Taractrocera

Taractrocera Butler, [1870] Grass Darts

Taractrocera Butler, [1870]; Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: 279; TS: Hesperia maevius Fabricius
Bibla Mabille, 1904; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (B): 113, 122; TS: Hesperia papyria Boisduval

Bibla; [NHM-BMW]
Taractrocera; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Taractrocera (Hesperiidae); Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 172
Taractrocera (Hesperiinae); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71

Taractrocera ardonia (Hewitson, 1868)

Malaya, Borneo, Celebes. See [maps]

Ancyloxipha ardonia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 45

Taractrocera ardonia; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 4, 5; [BMP]: 379, pl. 59, f. 1; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

T. a. ardonia Sulawesi, Sangihe, Salayar

Taractrocera ardonia ardonia; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71; [iNaturalist]

T. a. lamia Evans, 1934

Taractrocera sumatrensis Evans, 1949

Taractrocera ardonia lamia; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ardonia sumatrensis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Taractrocera tilda Evans, 1934

tilda Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 149

Taractrocera tilda; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Taractrocera archias (Felder, 1860)

Malaya, Philippines. See [maps]

Pamphila archias Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 462; TL: Amboina
Thymelicus ziclea Plötz, 1884; Stett. ent. Ztg 45 (7-9): 289
- = ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260
Hesperia dschaka Plötz, 1885; 227; TL: Java, Batavia
- = ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261
?Taractrocera talantus turica Seitz, 1927; 1076; TL: java
- = ?; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261
- = ?Taractrocera nigrolimbata; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263
Taractrocera ziclea aurea Evans, 1932; 398 (nom. nud.)
- = ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261
Taractrocera ziclea ikramana Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 94; TL: E.Java
- = ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261

Padraona archias; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 45, pl. 9, f. 66
Taractrocera archias; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 3; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Taractrocera ziclea; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

T. a. archias

Taractrocera archias archias; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 262; [iNaturalist]

T. a. bavius Mabille, 1891

Taractrocera bavius Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxxiv; TL: Timor

Taractrocera archias bavius; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

T. a. quinta Swinhoe, [1912] Burma

Taractrocera quinta Swinhoe, [1912]; in Moore, Lepidoptera Indica 10: 122; TL: Burma

Taractrocera archias quinta; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261; [BMP]: pl. 59, f. 3-4; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1011x846 (~223Kb) underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, 'Orolestes pool' 7 km NEE of Ban Lung, 7th June May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

T. a. kisaga Fruhstorfer, 1910 Lombok

Taractrocera archias kisaga Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 95; TL: Lombok

Taractrocera archias kisaga; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 262; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

T. a. samadha Fruhstorfer, 1910 Burma

Taractrocera ziclea samadha Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 94; TL: Burma, Thayetmyo

Taractrocera archias samadha; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 261; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Taractrocera nigrolimbata (Snellen, 1876)

-. See [maps]

Thymelicus nigrolimbatus Snellen, 1876; Tijdschr. Ent. 19 (3): 165, pl. 7, f. 5; TL: Java
Thymelicus myconius Plötz, 1884; Stett. ent. Ztg 45 (7-9): 289; TL: Sulawesi
- = ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263
Taractrocera archias godhania Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 95; TL: Sumba
- = ; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

Taractrocera nigrolimbata; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

T. n. nigrolimbata

Hesperia aliena Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 228; TL: Java
- = Taractrocera nigrolimbata; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

Taractrocera aliena aliena; [BMP]: 379, pl. 61, f. 16
Taractrocera aliena; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Taractrocera nigrolimbata nigrolimbata; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 263

T. n. talanta (Plötz, 1885) Sulawesi

Thymelicus talantus Plötz, 1885; Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2): 230; TL: Sulawesi, Bonthain

Taractrocera nigrolimbata talanta; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 264
Taractrocera nigrolimbata talantus; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72

Taractrocera luzonensis (Staudinger, 1889)

-. See [maps]

Pamphila luzonensis Staudinger, 1889; 145; TL: Luzon

Taractrocera luzonensis; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 259; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 71; [iNaturalist]

T. l. luzonensis Philippines (Luzon)

Taractrocrea luzonensis luzonensis; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 259

T. l. tissara Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumatra

Taractrocera ziclea tissara Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 95; TL: W.Sumatra

Taractrocera luzonenis tissara; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260
Taractrocera luzonensis tissara; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ziclea tissara; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

T. l. dongala Evans, 1932 Sulawesi, Banggai, Sula Is.

Taractrocera ziclea dongala Evans, 1932; 398; TL: Sulawesi, Dongala

Taractrocera luzonensis dongala; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72
Taractrocera ziclea dongala; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

T. l. zenia Evans, 1934 Burma

Taractrocera ziclea zenia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 149; TL: Burma, Mergui

Taractrocera luzonensis zenia; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Taractrocera ziclea zenia; [BMP]: 379, pl. 59, f. 2; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

T. l. stella Evans, 1934 Borneo

Taractrocera ziclea stella Evans, 1934; 149; TL: Borneo

Taractrocera luzonensis stella; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260
Taractrocera ziclea stella; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

