Loxura

Loxura Horsfield, [1829] yamflies

Loxura Horsfield, [1829]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 119; TS: Papilio atymnus Stoll

Loxura; [CoL] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Loxura (Section Loxura); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 434
Loxura (Loxyrini); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 127
Loxura (Lycaenidae); Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 110

Loxura atymnus (Stoll, [1780])

Ceylon, S.India, Orissa, S.Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Mussoorie - Assam, Bengal, Burma, Malaysia, Philippines. See [maps] Yamfly

Papilio atymnus Stoll, [1780]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 82, pl. 331, f. D, E; TL: South India [Coromandel]

Loxura atymnus; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 26; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 835; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 618; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 221; [BIR], 329; [BOW]: pl. 178, f. 12; [MRS], 639; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 128; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

769x513 (~59Kb) underside Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko	512x341 (~27Kb) India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar	753x919 (~184Kb) underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai village, 'Oculata brook' at Phum Doung bridge, 18 April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
1315x1353 (~230Kb) underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 14 km of ENE Koh Kong, 'Hemicordulia' brook. 22nd May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	764x708 (~127Kb) underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, upstream of Cha Ong Waterfall. 31st May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. a. atymnus S.India

Loxura atymnus f. mahara Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 221
Loxura atymnus anglerius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 223; TL: Kisser

Loxura atymnus anglerius; [CoL]
Loxura atymnus atymnus; [BOR], 590; [iNaturalist]
Loxura atymnus mahara; [CoL]

1175x1153 (~305Kb) ♀ underside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, Koh Rong Island, a forest above the western beach, 30th March 2015, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1215x1274 (~220Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 1.5 km S of Andoung Tuek village, a half inundated forest of Melaleuca cajuputi Powell, 24th July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1013x839 (~250Kb) underside Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, 16 km NNE of Sen Monorom, 5.3 km SE of Pou Chhrey village, open grassy low dipterocarp forest, 27th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. a. arcuata Moore, [1881] Ceylon

Loxura arcuata Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 111, pl. 42, f. 4, 4a-b; TL: Ceylon

Loxura atymnus arcuata; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 221; [BOR], 590

L. a. continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1912 Assam - W.Thailand, Indo China, S.China, Hainan, S.Yunnan

Loxura atymnus continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 221; TL: "Himalaya, Burma Siam"

Loxura atymnus continentalis; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

L. a. prabha (Moore, 1877) S.Andamans

Myrina prabha Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 589, pl. 58, f. 5 ♀; TL: S.Andamans

Loxura atymnus prabha; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 221; [BOR], 590 (note); [iNaturalist]
Myrina atymnus var. prabha; Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4): 234
Myrina prabha; [CoL]

L. a. nicobarica Evans, 1932 Nicobars

atymnus nicobarica Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 274

Loxura atymnus nicobarica; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

L. a. fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912 N.Borneo, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore

Loxura atymnus fuconius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 222; TL: Malay Peninsula

Loxura atymnus fuconius; [BMP]: 298, pl. 44, f. 21; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1056x922 (~229Kb) ♂ underside Thailand, Phang Nga Province, a hill at Khao Khuan Kha, 5 km NE Khok Kloi, a primary forest. 23rd February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1292x1289 (~414Kb) underside Thailand, Phuket, a garden in the Nai Yang beach area. 28th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. a. leminius Fruhstorfer, 1912 NE.Sumatra

Loxura atymnus leminius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 222; TL: NE.Sumatra

Loxura atymnus leminius; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL]

L. a. deinostratus Fruhstorfer, 1912 W.Java

Loxura atymnus deinostratus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 222; TL: W.Java, Palabuan
Loxura atymnus f. emana Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 222

Loxura atymnus deinostratus; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL]

L. a. matienus Fruhstorfer, 1912 E.Java, Bali

Loxura atymnus matienus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 222; TL: E.Java; Bali

Loxura atymnus matienus; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

L. a. manilius Fruhstorfer, 1912 Lombok, Flores, Sumba, Sumbawa

Loxura atymnus manilius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 223; TL: Lombok; Sumbawa

Loxura atymnus manilius; [BOR], 590 (note); [CoL]

