Cheritra

Cheritra Moore, [1881] Imperials

Cheritra Moore, [1881] (Lycaenidae); Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 109; TS: Myrina jafra Godart

Cheritra; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Cheritra (Section Cheritra); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 435
Cheritra (Cheritrini); Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 88

Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793)

Kumaon - Assam, Burma, Ceylon, W.Ghats. See [maps] Common Imperial

Hesperia freja Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 263, no. 19; TL: Nagari Hills, Andhra Prades

Cheritra freja; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 242; [BIR], 348; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 89, pl. 1, f. 6-8, pl. 2, f. 18, 20, pl. 3, f. 27-28; [BOW]: pl. 175, f. 29; [BMP]; [EOB], 226; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Hypolycaena freja; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 53
Myrina freja; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 834

512x341 (~43Kb) underside India: Itanagar, 12.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

C. f. freja S.Burma, S.Thailand, Mergui, Langkawi

Cheritra freja regia Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (4): 766; TL: Mergui
- = ; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 92

Cheritra freja freja; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 92; [BOR], 600 (note); [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Cheritra regia; [CoL]

C. f. jafra (Godart, [1824]) Java, Bali

Myrina jafra Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 593; TL: Java

Cheritra freja jafra; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 94; [BOR], 601 (note)
Cheritra jafra; [CoL]
Myrina jaffra[sic]; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 30
Myrina jafra; Horsfield, [1829], Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (2): 118, (1): pl. 2, f. 4

C. f. pallida (Druce, 1873) Borneo, Pulau Laut

Sithon pallida Druce, 1873; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2): 352, pl. 33, f. 3; TL: Borneo
Cheritra freja var. ochracea Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 610; TL: Sandakan; Labuan; Sarawak, SE.Borneo
- = ; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 40

Cheritra freja ochracea; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 94, pl. 1, f. 8, f. pl. 2, f. 20; [BOR], 601 (note); [CoL]
Cheritra freja pallida; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 40
Cheritra pallida; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 611; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 88, pl. 1, f. 7, pl. 2, f. 19, pl. 4, f. 34-35; [BOR], 600
Sithon pallida; [CoL]

C. f. pseudojafra Moore, [1881] Ceylon

Cheritra pseudojafra Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 110; TL: Ceylon

Cheritra freja pseudojafra; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 90, pl. 3, f. 28; [BOR], 601
Cheritra pseudojafra; [CoL]

C. f. frigga Fruhstorfer, 1912 Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, NE.Sumatra, Batu

Cheritra freja frigga Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243; TL: NE.Sumatra

Cheritra freja frigga; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 93, pl. 3, f. 27; [BOR], 601 (note); [BMP]: 301, pl. 45, f. 46-47; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

C. f. sabanga Toxopeus, 1929 Pulau Weh

Cheritra freja sabanga Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 213; TL: Pulau Weh

Cheritra freja sabanga; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 92; [BOR], 601 (note); [CoL]

C. f. butleri Cowan, 1965 S.India

Cheritra freja butleri Cowan, 1965; Entomologist 98: 70; TL: S.India

Cheritra freja butleri; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 90; [BOR], 601 (note); [CoL]

C. f. evansi Cowan, 1965 Assam, Manipur, N.Burma, N.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

Cheritra freja evansi Cowan, 1965; Entomologist 98: 71; TL: Khasi Hills, Assam

Cheritra freja evansi; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 91; [BOR], 601 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

684x815 (~147Kb) underside Cambodia, Kampongsaom Province, Ream National Park recreation centre, 20 April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1085x778 (~166Kb) underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, at Yorn village, 4th June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1323x1146 (~213Kb) underside Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, at Yorn village, 5th June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. f. fracta Cowan, 1967 Bangka

Cheritra freja fracta Cowan, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 93, pl. 1, f. 6, pl. 2, f. 18; TL: Banka I.

Cheritra freja fracta; [BOR], 601 (note); [CoL]

Cheritra aenigma Cowan, 1967

S.Sumatra (Liwa). See [maps]

Cheritra aenigma Cowan, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 94, pl. 1, f. 12, pl. 2, f. 20; TL: Borneo

Cherita aenigma; [BOR], 601
Cheritra aenigma; [CoL]

Cheritra orpheus (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

Philippines. See [maps]

Myrina orpheus C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9): 292

Cheritra orpheus; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 96; [EOB], 227; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 175, f. 30; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Myrina orpheus; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 30, pl. 16, f. 45

C. o. orpheus Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Ticao)

Cheritra massiva Hewitson, 1863; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 30, pl. 12, f. 10-11

Cheritra orpheus orpheus; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 97, pl. 4, f. 38; [BOR], 601 (note); [iNaturalist]

C. o. eurydice Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan

Cheritra orpheus eurydice Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243; TL: Palawan

Cheritra orpheus eurydice; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 96, pl. 4, f. 39; [BOR], 601; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

C. o. orphnine Cowan, 1967 Philippines (Mindanao)

Cheritra orpheus orphnine Cowan, 1967; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 97, pl. 1, f. 9, pl. 2, f. 21; TL: Mindanao

Cheritra orpheus orphnine; [BOR], 601 (note); [CoL]

Cheritra aenea Semper, 1890

Philippines (Mindoro). See [maps]

Cheritra aenea Semper, 1890; Reisen Philipp. (5): 215

Cheritra aenea; Cowan, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3): 95, pl. 1, f. 11, pl. 2, f. 23, pl. 4, f. 36; [BOR], 601; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Cheritra orpheus aenea; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 243

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-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/
[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:

[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 Cheritra freja (Fab.) Entomologist 98 : 68-72
Cowan, 1967
The Indo-Oriental tribe Cheritrini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 20 (3) : 75-103, pl. 1-4
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
Druce, 1873
A list of the Collections of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 337-361, pl. 32-33
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, [1925]
The identification of Indian Butterflies (5-8) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (1): 72-96, pl. 21-24, (2): 322-351, pl. 26-27, (3): 610-639, pl. 28, (4): 726-776, pl. 29
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (2) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 282-294
[EOB]; Feltwell, 1993
The Encyclopedia of Butterflies
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)
Godart, [1824]
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Hewitson, 1863; Hewitson, 1865
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)
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
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)
Semper, 1890
Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892), : 381-728
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Takanami, 1992
An additional catalogue on type specimens of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from South East Asia, preserved in Museum fur Naturkunde der Humbold-Universitat zu Berlin Tyô to Ga 43 (1) : 35-46
Toxopeus, 1929
Beschreibung einiger Schmetterlinge (Riodinidae und Lycaenidae) von Pulu Weh bei Sumatra. (Lycaenidae Australasiae V) Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 204-214
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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