Pelopidas

Pelopidas Walker, 1870 Millet Skippers

Pelopidas Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 56; TS: Pelopidas midea Walker
Chapra Moore, [1881] (Hesperiidae); Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 169; TS: Hesperia mathias Fabricius

Chapra; [NHM-BMW]
Pelopidas; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Pelopidas (Hesperiinae); [BK], 431; [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 77; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13

600x400 (~31Kb) India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

600x400 (~33Kb) India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

600x400 (~39Kb) underside India: Melghat, 7.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)

Tropical Africa, Arabia, India, Ceylon, Burma, Madagascar. See [maps] Small Branded Swift Black Branded Swift Lesser Millet Skipper

Hesperia mathias Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 433, no. 289-90; TL: Tranquebar, S.India
Hesperia julianus Latreille, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 763
Hesperia chaya Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 791
Pamphila umbrata Butler, 1879; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 3 (15): 191; TL: Johanna I.

Baoris mathias; [BIR], 486
Chapra mathias; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 169, pl. 70, f. 1, 1a; de Nicéville, 1889, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4 (3): 176, pl. B, f. 7
Hesperia chaya; Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4): 242
Pamphila mathias; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 843
Parnara matthias[sic, mathias]; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 35, pl. 8, f. 50
Pelopidas mathias oberthuri; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Pelopidas mathias; [BOW]: pl. 188, f. 11; [PBSA]; [MRS], 729; [BK]: 431, pl. 64, f. 854; [MadL]; [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 77; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

P. m. mathias Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Banggai, Tanahjampea, Kalao

Pelopidas mathias mathias; [BMP]: 387, pl. 60, f. 9-10; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 77; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1216x1148 (~358Kb) underside Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep, Treetop Buingalow. 5th December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. m. oberthueri Evans

Pelopidas mathias oberthueri; [MRS], 729; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 118; [iNaturalist]

725x596 (~117Kb) "Dragonfly Kingdom", Nakamura, Kochi-ken, Shikoku-chiho, Japan. 9th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

617x536 (~119Kb) The Seosicheum River bank, Gurye County, Jeonnam Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. m. repetita (Butler, 1882) Admiraly I., Dampier I., Vulcan I.

Pamphila repetita Butler, 1882; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (56): 155; TL: Duke-of-York I.
Parnara parvimacula Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 399; TL: Dampier Island

Pelopidas mathias repetita; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, [1821])

Tropical Africa - India. See [maps]

Gegenes thrax Hübner, [1821]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [150]
Pelopidas midea Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 56

Pelopidas midea; [iNaturalist]
Pelopidas thrax; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]

P. t. inconspicua (Bertolini, 1850) South Africa - Kenya, ? White Branded Swift Millet Skipper

Hesperia inconspicua Bertolini, 1850; Atti. Accad. Sci. 1st Bologna Memorie 2: 179
Pamphila mohopaani Wallengren

Pelopidas thrax inconspicua; [PBSA]; [BK]: 432, pl. 64, f. 855; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

P. t. masta Evans, 1949

Pelopidas thrax masta; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Pelopidas assamensis (de Nicéville, 1882)

Madhya Pradesh, Ganjam, Kasauli - Assam, Burma, Malaya. See [maps] Great Swift

Parnara assamensis de Nicéville, 1882; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 51 Pt.II (2-3): 65; TL: Sikkim
alice (Plötz, 1883) (Hesperia); Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 45

Baoris assamensis; [BIR], 485
Pelopidas assamensis; [BOW]: pl. 188, f. 9; [BMP]: 388, pl. 58, f. 28; [MRS], 729; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Pelopidas conjuncta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Peninsular India, Dun - Assam, Burma, Malaya, Philippines. See [maps] Conjoined Swift

Goniloba conjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (12): 195, no. 45
javana (Mabille, 1877) (Gegenes); Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3): 232

Baoris conjuncta; [BIR], 485
Parnara conjuncta; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 37, pl. 9, f. 53a-c
Pelopidas conjuncta; [BOW]: pl. 188, f. 10; [MRS], 729; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Pelopidas conjunctus;

P. c. conjuncta N.Vietnam, Laos, Thailand

Pelopidas conjuncta conjuncta; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Pelopidas conjunctus conjunctus; [BMP]: 388, pl. 58, f. 27

P. c. narooa (Moore, 1878) Bombay, Ceylon

Hesperia narooa Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 687, pl. 45, f. 4; TL: Bombay; Ceylon

Parnara narooa; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 167, pl. 69, f. 3a-b
Pelopidas conjuncta narooa; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Pelopidas jansonis (Butler, 1878)

Japan. See [maps]

jansonis (Butler, 1878) (Hesperia); 279

Pelopidas jansonis; [BOW]: pl. 208, f. 24; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 118; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13 (?); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pelopides[sic] jansonis; [MRS], 729

Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)

Ceylon, Palnis, Nilgiris, Coorg, N.Kanara, Kangra - Assam, S.Shan States, Bengal. See [maps] Large Branded Swift Chinese Swift

