Halpe aurifera  (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)


ON : Zographetus aurifera Elwes & Edwards, 1897
OD : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):203-204, pl.19, fig.13,♂.
TL : Nias. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : S.Myanmar, W.Malaysia, Nias. [? P.Thailand]


Synonym

Halpe hazis Nicéville,1897 : J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt.2. 66(3):575-576, pl.4, fig.27,♂,♂(Un). TL. Nias. (♂, NZC)


Type Material Information

hazis  ; ♂ Type, Nias. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 26, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
'Halpe aurifera ; Pinratana,1985 : 55, pl.19, fig.107,♂. (no loc.)'
'Halpe aurifera ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 780, pl.357, figs.H131,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'
'Halpe aurifera ; Kimura et al.,2011 : 58. (by literature)'
'Halpe aurifera ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 832, pl.383, figs.H128,♂(Malaysia),♂(Un,Malaysia).'


Notes

I have never seen a reliable specimen from Thailand. Further distributional study is needed.


Literature

Elwes, H.J. & Edwards, J.,1897 : A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):101-324, pls.18-27.

Nicéville, L.de,1897 : On new or little-known Butterflies from the Indo- and Austro-Malayan Regions.
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, pt 2, 66(3):543-577, pl.1-4.


1999.09.04 - 2023.07.31.

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