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Elymnias Casiphone
''Elymnias casiphone'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1827. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Adalbert Seitz, Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 Subspecies *''E. c. casiphone'' (West Java) *''E. c. alumna'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (East Java) *''E. c. saueri'' Distant, 1882 (Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Langkawi Island) *''E. c. djilantik'' Martin, 1909 (Bali) *''E. c. praetextata'' Fruhstorfer, 1896 (Lombok) References External links"''Elymnias'' Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Elymnias Butterflies described in 1827 {{Nymphalidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera Indica
''Lepidoptera Indica'' was a 10 volume work on the butterflies of the Indian region that was begun in 1890 and completed in 1913. It was published by Lovell Reeve and Co. of London. It has been considered the ''magnum opus'' of its author, Frederic Moore, assistant curator at the museum of the East India Company. Frederic Moore described a number of new species through this publication. Moore was a splitter, known for careless creation of synonyms, sometimes placing the same species in more than one genus. History The series was based on a large collection of butterflies that were under the care of the curator of the Asiatic Museum, Dr Thomas Horsfield. The museum was closed in 1879 and the collection was transferred to the British Museum. Moore in his preface defined the Indian region as being roughly bounded by the Himalayan mountains in the north, Suleiman and Hala mountains in the northwest, Ceylon to the South and Burma in the East and including the Andaman and Nicobar Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