Gegenes sinensis Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3): 232; TL: Shangai, China
prominens (Moore, 1882) (Chapra[?]); Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1): 261
Pamphila similis Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23: 48; TL: Chang Yang

Baoris sinensis; [BIR], 485
Pelopidas sinensis; [BOW]: pl. 188, f. 12; [MRS], 728; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Pelopidas agna (Moore, [1866])

-. See [maps] Bengal Swift

Hesperia agna Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3): 791; TL: Bengal
Pamphila similis Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 169 (nom. nud., Mabille MS)
Chapra mathias niasica Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (4): 50; TL: Nias
Pelopidas dingo Evans, 1949

Chapra agna; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 169
Pelopidas agna agnata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Pelopidas agna dingo; Couchman, 1962, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania 96: 73; [LepIndex]
Pelopidas agna; [MRS], 728; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 77; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

P. a. agna Sri Lanka, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Talaud Is., Sangihe, Banggai, Sula, Tukangbesi

Pelopidas agna agna; [BMP]: 387, pl. 60, f. 7-8; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 77; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

P. a. larika (Pagenstecher, 1884)

agna larika (Pagenstecher, 1884) (Pamphila); Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37: 207; TL: Amboina
Pamphila satriana Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (18): clxxxi; TL: Amboina
Parnara conjuncta stictica Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (4): 50; TL: Amboina

Pelopidas agna larika; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Pelopidas flava (Evans, 1926)

Baoris flava Evans, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 632, no. I.115.4

Pelopidas flavus; [BMP]: 388, pl. 61, f. 33
Pelopidas thrax flava; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Pelopidas subochracea (Moore, 1878) Large Branded Swift

Pamphila subochracea Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 691, pl. 45, f. 8; TL: Calcutta, India

Pelopidas subochracea subochracea; [iNaturalist]
Pelopidas subochracea; [MRS], 729; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. s. barneyi (Evans, 1937)

Pelopidas subochracea barneyi; [MRS], 729; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1070x1115 (~328Kb) ♂ upperside Cambodia, SE suburbs of Koh Kong, roadside trees on a coastal marsh, 23td July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

763x833 (~213Kb) ♂ upperside Cambodia, SE suburbs of Koh Kong, roadside trees on a coastal marsh, 23td July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1651x1737 (~2260Kb) ♂ upperside Cambodia, SE suburbs of Koh Kong, roadside trees on a coastal marsh, 23td July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Pelopidas lyelli (Rothschild, 1915)

AU. See [maps]

Parnara lyelli Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 400; TL: Dampier I.

Pelopidas lyelli lyelli; Couchman, 1962, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania 96: 73
Pelopidas lyelli mathewi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Pelopidas lyelli; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

Pelopidas nidea Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 56, no. 58

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[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
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[EVERSMANNIA]
Eversmannia contents
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[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
[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
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[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/
[UTAS] University of Tasmania
The Library Open Repository
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Butler, 1879
On a Collection of Lepidoptera from the Island of Johanna Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 3 (15) : 186-192
Butler, 1882
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke of York Island and New Britain Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 10 (55): 36-43, (56): 149-160, (57): 226-238
[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
Couchman, 1962
Notes on some Tasmanian and Australian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania 96 : 73-82
de Nicéville, 1882
Second List of Butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1882, with Notes on Habits J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 51 Pt.II (2-3) : 54-66
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
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Dunn & Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy Review Austr. Butts. (1): 1-196, (2): 197-335, (3): 336-512, (4): 513-660
Evans, 1926
The Identification of Indian Butterflies (9-11) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (1): 49-83, pl. 30, (2): 427-446, pl. 31, (3): 615-637, pl. 32
Fabricius, 1798
Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae Ent. Syst. (Suppl.) : 1-572, (index) 1-53
Fruhstorfer, 1911
Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (2): 9-24 (1 February), (3): 25-40 (1 March), (4): 41-56 (1 April), (5): 57-72 (1 May), (6): 73-79, pl. 1 (1 June)
Latreille, [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])
Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204
Hübner, [1821]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian) Eversmannia Suppl. 2 : 1-123
Kudrna, 1974
An annotated List of Japanese Butterflies Atalanta 5 : 92-120
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar : 762-793
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1877
Catalogue des Lépidoptères du Congo. [1] Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 214-240
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Moore, [1866]
On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 755-823, pl. 41-43
Moore, 1878
Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 686-695, pl. 45
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)
Moore, 1882
List of the Lepidoptera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra Discrict, N.W Hiamalaya; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1882 (1) : 234-263, pl. 11-12
Pagenstecher, 1884
Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna von Amboina Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 : 149-326
Piepers & Snellen, 1910
The Rhopalocera of Java. Hesperidae Rhop. Java [2] : 1-60, pl. 5-10
Plötz, 1883
Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233
Rothschild, 1915
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
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
Walker, 1870
A list of the Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science Entomologist 5 (76): 48-57, (80-81): 123-134, (82): 151-155
Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881
List of Diurnal Lepidoptera from Port Blair, Andaman Islands J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4) : 223-243, pl. 13
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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