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The LepidopterologicalSocietyLepidopterological Society of Japan 1964) Ty6TOGA (84) HESPERIID BUTTERFLIES FROM SOUTH VIETNAM (2) INouEi) and AKi'ro KAwAzoE2) By SADANoBu ' C-,'; 12. Sarangesa dasahara dasahara (MeoRE, 1865) CFigs. 25-26, Textfig. 9, 6 genitalia) Specimens exarnined: ls, Trang Born, 9-Oct.-1960; ls, Trang Bom. 4･ Dec.-1960; IS, IS, Bom, 17Dec.- Trang Bom, 18-Dec.-1960; 19, Trang Bem, la Sept.-1961; Trang Bom, 12-Aug.--1962; 19, Trang Bom, 1961; IS19, Trang Born, 5-Aug.-1962; ls. Trang 9--Sept.-1962. with white hya]ine This is a small skipper common in Indo-China. Upperside brownish black spots on forewing:subapical three dots in spaccs 6 t.o 8, a precostal dot in space 11 ina line with one or two ceEl-end spots, below which sornetimes may be one or two discal spots. Underside dark brown, suffused with ochreous grey scaling which is rather dense on hindwing; discal series of dark spots from space lb to space 7, running faintly towards tornus. flattened,well- Male genitatia: closely related to those of Pseudocoladenia structurally. Tegunien . produccd anteriorly, completely eonglutinated posterlorly with sclerotizecl fenestrula; postcrior mar- gin ef sclerotized fenestrula protruding dorsally. forming a very･ short process, bearing a pair of long finger-like side processes at the postero-lateral corners; scaphium tapered apically, with a pair of long unci which are close together and connected with each other by a thick membrane threughout exccpt thesc apical extremitie$, apex ef uncus slightly beakecl; gnathos with basal portion broad, tal]ering ventrally, apical portion not serrate or dentate; vinculum slender, saccus very long and slender, nearly as long as dorsum. VaLvae shorter than dorsum; ampulla ill-developed, barpe largc, short produced from the middle portion ef dorsal margin, the apex bearing some bri$tles; occupying the distal half oi valva, with round apex; sacculus rnoderately developed. Phallus long of and slender, nearly twice as Iong as valva; subzonal portion shorter than suprazonal portion aedeagus, coecum squabby; a long peri-vesical area situatcd on the dorsal side of suprazonal portion of aedeagus, which is bluntly ended; vesica with cornutl represented by two stylets widely apart iorming a of from each other. Juxta large, subbasal portion strengly produclng posteriorly, pair triangutar processes; apices of dorsar expansions oi juxta connected wi,th a sclerotized platc which is situatcd over phallus. from India, Ceylon, Pachmarhi, Yunnan, Burma, Indo--China This widely distributed species occurs and the Andamans, and is separated into five subspecies. fP) 13. Sat'arupa gopala gopala MooRE, 1865 (Figs. 27- 28, Specimen examined:19, Banmethuot, 16-Aug.--1960. maj'ttsra, the has sorne As c6mpared with the Formosan subspecies, S, gopala presentspecimen and 5; on distinct characters: on forewing above, white spot$ are largcr, especially in spaces 4 hindwlng below, white area is broader, extends to termen at cach middle of spaees4ancl 5, with black discal spots clearly separated from the black border and, additionally, a conspicuous black spot at the base of sr.acc 7. 1) 30,Hamaguchi-Naka Itch6me, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 2) 9,Ebisu-Honmachi Nich6me.Naniwa-ku, Osaka NII-Electronic Library Service The Lepidopterological Society ofofJapan Japan (85) ec u wt [Vol. XV 'i x i.lZ).i, ' .,c' 'i":"lll･,,g/, t,/t ..vF2 i 'i '1)":.t. t ' .-.' Fig. 9, Male genitalia ef Sarangesa dasaitara dasahara CMoeRE) A: Latcral aspect as a whole, except aspect phallus. B: Dorsal of dorsum. Ct: Lateral aspect of left--hand valva. C2: Inner aspect of right-hand valva, D: Lateral aspect of phallus. F: Postero-ventral aspect of ring, with juxta. This species is distributed from Sikkim, Assam, Tonkin, Hainan, Formosa to Malaya and Sumatra. 