Borbo

Borbo Evans, 1949 Swifts

Borbo Evans, 1949; Cat. Hesp. Europe Asia Australia Brit. Mus.: 44, 436, no. M.3; TS: Hesperia borbonica Boisduval

Borbo; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Borbo (Hesperiinae); [BK], 432; [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 76

Borbo lugens (Hopffer, 1855)

E.Africa - S.Africa. See [maps] Lesser Horned Swift

Pamphila lugens Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 643; TL: Mozambique
?Suastus plana Swinhoe, 1915; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93): 176; TL: Humboldt Bay, New Guinea

Borbo lugens; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 28; [PBSA]; [BK]: 433, pl. 64, f. 858; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855)

Tropical Africa, SW.Arabia. See [maps]

Pamphila fatuellus Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 643; TL: Mozambique
Baoris[sic] cinerea Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 177
?Pamphila cinerea Holland, 1892; ?? 66 [dry-season]

Borbo fatuellus; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 25; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

B. f. fatuellus Foolish Swift Long Horned Swift

Borbo fatuellus fatuellus; [BK]: 432, pl. 64, f. 856; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

B. f. dolens (Mabille, 1898)

Borbo fatuellus dolens; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

B. f. thomea (Evans, 1937)

Borbo fatuellus thomea; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Borbo kaka (Evans, 1938)

Uganda (Kakamega), W.Tanzania. See [maps] Kakamega Swift

Baoris kaka Evans, 1938; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 1: 314

Borbo kaka; [BK]: 433, pl. 64, f. 857; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo fallax (Gaede, 1916)

Tropical Africa. See [maps] False Swift

Parnara fallax Gaede, 1916; Int. ent. Zs. 9 (24): 126

Borbo fallax; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 24; [BK]: 433, pl. 64, f. 859; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo sirena (Evans, 1937)

Zaire, NE.Zimbabwe, Uganda, W.Kenya. See [maps]

Borbo sirena; [BK]: 433, pl. 64, f. 860; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo perobscura (Druce, 1912)

W.Africa - E.Africa. See [maps]

Borbo perobscura; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 30; [BK]: 434, pl. 64, f. 861; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Borbo fanta (Evans, 1937)

-. See [maps]

Borbo fanta; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

B. f. fanta

Borbo fanta fanta; [BK]: 499

B. f. barnesi (Evans, 1949) Rhodesia

Pelopidas fanta barnesi Evans, 1949; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 2: 56

Borbo fanta barnesi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Borbo detecta (Trimen, 1893)

S.Africa - to (E.Africa - Zaire). See [maps]

Pamphila detecta Trimen, 1893; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2): 141

Borbo detecta; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 23; [PBSA]; [BK]: 434, pl. 64, f. 862; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo micans (Holland, 1896)

Tropical Africa. See [maps] Marsh Swift

Parnara micans Holland, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1): 63

Borbo micans; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 29; [BK]: 434, pl. 64, f. 863; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo ferruginea (Aurivillius, 1925)

Mazambique - Kenya. See [maps] Ferruginous Swift

Borbo ferruginea; [BK]: 434, pl. 64, f. 864; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

B. f. ferruginea

Borbo ferruginea ferruginea; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

B. f. dondo Evans, 1955 Moçambique, Zululand

Borbo ferruginea dondo Evans, 1955; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8: 885

Borbo ferruginea dondo; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo chagwa (Evans, 1937)

Moçambique, Uganda. See [maps]

Pelopidas chagwa Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 183

Borbo chagwa; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 23 (text); [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)

SEU, Egypt, Syria, AF, Mauritius, Reunion, Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South West Africa, Botswana. See [maps] Olive Haired Swift Zeller's Skipper Veloz fenestrada

Hesperia borbonica Boisduval, 1833; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2): 213, pl. 9, f. 5-6
Hesperia borbonica Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.: 65
Hesperia zelleri Lederer, 1855; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5: 194; TL: Syria
Pamphila borbonica-holli Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 363; TL: Hussein Dey (Algeria)

Borbo borbonica zelleri; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Borbo borbonica; [H&R], 388; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 22; [BMAT]: 99, pl. 31, f. 62-66; [BK]: 435, pl. 64, f. 865; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
Borbo zelleri; [BOW]: pl. 207, f. 18

B. b. borbonica Madagascar, ...?

Borbo borbonica borbonica; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

B. b. morella (de Joannis, 1893)

Borbo borbonica morella; [AfrL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo gemella (Mabille, 1884)

Africa, Madagascar, SW.Arabia. See [maps] Twin Swift

Pamphila gemella Mabille, 1884; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28: clxxxvii; TL: Madagascar

Borbo gemella; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 26; [BK]: 435, pl. 64, f. 866; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Borbo havei (Boisduval, 1833)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Hesperia havei Boisduval, 1833

