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Lethe Verma
''Lethe verma '', the straight-banded treebrown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realmGustav Weymer, Weymer, G. 1910-1911. 4. Familie: Satyridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde''. Stuttgart, A. Kernen. 5: 185-225. Subspecies *''L. v. verma'' Northwest India, Kashmir, Assam *''L. v. sintica'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 Sikkim, Assam, Yunnan *''L. v. stenopa'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 Burma, Thailand - Indo China, South China, Hainan *''L. v. robinsoni'' Pendlebury, 1933 Peninsular Malaya (Cameron Highlands) *''L. v. satarnus'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 West China *''L. v. cintamani'' Fruhstorfer, 1909 Taiwan References Lethe (butterfly), verma Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1844 Taxa named by Vincenz Kollar {{Elymniini-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] |