L. a. luzonica Swinhoe, 1917 Philippines (Luzon)

Loxura atymnus luzonica Swinhoe, 1917; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20 (116): 158; TL: Luzon, Philippines

Loxura atymnus luzonica; [CoL]

L. a. intermedius Toxopeus, 1929 Sumatra

Loxura atymnus intermedius Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 214

Loxura atymnus intermedius; [CoL]

L. a. kangeanus Kalis, 1933 Kangean

Loxura atymnus kangeanus Kalis, 1933; Tijdschr. Ent. 76 (1-2): 63; TL: Kaioearo, Kangean

Loxura atymnus kangeanus; [CoL]

L. a. sulawesiensis Takanami, 1986² Sulawesi

Loxyra atymnus sulawesiensis; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 128

Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884

-. See [maps]

Loxura cassiopeia Distant, 1884; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 14 (81): 200

Loxura cassiopeia; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 223; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

L. c. cassiopeia Peninsular Malaya, Thailand

Loxura cassiopeia cassiopeia; [BOR], 591 (note); [BMP]: 299, pl. 44, f. 22-23; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

L. c. amatica Fruhstorfer, 1912 N.Borneo, Palawan

Loxura cassiopeia amatica Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 223; TL: N.Borneo

Loxura cassiopeia amatica; [BOR], 591; [CoL]

L. c. numana Fruhstorfer, 1912 W.Sumatra

Loxura cassiopeia numana Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 223; TL: W.Sumatra; NE.Sumatra

Loxura cassiopeia numana; [BOR], 591 (note); [CoL]

L. c. fuscicaudata Fruhstorfer, 1912 Nias

Loxura cassiopeia fuscicaudata Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 223; TL: Nias

Loxura cassiopeia fuscicauda; [CoL]
Loxura cassiopeia fuscicaudata; [BOR], 591 (note); [CoL]

L. c. batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913 Batu I.

Loxura cassiopeia batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (3): 137; TL: Pulo Tello, Batu I.

Loxura cassiopeia batunensis; [CoL]

L. c. yilma Fruhstorfer, 1926 Philippines (Mindanao)

cassiopeia yilma Fruhstorfer, 1926; Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 996

Loxura atymnus yilma; [CoL]
Loxura cassiopeia yilma; [BOR], 591 (note)

L. c. ptesia Riley, 1945 Mentawi I.

cassiopeia ptesia Riley, 1945; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94: 262

Loxura cassiopeia ptesia; [CoL]

L. c. takioi Hayashi, 1976 Palawan

Loxura cassiopeia takioi Hayashi, 1976; Tyô to Ga 27 (1): 1, f. 1-2; TL: Nogtinbau, Palawan

Loxura cassiopeia takioi; [CoL]

L. c. owadai Hayashi, 1976 Philippines (Mindanao)

Loxura cassiopeia owadai Hayashi, 1976; Tyô to Ga 27 (1): 1, f. 3-4; TL: Tungkalan, Mindanao

Loxura cassiopeia owadai; [CoL]

References:

[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
[Kedar Tokekar]
India
[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
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Generic Names and their Type-species
[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/
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[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.
[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)

Some related literature:

[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
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
Distant, 1884
Contributions to a Knowledge of Malayan Entomology. 3 Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 14 (81) : 198-202
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
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
Fruhstorfer, 1912
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 197-272, f. 1-4 (early April)
Fruhstorfer, 1913
Neue Indo-Australiche[sic] Rhopaloceren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 27 (3) : 130-139 ([14 October])
Hayashi, 1976
Two new subspecies of Loxura cassiopeia Distant from Palawan and Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Tyô to Ga 27 (1) : 1-3
Hewitson, 1863
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Horsfield, [1829]
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)
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
Moore, 1877
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60
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)
Fruhstorfer in Seitz, 1926
Die Großschmetterlinge des Indo-australischen Faunengebietes Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 1-766, : 767-1197
Stoll, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Swinhoe, 1917
New Indo-Malayan Species of Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20 (116) : 157-166
Toxopeus, 1929
Beschreibung einiger Schmetterlinge (Riodinidae und Lycaenidae) von Pulu Weh bei Sumatra. (Lycaenidae Australasiae V) Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 204-214
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
Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881
List of Diurnal Lepidoptera from Port Blair, Andaman Islands J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4) : 223-243, pl. 13
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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