Borbo havei; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo holtzii (Plötz, 1883)

Africa. See [maps] Variable Swift

Hesperia holtzii Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 44

Borbo holtzi; [AfrL]
Borbo holtzii; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 27; [BK]: 435, pl. 64, f. 867; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Borbo ratek (Boisduval, 1833)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Thymele ratek Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.: 61; TL: Madagascar
Pamphila sinnis Mabille, 1878; Petites Nouvelles ent. 2 (210): 285; TL: Madagascar

Borbo ratek; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 31; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo binga (Evans, 1937)

Baoris binga Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 178

Borbo binga; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Borbo impar (Mabille, 1883)

N.Australia. See [maps]

Pamphila impar Mabille, 1883; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1883: lxvi
Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxv; TL: "Amboine"
Parnara bipunctata Elwes & J. Edwards, 1897
Caltoris laraca Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119): 434; TL: Woodlark Island
Parnara bipunctata sidata Fruhstorfer, 1911; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 25 (4): 52; TL: Buru
Polytremis contigualis Rothschild, 1915
Baoris lavinia Waterhouse, 1932
Pelopidas lavella Evans, 1937

Baoris laraca; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 400
Borbo impar lavinia; [LepIndex]
Borbo impar tetragraphus; ; [LepIndex]
Borbo impar; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

B. i. impar New Caledonia

Borboa impar impar; Holloway & Peters, 1976, J. Nat. Hist. 10: 283

Borbo cinnara (Wallace, 1866)

Ceylon, India, Burma, Vietnam, AU. See [maps] Rice Swift Formosan Swift

Hesperia cinnara Wallace, 1866; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (2): 361; TL: Formosa
Hesperia colaca Moore, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 594, pl. 58, f. 7
Parnara cingala Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 167, pl. 70, f. 3a-b; TL: Ceylon?
Hesperia saturata Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1882
Hesperia saruna Plötz, 1885
Hesperia urejus Plötz, 1885
Parnara kuyaniana Matsumura, 1919

Borbo cinnara; [BIR], 486; Holloway & Peters, 1976, J. Nat. Hist. 10: 283; [BOW]: pl. 185, f. 21 (text); [MRS], 726; [BMP]: 386, pl. 60, f. 6; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 76; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Hesperia colaca; Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4): 241

Borbo liana (Evans, 1937)

Pelopidas[?] liana Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 179, 183

Borbo liana; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

?Borbo toshieae Maruyama, 1991²

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
[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
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1833
[Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice] Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (2) : 149-270
Boisduval, 1833
Faune Entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Lépidoptéres Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid. : 1-122, pl. 1-16
[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
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Evans, 1937
A catalogue of the African Hesperiidae. British Museum Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus. : 1-212, pl. 1-30
Evans, 1938
New African Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 1 : 312-315
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
Evans, 1949
Some new Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) from Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 2 : 55-56
Evans, 1955
Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 8 : 881-885
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)
Gaede, 1916
Neue Afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berliner Zoologisches Museums Int. ent. Zs. 9 (7): 38-40, (13): 71-72, (14): 73-74, (15): 79-80, pl. 1, (20): 105-106, (21): 109-112, (24): 125-126
[H&R]; Higgins & Riley, 1970
A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Holland, 1896
A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (1) : 2-107, pl. 1-5
Holloway & Peters, 1976
The butterflies of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands J. Nat. Hist. 10 : 273-318
Hopffer, 1855
[Lepidoptera Diurna] Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 639-643
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
Lederer, 1855
Beitrag zu einer Schmetterlingsfauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theil Kleinasiens Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5 : 177-234, pl. 1-5
[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, 1878
Diagnoses de Lépidoptères de Madagascar Petites Nouvelles ent. 2 (178): 157-158, (210): 285 (1878), (211): 289-290 (1879)
Mabille, 1883
Description d'hespériens Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1883 : li-lxxviii
Mabille, 1884
Descriptions de Lépidoptéres exotiques Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 28 : clxxxiv-cxci, [184-191]
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Moore, 1877
The Lepidopterous Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 580-632, pl. 58-60
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)
Oberthür, 1910
Notes pour servir à établir la Faune Française et Algérienne des Lépidoptères Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 15-691, pl. 35-58
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
Swinhoe, 1907
New Species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119) : 430-436
Swinhoe, 1915
New Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 16 (93) : 170-186
[BMAT]; Tennent, 1996
The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia : 1-217
Trimen, 1893
On some new or imperfectly-known species of South African butterflies Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1893 (2) : 123-143, pl. 8
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
Wallace, 1866
List of Lepidopterous insects collected at Takow, Formosa, by Mr. Robert Swinhoe Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (2) : 355-365
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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