14, Pintara pintvilti pintvilti (BuTLER, 1877) (Figs. 29-30,?) ･1962. Specirnen examined: 19, Banmethuot, 8-Sept. Gcnus Pintara, of which the type species is f)imvilli originall}i describcd trom rv･Ialaya, inc]udes Whil,iilte;itllitkenoawii\iO ground･ One species, )llrOtibarttPce.rHCEi,O.i.e,soSNP,Ct/eaSs rilllngCin lgt-rckhil.l//aS ,fg?)cPhuililigit infRlackt NII-Electronic Library Service TheTheLepidopterologicalSociety Lepidopterological Society of Japan 1964) Ty6TOGA (86) with a strong shine on upper- and undersides, central spots pale yellow- Forewing black purplish orange with broad purplish ish white in ceLour, subapical dots enLirely absent; hindwing yeliow sF,ots in spaces lb to3 black border, which are coalescent with the b!ack discal dots at spaces 4 to 7, black, fringedwith orange on and in cell clear of the border. Palpi pale yellow; abdomen dorsally each segrnent distally, below entirely orange. irom Bumna, Siam, A,Ialaya. Borneo and Sumatra, and i$ divided This fine species is known into two subspccies. subgeneric as follows: The next genus, Tagiades HtBNER, is divided into two groups in space 11. Hind tibiae with no hair pencil in male. Male A: Forewing wlthout hyaline spot at apex, valvae structurally rather simple. ['ja?betes group)' gcnitalia with uncus bilobate hyaline spot in space 11. Hind tibiae with a recumbent hair pencil. Male B: Forewing with a valvae varied in strttcture and mostly having some genitalia with uncus not bilebatc, serrations on apical margin. //nestzas groupl) the nestus before us. Three species belonging to the j'apetes group and one to group lie Textfig. 10, agenjtalia) 15. Tagiades japetes ravi c,MooRE, 1865;/ (Figs. 33--34, s; 35-36, 9; Bom, 9-Oct.-1960;16' 19, Specimens examined: 19. Vo Dat, 17-Oct,-1959; 2E G, Trang -1960; Trang Bom, 4-Dec.-196e; Trang Bom, ]6-Oct.-1960; 1s, Trang Bom, 23-Oct. 19, Trang Bom, 2-JuL- 19, Trang Bom, 25-Dec.-1960; IS, Trang Born, 15-Jan.- 1961; 19, 1S, Trang Bom,15- 1961;19, Trang Bom, 24 Dec.-1961; 299, Lai Thieu, 18-Mar.-1962; -1962. 19, TraTig Bom. 20 -May-1962; 19, Trang Bom, 5-Aug. Apr.--1962; 'rhis of Forewing colour dark brown, isone of the cornmonest hesperiids Indo-China. ground subapical varied in nurnber, two in much darker on discalband -likearea and at cell-end; dots ' case, two discalspots in spaces 6 and 8 at least, five in spaces 4 to 8 in the futly dievelopcd small dot a[ the lower spaces2 and 5, which are distinctly enlarged in female. In female, a to 6; undcrside whitish, a bluish cell-end. Hindwing brown with discal black spots in spaces 2 the latter form the black tinge more sufiused in wet-season form than in dry-season one, in ' discal spots srnall, may be obsolete partially. with Dorsum semi tegumen well-produced anteriorly, coinplcte]y united Male genitalia: globular; inconspicuous and narrow membranous sclerQtized fcnestrula which is longer than tegumen, an fene$trula, scaphium with uncus area at dorsornedian portion between tegumen and sclerotized which is shallowly incised rather stout, slighty tapered apically and ending in weakly beaked tip acutely bent frorn'dorsal view; gnathos large ancl semi circular, thc ventral portion posteriorly long and slencler. and serrate, forming a cochlear; vinculum narrow with saccus well-devetoped, Va!vae large; both costa and sacculus ill-dcveloped; ampulla with an arm-like proccss posteriorly, outer wall of valva narrowly gradually curving inwards to blunt tip, below the ampullar process the ventral margin smooth membranous; harpe large, postcrodorsal corner of the apex pointed, nearly half of the who!e and rounded. Phallus large, coecum long and slendcr with length of aedeagus shorter than phallus, the middile p6rtion of phallus rather thickened, suprazonal portion NII-Electronic Library Service The LepidopterologicalSocietyLepidopterological Society of Japan (87) ff E va [Vol.XV r,･, ,/y t,t.'x.t...../,.1'ti. .si E, Fig. 10, Malc genitalia of 71aegiades japetes rawi CMooRE A: Lateral aspect of ring. B: Dorsal aspect of dorsum. Ci: Inner aspect of right- hand valva. C2: Dorsal aspect oi right-hand valva. D: Lateral aspect of phallus. Ei: Ventral aspect of juxta. E2: Posterior aspect of juxta. subzonal one with the apical two-thirds portion narrowly rnembranous at the left side and thereat the outer wall is [olded doubly. Juxta broad, in the shape of V. Among the 7'agiades-species, this has the widest distribution which extends westwards to India and Ceylon, eastwards to the Philippines and southwards to Queensland, the Solomon Islands and Treasury Island, and is, according to Ev,tNs, separable into 24 subspecics. 16. Tagiades gana gana, (MooRE, 1865) (Figs. 37 388, 39-40"; Textfig. 11, S genitalia) Specirnens examined: ls, Trang Bom, 16-Oct.-1960; 1S, Tang Bom, 1-Nov.-1960; 1s, Trang Boni, 4-Dec.-1960; 49 9, Trang Bom, 18-Dec.-1960; 2s a, Trang Bom. 25-Dec.- 1960; 19, Trang Bom, -1961; 15-Jan. 16 Trang Bom, 29-Jan.-1961.; IS,Trang Bom, 5-Nov.-1961;23819, Trang Bom, 12-Nov.--1961; la, Trang Bom, 17-Dec.