Pithecops

Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]

Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 66; TS: Pithecops hylax Horsfield [= Pithecops hylax corax Fruhstorfer]
Eupsychellus Röber, 1891; Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 316; TS: Lycaena dionisius Boisduval
- = Pithecops; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 56

Eupsychellus; [NHM-BMW]
Eupsychellus (Section Pithecops); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448
Pithecops; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Pithecops (Section Pithecops); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 56
Pithecops (Lycaenidae); Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 72
Pithecops (Pithecopina); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 148
Pithecops (Polyommatini); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 155

Pithecops fulgens Doherty, 1889

Japan, Assam. See [maps] Blue Quaker

Pithecops fulgens Doherty, 1889; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 58 Pt.II (1): 127, pl. 10, f. 6

Pithecops fulgens; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 81; [BIR], 269; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 180, f. 9; [MRS], 678; [BMP]: 237, pl. 61, f. 21; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 57; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. f. fulgens Assam, Vietnam, China?

Pithecops fulgens fulgens; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 82; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

P. f. urai Bethune-Baker, 1913 Taiwan

Pithecops urai Bethune-Baker, 1913; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11 (66): 565; TL: Urai, North Formosa

Pithecops corvus urai; [BOR], 648 (name)
Pithecops fulgens urai; [MRS], 678; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. f. tsushimana Shirôzu, 1957 Japan

fulgens tsushimana Shirôzu, 1957; Sieboldia 2: 35

Pithecops fulgens tsushimana; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 116; [CoL]

Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894

Sumatra, Borneo. See [maps]

Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 63 Pt.II (1): 30, pl. 4, f. 2, 9; TL: Sumatra

Petrelaea mariae; [CoL]
Pithecops fulgens mariae; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 82; [BOR], 648
Pithecops mariae; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 57; [iNaturalist]

Pithecops dionisius (Boisduval, 1832)

Moluccas, Kai, West Irian - Papua, Darnley I., Bismarck Archipelage, Solomons. See [maps]

Lycaena dionisius Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1: 82; TL: New Guinea
Pithecops dionisius euanthes Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 80; TL: S.Moluccas, Ceram, Buru, Obi
Pithecops dionisius staphylus Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 81; TL: New Guinea, Hattam; Arfak; Dorey; Sentani; Darnley Is.
Pithecops dionisius oinopion Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 81; TL: Shortland Is., Alu; Fauro; Florida; Treasury I.
Pithecops steirema Druce, 1890; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25): 25; TL: Solomon Islands
Pithecops bassaris de Nicéville, [1893]; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7 (3): 327, pl. H, f. 4-5; TL: Ké Islands
Lycaena dionisius var. peridesma Oberthür, 1880; Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15: 525

Eupsychellus dionisius; [BAUR], 378
Eupsychellus dionysius[sic, dionisius]; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 389
Pithecops dionisius bassaris; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 81; [CoL]
Pithecops dionisius euanthes; [CoL]
Pithecops dionisius oinopion; [CoL]
Pithecops dionisius peridesma; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 80; [CoL]
Pithecops dionisius staphylus; [CoL]
Pithecops dionisius steirema; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 81; [CoL]
Pithecops dionisius; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 80; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 57; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Pithecops peridesma; [BOW]: pl. 180, f. 10; [CoL]

Pithecops corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919

Japan. See [maps]

Pithecops hylax corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 79, f. 1; TL: N.Borneo

Pithecops corvus; [BOW]: pl. 180, f. 8; [MRS], 678; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 57; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 155; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

1056x718 (~50Kb) Funaura, Iriomote, Ryukyu, Japan, 5-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

P. c. corvus Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Nias, Borneo

Pithecops corvus corvus; [BMP]: 236, pl. 34, f. 35-36; [BOR], 648; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

P. c. corax Fruhstorfer, 1919 Java - Philippines

Pithecops hylax corax Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 79; TL: Java
Pithecops nihana luzonica Murayama & Okamura, 1973; Tyô to Ga 24 (1): 22, f. 39, 40; TL: Ashin, Luzon

Pithecops corvus corax; Kawazoe, 1973, Tyô to Ga 24 (4): 93; [BOR], 648 (name); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 155; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. c. ryukyeuensis Shirôzu, 1964

