [BOR], 144; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16, pl. 20/21, f. 1; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prioneris thestylis thestylis f. seta; [BOR], 145, f.
Prioneris thestylis thestylis f. thestylis; [BOR], 145, f.
Prioneris watsonii; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 839

P. t. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1903 Taiwan

Prioneris thestylis formosana Fruhstorfer, 1903; Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (1/2): 109; TL: Takau
Prioneris thestylis formosana ab. luridus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1968; New Ent. Ueda 17 (1): 59, f. 10; TL: Poli, Formosa

Prioneris thestylis formosana; [MRS], 245; [BOR], 144; [iNaturalist]

P. t. hainanensis Fruhstorfer, 1910 Hainan

Prioneris thestylis hainanensis Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 136; TL: Hainan

Prioneris thestylis hainanensis; [BOR], 144; [MRS], 245

P. t. malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899 Peninsular Malaya

Prioneris malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2): 108

Prioneris thestylis malaccana; [BMP]: 86, pl. 7, f. 17; [BOR], 144; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

P. t. yunnae Mell

Prioneris thestylis yunnae; [MRS], 245
Prioneris yunnae Mell;

P. t. fujianensis Chou, Zhang & Wang, 2001 Fujian

Prioneris testylis [= thestylis] fujianensis Chou, Zhang & Wang, 2001; Entomotaxonomia 23 (1): 39, 45 (as fajiansis); TL: Quanzhou, Fujian

Prioneris cornelia (Vollenhoven, 1865)

Borneo. See [maps]

Pieris cornelia Vollenhoven, 1865; Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.): 5, pl. 2, f. 2; TL: Borneo

Prioneris cornelia; [EBW]; [BOR], 144; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16, pl. 20/21, f. 2; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Prioneris sita (C. & R. Felder, [1865])

Ceylone, W.Ghats. See [maps] Painted Sawtooth

Pieris sita C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 161, pl. 25, f. 12

Prioneris sita sita; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16, pl. 20/21, f. 7
Prioneris sita; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 141, (3): pl. 54, f. 2; [BIR], 424; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 161, f. 8; [BOR], 142; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Prioneris autothisbe (Hübner, [1826])

-. See [maps]

Delias autothisbe Hübner, [1826]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [123], f. 1-2
?Prioneris autothisbe branchii Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 (1-2): 67; TL: Flores
albifera Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 136
mucida Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 136

Pieris autothisbe; Piepers & Snellen, 1909, Rhop. Java [1]: 20
Prioneris autothisbe; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 159, f. 4; [BOR], 142; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Prioneris autothisbe f. albifera; [BOR], 143, f.
Prioneris autothisbe f. mucida; [BOR], 143, f.

P. a. autothisbe W.Java

Prioneris autothisbe autothisbe; [BOR], 142; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16, pl. 20/21, f. 4-5; [iNaturalist]

P. a. orientalis Fruhstorfer, 1903 E.Java

Prioneris autothisbe orientalis Fruhstorfer, 1903; Soc. Ent. 18 (5): 35; TL: Mt. Tengger, E.Java

Prioneris autothisbe orientalis; [BOR], 142

P. a. hypsipyle Weymer, 1887 Sumatra

Prioneris hypsipyle Weymer, 1887; Stettin ent. Ztg 48 (1-3): 12, pl. 1, f. 1

Prioneris hypsipyle; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 159, f. 4 (text); [BOR], 142; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16, pl. 20/21, f. 6; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Prioneris hysipyle; (missp.?)

P. a. tamblingana Morinaka & Yata, 1994 Bali

Prioneris autothisbe tamblingana Morinaka & Yata, 1994; Jpn. J. Ent. 62 (1): 23, f. 1-6; TL: Lake Tamblingan, Central Bali

Prioneris autothisbe tamblingana; [iNaturalist]

Prioneris clemanthe (Doubleday, 1846)

Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [maps] Red-spot Sawtooth

Pieris clemanthe Doubleday, 1846; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17 (109): 23; TL: N.India
Pieris berenice Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (7): 324; TL: Silhet
Pieris helferi C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 161, pl. 25, f. 10-11; TL: Moulmein, Myanmar
Prioneris clemanthe f. saenia Fruhstorfer, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 137; TL: S.Vietnam

Prioneris clemanthe; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 839; [BIR], 424; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 161, f. 6, 9; [MRS], 245; [iNaturalist]
Prioneris helferi; [BOR], 142

Misidentified/misapplied:

Pieris clemanthe; Doubleday, 1847, Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 45, pl. 6, f. 3

1036x1055 (~319Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Koh Kong Estuary right bank next to Koh Kong town. 30th November 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1105x999 (~317Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Koh Kong Estuary right bank next to Koh Kong town. 30th November 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. c. clemanthe