-1961; 19, Trang Bom, 2-Jan.-1962; IS, Trang Bom, 14-Jan.-1962; 266 299, Trang Bom, 21- Jan.･･1962; IS, Dinh Quan, 25-Feb.-1962. FRilHsToRFER (1910) deseribed two races of this specles from Tonkin, i.e, patimoka and sangarava, but the former is,at present,treated as a synonym of meetana MooRE described from Burma. The materials Iying before present us have the widely bruish white tornal area on upperside hindwing, NII-Electronic Library Service The LepidopterologicalSocietyLepidopterological Society of Japan 1964] Ty6TOGA (88) white or brown cilia. We identify two rathcr conspicuous dark spots on the area, and indlvidually Accordin.rv these specimens with t.he nominate subspecies on the basis of the hindwing marking. Sumatra, Borneo to to Evans, this subspecies occurs in south Burrna, peninsular Siam, Malaya, Palawan and Java. with three subapical hyaline dots in spaces 6 to 8, but without such dots on Forewing brown width; underside discal area.
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    Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2014; 2 (6): 198-212 ISSN 2320-7078 Insect diversity of Sri Lankamalleswara Reserve JEZS 2014; 2 (6): 198-212 © 2014 JEZS forest in the Eastern Ghats of Southern Andhra Received: 18-10-2014 Accepted: 29-11-2014 Pradesh P. Harinath Research Scholar, Department of P. Harinath, K. Suryanarayana and S. P. Venkata Ramana Zoology - School of life Sciences - Yogi Vemana University Kadapa Abstract – 516 003 - Andhra Pradesh, Insect diversity at Sri Lankamalleswara reserve forest (14°45' - 14°72' N & 79°07' - 78°80' E), Kadapa in India. the Eastern Ghats of Southern Andhra Pradesh was studied during the period from June 2013 to September 2014. Nearly 75 species of butterflies, 12 moth species from Lepidoptera; 4 ant species, one K. Suryanarayana wasp, 6 bee species from Hymenoptera; 7 cricket species of Orthoptera; 5 bug species from Hemiptera; Research Scholar, Department of 3 mosquito species, 4 housefly species, 2 species of flies from Diptera; 8 species of dragon flies, 2 Zoology - School of life Sciences - species of damselflies from Odonata; 3 beetles from Coleopteran; one species each from Thysanura; and Yogi Vemana University Kadapa Mantodea and 2 species from Phasmatodea; one species each from class Arachnida and Diploda were – 516 003 - Andhra Pradesh, identified. The seasonality, relative abundance and diversity of some insect groups was also recorded. India. Majority of the insects are very much required for pollination. Some insects produce useful substances such as honey, wax, lacquer and silk. S. P. Venkata Ramana Assistant Professor & Keywords: Insects, Sri Lankamalleswara Reserve forest, Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh.
  • ZV-343 003-268 | Vane-Wright 04-01-2007 15:47 Page 3

    ZV-343 003-268 | Vane-Wright 04-01-2007 15:47 Page 3

    ZV-343 003-268 | vane-wright 04-01-2007 15:47 Page 3 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna1 R.I. Vane-Wright & R. de Jong With contributions from P.R. Ackery, A.C. Cassidy, J.N. Eliot, J.H. Goode, D. Peggie, R.L. Smiles, C.R. Smith and O. Yata. Vane-Wright, R.I. & R. de Jong. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zool. Verh. Leiden 343, 11.vii.2003: 3-267, figs 1-14, pls 1-16.— ISSN 0024-1652/ISBN 90-73239-87-7. R.I. Vane-Wright, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK; R. de Jong, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. Keywords: butterflies; skippers; Rhopalocera; Sulawesi; Wallace Line; distributions; biogeography; hostplants. All species and subspecies of butterflies recorded from Sulawesi and neighbouring islands (the Sulawesi Region) are listed. Notes are added on their general distribution and hostplants. References are given to key works dealing with particular genera or higher taxa, and to descriptions and illustrations of early stages. As a first step to help with identification, coloured pictures are given of exemplar adults of almost all genera. General information is given on geological and ecological features of the area. Combi- ned with the distributional information in the list and the little phylogenetic information available, ende- micity, links with surrounding areas and the evolution of the butterfly fauna are discussed. Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Sulawesi and its place in the Malay Archipelago ...........................................................................