Pithecops nihana ryukyuensis Shirôzu, 1964; Kontyû 32 (1): 171; TL: Yonada-dake, Kunigami-mura, Okinawa-Honto, Ryukyu

Pithecops corvus ryukyuensis; [CoL]

P. c. correctus Cowan, 1965 S.Yunnan, ...?

Pithecops correctus Cowan, 1965; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 8: 421; TL: Naga Hills

Pithecops corvus correctus; [MRS], 678; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1355x1361 (~246Kb) underside Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, a forest brook downstream Buu Sraa Waterfalls, 13rd June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1374x1281 (~202Kb) underside Cambodia, Pursat Province, Phnom Tumpor Mt., the O'Gran brook valley in tall forest, 1190 m a.s.l., 17th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. c. cornix Cowan, 1965

Pithecops cornix Cowan, 1965; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 8: 421; TL: Hainan

Pithecops corvus cornix; [CoL]

Pithecops phoenix (Röber, 1886)

Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Banggai, Sula. See [maps] Sulawesi Quaker

Plebeius phönix [= phoenix] Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3): 61, pl. 4, f. 26; TL: E.Celebes (Tomboegoe)

Pithecops corvus phoenix; [BOR], 648 (name)
Pithecops phoenix; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 80; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 57; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 155; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Plebejus phonix; [CoL]

P. p. moeros (Staudinger, 1888) N.Sulawesi

Lycaena moeros Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (19): 271, (17): pl. 94; TL: Minehassa

Pithecops phoenix moeros; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 80; Takanami, 1989, Tyô to Ga 40 (1): 25; [CoL]

Eupsychellus semoni Pagenstecher, 1893; in Semon, Forschungsreisen 5: 244; TL: Tjibodas

Pithecops semoni; [CoL]
Pithecops sermoni; [CoL]

References:

[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[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
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[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/
[S. Shuichi Haupt]
e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1913
Description of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11 (66) : 562-575
Boisduval, 1832
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 1-267, pl. 1-5
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
[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
Cowan, 1965
The Nomenclature of Pithecops corvus and Allied Species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (13) 8 : 421-425
[BAUR]; D'Abrera, 1977
Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn) Butts. Aust. Region: 1-416
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
de Nicéville, [1893]
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7 (3) : 322-357, pl. H-J
de Nicéville, 1894
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 63 Pt.II (1) : 1-59, pl. 1-5
Doherty, 1889
Notes on Assam butterflies J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 58 Pt.II (1) : 118-134
Druce, 1890
Descriptions of twelve new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa, and one from the Solomon Islands, in the Collection of Herbert Druce Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 5 (25) : 24-31
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
Fruhstorfer, 1919
Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1) : 77-84, f. 1-4 (February)
Hirowatari, 1992
A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 1-102
Horsfield, [1828]
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.) [1-4] (1829)
Kawazoe, 1973
A revisional note on some Philippine Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae reported by Murayama and Okamura Tyô to Ga 24 (4): 91-98
Kudrna, 1974
An annotated List of Japanese Butterflies Atalanta 5 : 92-120
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
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)
Murayama & Okamura, 1973
Butterflies of Luzon Island in the Philippines, with descriptions of new species and subspecies Tyô to Ga 24 (1) : 10-25, 48 fgs
Oberthür, 1880
Étude sur les collections de Lépidoptéres Océanicens appartenant au Musée Civique de Génes Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova 15 : 461-530, pl. 2-4
Pagenstecher in Fürbringer, 1893
Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australia und dem Malayischen Archipel in Semon, Forschungsreisen 5 : 224-256, pl. 13
Rothschild, 1915
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
Röber, 1886
Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 45-72, pl. 2-5
Röber, 1891
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Lepidopteren-Fauna Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334 (1891), 35: 85-86, pl. 3-6 (1892)
Shirôzu, 1964
Two new butterflies from the Ryukyus (Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Program : Zoogeography and Ecology of Pacific Area Insects) Kontyû 32 (1) : 167-173
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1888
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1) : 145-156
Takanami, 1989
On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia Tyô to Ga 40 (1) : 23-80
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
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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