T. l. bessa Evans, 1949 Salayar, Tukangbesi, Tanahjampea

Taractrocera ziclea bessa Evans, 1949; 361; TL: Toekan Bessi

Taractrocera luzonensis bessa; de Jong, 1992, Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 260; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 72
Taractrocera ziclea bessa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Taractrocera anisomorpha (Lower, 1911)

AU. See [maps]

Bibla anisomorpha Lower, 1911

Bibla anisomorpha; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:
Taractrocera anisomorpha; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868)

W.Ghats - Bombay, S.India (hills), N.Burma. See [maps] Tamil Grass Dart

ceramas (Hewitson, 1868) (Cyclopides)

Taractrocera ceramas atropunctata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Taractrocera ceramas media; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ceramas nicevillei; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ceramas oberthuri; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ceramas thelma; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ceramas; [BIR], 475; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Taractrocera danna (Moore, 1865)

Kashmir - Bhutan. See [maps] Himalayan Grass Dart

Pamphila danna Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 508, pl. 30

Taractrocera danna; [BIR], 475; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 6; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Taractrocera dolon (Plötz, 1884)

AU. See [maps]

Apaustus dolon Plötz, 1884
Taractrocera diomedes Waterhouse, 1933

Taractrocera diomedes; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:
Taractrocera dolon diomedes; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera dolon; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Taractrocera ilia Waterhouse, 1932

AU. See [maps]

Taractrocera ilia beta; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera ilia; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932

AU. See [maps]

Taractrocera iola Waterhouse, 1933

Taractrocera ina iola; [LepIndex]
Taractrocera ina; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Taractrocera iola; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:

Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793)

India, Ceylon, Burma. See [maps] Common Grass Dart

Hesperia maevius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 352; TL: "India" [Tranquebar]
Hesperia flaccus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 434
Taractrocera lineata Druce, 1874; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1): 109, pl. 16, f. 7; TL: Nahconchaisee

Taractrocera maevius; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 172, pl. 70, f. 5; [BIR], 475; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 7; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

T. m. sagara (Moore, [1866])

maevius sagara (Moore, [1866]); ; TL: Darjeeling, India
- = maevius maevius (Fabricius, 1793); [Torben B. Larsen]

Taractrocera maevius sagara; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Taractrocera sagara;

Taractrocera flavoides Leech, 1893

W.China. See [maps]

Taractrocera flavoides; [BOW]: pl. 208, f. 37; [MRS], 744; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Taractrocera papyria (Boisduval, 1832)

Australia, Tasmania. See [maps]

Hesperia papyria Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1: 166
Taractrocera celaeno Cox, 1873
Hesperilla fumosa Guest, 1882
Apautus alix Plötz, 1884
Ancyloxipha agraulia Hewitson, 1868
Apaustus minimus Miskin, 1889

Taractrocera papyria agraulia; [LepIndex]; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera papyria papyria; [iNaturalist]
Taractrocera papyria; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Taratrocera papyria; [BOW]: pl. 189, f. 8; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:

Taractrocera kamia Evans, 1934; Entomologist 67 (7): 148

Taractrocera talantus Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxxvi; TL: Mangkassar

Taractrocera aliena talantus; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Taractrocera mycelius Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxxvi; TL: Amboina

References:

[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
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NBC] Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis
NBC naturalis
[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]
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Some related literature:

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
Butler, [1870]
Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: : 1-303, pl. 1-3
[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
Druce, 1874
A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mr. L. Layard at Chentaboon and Nahconchaisee, Siam, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 102-109, pl. 16
Dunn & Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy Review Austr. Butts. (1): 1-196, (2): 197-335, (3): 336-512, (4): 513-660
Evans, 1934
Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 67 (2): 33-36 (part 1), (3): 61-65 (part 2), (7): 141-151 (part 3), (8): 181-184 (part 4), (9): 206-209 (part 5), (10): 231-234 (part 6)
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Felder, 1860
Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462
Fruhstorfer, 1910
Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (3): 58 (1 March), (4): 59-74 (1 April), (5): 75-104 (1 May)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56
de Jong, 1992
A note on three species of Taractrocera Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Zool. Meded. Leiden 65 (19): 257-265 [1991]
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Mabille, 1904
Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (A): 1-78 (1903), (B): 79-142 (1904), (C): 143-182 (1904), (D): 183-210 (1904)
Moore, 1865
List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A.M. Lang in the N. W. Himalayas Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2) : 486-509, pl. 30-31
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)
Piepers & Snellen, 1910
The Rhopalocera of Java. Hesperidae Rhop. Java [2] : 1-60, pl. 5-10
Plötz, 1883
Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233
Plötz, 1884
Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Thymelicus Hüb. und ihre Arten Stett. ent. Ztg 45 (7-9) : 284-290
Plötz, 1885
Neue Hesperiden des indischen Archipels und Ost-Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H. Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C. Ribbe auf Celebes, Java un den Aru-Inseln, Künstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kühn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2) : 225-232
Snellen, 1876
Lepidoptera van Batavia. Beschrijving der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 19 (3) : 159-167, pl. 7
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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