Lotongus

Lotongus Distant, 1886

Lotongus Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana: 369, 371; TS: Eudamus calathus Hewitson

Lotoagus; Sharp, [1887], 246 (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Lotongus; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Lotongus (Hesperiinae); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68

Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)

Burma - Malaya. See [maps]

Eudamus calathus Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (106): 353; TL: Sumatra

Lotongus calathus parthenope; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Lotongus calathus; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 56, pl. 10, f. 84; [BOW]: pl. 187, f. 27; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

L. c. calathus Thailand, Langkawi, Malaysia, Tioman, Borneo, Sumatra, Bangka, Natuna, Palawan White-tipped Palmer

Hesperia schaedia Hewitson, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 452; TL: Sumatra
Lotongus maculatus Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana: 372, pl. 35, f. 1; TL: Malaysia
Proteides surus Mabille, 1895; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1895: lix; TL: Borneo

Lotongus calathus calathus; [BMP]: 371, pl. 57, f. 13-14; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

884x760 (~136Kb) ♂ upperside Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

927x702 (~123Kb) ♂ underside Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. c. taprobanus (Plötz, 1885) Celebes

calathus taprobanus (Plötz, 1885) (Hesperia); Berl. ent. Z. 29 (2): 226

Lotongus calathus taprobanus; [BOW]: pl. 187, f. 29; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 68; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

L. c. zalates (Mabille, 1893) Java

Proteides zalates Mabille, 1893; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 37 (1): 52; TL: Java

Lotongus calathus zalates; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

L. c. balta Evans, 1949 Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, Laos

Lotongus calathus balta Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 320; TL: Kanbauk, Tavoy, S.Burma

Lotongus calathus balta; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1970, Tyô to Ga 21 (1/2): 1, f. 129-130; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1156x942 (~268Kb) Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Phum Doung village in Tatai Commune, 16th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1241x982 (~274Kb) underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Phum Doung village in Tatai Commune, 16th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	939x710 (~189Kb) underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Phum Doung village in Tatai Commune, 16th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
1093x1166 (~298Kb) ♂ Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai Commune, an evergreen forest margin at Phum Doung Bridge, 25 May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Lotongus avesta (Hewitson, 1868)

Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand. See [maps]

Hesperia avesta Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): 30; TL: Sumatra
Lotongus tamiata Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4): 233

Lotongus avesta; [BOW]: pl. 187, f. 26; [BMP]: 371, pl. 57, f. 12; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Lotongus saralus (de Nicéville, 1889)

Assam - W.China. See [maps]

Parnara sarala de Nicéville, 1889; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 173, pl. B, f. 6 ♀; TL: Khasi Hills

Lotongus sarala conjuncta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Lotongus sarala; [BOW]: pl. 208, f. 16; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Lotongus saralus; [MRS], 739; [iNaturalist]

L. s. chinensis Evans, 1932 Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnan, Szechwan

Lotongus sarala[?] chinensis Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 383; TL: W.Szechwan, China

Lotongus sarala chinensis; ; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Lotongus saralus chinensis; [MRS], 739

L. s. quinquepunctus Joicey & Talbot, 1921 Hainan

Lotongus avesta quinquepuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1921; Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1): 176, pl. 24, f. 28; TL: Hainan

Lotongus sarala quinquepuncta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Lotongus saralus quinquepunctus; [MRS], 739

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
[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
[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]
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Some related literature:

[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
de Nicéville, 1889
On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indian Region, with Revision of the Genus Plesioneura of Felder and of Authors J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3) : 163-194, pl. A-B
Distant, 1886
Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Rhopalocera Malayana : 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44
Elwes & Edwards, 1897
A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 101-324, pl. 18-27
Evans, 1932
The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) : iii-x,1-454, pl. 1-32
Evans, 1949
A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus. : 1-502, pl. 1-53
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
Hewitson, 1876
Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (106) : 347-355
Hewitson, 1876
Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108) : 449-457
Inoue & Kawazoe, 1970
Hesperiid butterflies from South Vietnam (5) Tyô to Ga 21 (1/2): 1-14
Joicey & Talbot, 1921
Descriptions of new forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Hainan Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 167-177, pl. 19-24
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1893
Description de Lepidopteres nouveaux Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 37 (1) : 50-65
Piepers & Snellen, 1910
The Rhopalocera of Java. Hesperidae Rhop. Java [2] : 1-60, pl. 5-10
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
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

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