Halpe aurifera

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, Part II. 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.