Prioneris clemanthe clemanthe; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 16, pl. 20/21, f. 3
Prioneris philonome clemanthe; [BOR], 142; [Torben B. Larsen]; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1068x998 (~446Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Pursat Province, O'Som vicinity. 24th March 2015 (and Discolampa ethion ethion), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. c. euclemanthe Fruhstorfer, 1903 Hainan

Prioneris clemanthe euclemanthe Fruhstorfer, 1903; Soc. Ent. 18 (5): 35; TL: Hainan

Prioneris clemanthe euclemanthe; [MRS], 245
Prioneris philonome euclemanthe; [BOR], 142

Prioneris philonome (Boisduval, 1836)

-. See [maps]

Pieris philonome Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 453; TL: Java

Pieris philonome; Piepers & Snellen, 1909, Rhop. Java [1]: 19, pl. 1, f. 8a-b
Prioneris philonome; [EBW]; [BOR], 142; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

P. p. philonome E.Java

Prioneris philonome philonome; [BOR], 142; [iNaturalist]

P. p. vollenhovii Wallace, 1867 Borneo

Prioneris vollenhovii Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 386, pl. 9, f. 3; TL: Borneo, Sarawak

Prioneris philonome vollenhovi; [BOR], 142
Prioneris vollenhovi; [EBW]
Prioneris vollenhovii; [CoL]

P. p. themana Fruhstorfer, 1903 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra Redspot Sawtooth

Prioneris clemanthe themana Fruhstorfer, 1903; Soc. Ent. 18 (5): 35; TL: Deli, Sumatra

Prioneris philonome themana; [BMP]: 86, pl. 7, f. 18-19; [BOR], 142; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

References:

[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!
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[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
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Torben B. Larsen]
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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:

Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 1-690, pl. 1-24
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
Chou, Zhang & Wang, 2001
New Species New subspecies and New Record of Butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, III Entomotaxonomia 23 (1) : 38-46
[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
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
Doubleday, 1842
Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in Gray, Zool. Misc.: 73-78
Doubleday, 1846
Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Diurnal Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 17 (109) : 22-26
Doubleday, 1847
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848), (1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Fruhstorfer, 1899
Uebersicht der bekannten Prioneris-Arten und Beschreibung einer neuen Lokalform und bisher unbekannten Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2) : 105-111 (mid July)
Fruhstorfer, 1903
Neue Pieriden und Uebersicht verwandter Formen Berl. ent. Zs. 48 (1/2) : 97-111 (early May)
Fruhstorfer, 1903
Neue Pieriden aus Ost-Asien Soc. Ent. 18 (5) : 35-36 (1 June)
Fruhstorfer, 1910
2. Familie: Pieridae, Weisslinge in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 119-120 (1909), : 121-144 (14 January, 1910), : 145-152 (11 February, 1910), : 153-168 (2 April, 1910), : 169-176 (4 April, 1910), : 177-190 (20 May, 1910)
Hübner, [1826]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
Kalis, 1933
Bijdrage tot de kennis van de Lepidoptera Rhopalocera van Nederlandsch-Indië Tijdschr. Ent. 76 (1-2) : 47-86
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lucas, 1852
Description de nouvelles Espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux Collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (3): 128-141 (1852), 4 (4): 189-198 (1852), 4 (6): 290-300 (1852), 4 (7): 324-343 (1852), 4 (9): 422-432, pl. 10 (1852), 5 (7): 310-322 (1853)
Moore, 1857
Description of some new Species of Lepidopterous Insects from Northern India Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1857 (333) : 102-104, pl. 44-45
Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, 1878
A list of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4) : 821-859, pl. 51-53 (1879)
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Morinaka & Yata, 1994
A New Subspecies of Prioneris autothisbe (HUBNER) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) from Bali, Indonesia Jpn. J. Ent. 62 (1) : 22-28
Piepers & Snellen, 1909
The Rhopalocera of Java. Pieridae Rhop. Java [1] : 1-65, pl. 1-4
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Sonan, 1931
Notes on some butterflies from Formosa. (2) Zephyrus 3 (3/4) : 194-206, pl. 15-17
Vollenhoven, 1865
Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, Seconde monographie: Famille des Piérides Faune ent. 2 (Monogr. Pierid.) : 1-70, pl. 1-7
Wallace, 1867
On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 301-416, pl. 6-9
Weymer, 1887
Exotische Lepidopteren. IV Stettin ent. Ztg 48 (1-3) : 3-18, pl. 1-2
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I Butterflies of the world 10 : 1-40, pl. title,1-48,back
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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