Polytremis

Polytremis Mabille, 1904

Polytremis Mabille, 1904; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (B): 136; TS: Gegenes contigua Mabille

Polytrema[sic, Polytremis?]; [BIR], 485
Polytremis; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Polytremis (Hesperiinae); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 77; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13; [RFEL]

Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Travancore, High Wavys, Nilgiris, Wynaad, Coorg, Kumaon - Assam, Burma. See [maps] Contiguous Swift

Goniloba lubricans Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (12): 195, no. 34; TL: Java
Gegenes contigua Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3): 232 n. (1); TL: Java
Hesperia toona Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3): 689; TL: NE.Bengal

Baoris lubricans; [BIR], 485
Parnara toona; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 35, pl. 8, f. 49
Polytrema lubricans; [BIR], 485
Polytremis contigua; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Polytremis lubricans; [MRS], 731; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Polytremis lubricans ?Matsumura;
?Polytremis lubricans; [BOW]: pl. 208, f. 26 (text)

P. l. lubricans SE.Tibet, India, Indo-China, S.Yunnan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sangihe, Banggai, Sula

Polytremis lubricans lubricans; [BMP]: 388, pl. 60, f. 11, 20; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), pl. IIIa, f. 9; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 78; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

735x612 (~110Kb) Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 21 km ENE of Koh Kong. 23th May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1040x781 (~177Kb) underside Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 21 km ENE of Koh Kong. 23th May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

P. l. taiwana Matsumura, 1919 Taiwan, Anhui, Yunnan

Polytremis lubricans taiwana Matsumura, 1919; ; TL: Taiwan
?Parnara baibarana Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 107; TL: Formosa
?Parnara baibarana f. mumon Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 107; TL: Formosa

Polytremis lubricans taiwana; [MRS], 731; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 17-18 (gen.), pl. IIIa, f. 8; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note); [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Polytremis minuta (Evans, 1926)

Baoris minuta Evans, 1926; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 635, no. I.115.21

Polytremis minuta; [BMP]: 389, pl. 60, f. 21; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Polytremis annama Evans, 1937

Polytremis annama; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Polytremis eltola (Hewitson, 1869)

India (Murree - Assam) - Malaya. See [maps] Yellow-spot Swift

Hesperia eltola Hewitson, 1869; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Hesperia IV): [104], pl. [52], f. 40; TL: Darjeeling

Baoris eltola; [BIR], 485
Polytrema eltola; [BIR], 485
Polytremis eltola eltola; [iNaturalist]
Polytremis eltola; [BOW]: pl. 188, f. 26; [MRS], 731; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. e. tappana Matsumura

Polytremis eltola tappana; [MRS], 731; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

P. e. corbeti Evans, 1937 Malay Peninsula

Polytremis corbeti Evans, 1937; Entomologist 70 (3): 64

Polytremis eltola corbeti; [BMP]: 389, pl. 60, f. 18-19; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Polytremis flavinerva Chou & Zhou, 1994

Guangxi. See [maps]

Polytremis flavinerva Chou & Zhou, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 774, 731, f. 88-89; TL: Longzhou 200m, Guangxi

Polytremis choui Huang, 1994

Fujian. See [maps]

Polytremis choui Huang, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 774, 732, f. 90; TL: Fujian

Polytremis discreta (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)

Murree - Sikkim, Assam, Burma. See [maps] Himalayan Swift

Parnara discreta Elwes & Edwards, 1897; Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4): 282, pls. 21, 26; TL: Khasi Hills

Baoris discreta; [BIR], 485
Polytrema discreta; [BIR], 485
Polytremis discreta; [BOW]: pl. 188, f. 26 (text); [MRS], 731; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. d. discreta Yunnan, ...?

Polytremis discreta discreta; [BMP]: 389, pl. 61, f. 32; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 21-22 (gen.), pl. IIIa, f. 3; [iNaturalist]

P. d. felicia (Elwes)

Polytremis discreta felicia; [MRS], 731

Polytremis mencia (Moore, 1877)

Pamphila mencia Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115): 52; TL: Shanghai

Polytremis mencia; [MRS], 730; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 19-20 (gen), pl. IIIa, f. 1; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 41 (note); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Polytremis kiraizana (Sonan, 1938) Formosa

Parnara kiraizana Sonan, 1938; Zephyrus 7 (4): 255

Poltyremis kiraizana; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 41 (note); Chiba, Hsu, Tsukiyama, Lo, Chen & Wang, 2009, Zootaxa 2202: 55
Polytremis kiraizana; [iNaturalist]
Polytremis mencia kiraizana; [MRS], 730; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Polytremis pellucida (Murray, 1875)

Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Japan. See [maps]

Pamphila pellucida Murray, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 11: 172; TL: Japan
quinquepuncta Mabille, 1883
Panrara[sic] pellucida sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15: 106, pl. 8, f. 4 ♂; TL: Saghalien

Polytremis pellucida; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 118; [BRU], 133; [MRS], 730; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Polytremis pellucida pellucida (= Polytremis pellucida quanta); Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 9-10 (gen.), pl. IIIa, f. 7

P. p. quanta Evans, 1949 Guniujiang, Anhui

Polytremis pellucida quanta; [MRS], 730; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note); [LepIndex]; [CoL]

P. p. asahinai Shirôzu Taiwan

Polytremis pellucida asahinai; [MRS], 730

P. p. inexpecta Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 Zhejiang

Polytremis pellucida inexpecta; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note)

Polytremis theca (Evans, 1937)

-. See [maps]

Polytremis theca; [MRS], 730; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. t. theca China (Sichuan, Shaanxi)

Polytremis theca theca; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note)

P. t. fukia (Evans, 1940) China (Fujian, Anhui)

Zinaida fukia Evans, 1940; Entomologist 73 (929): 230; TL: Fujian

Polytremis fukia; [iNaturalist]
Polytremis theca fukia; [MRS], 730; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 11-12 (gen.), pl. IIIa, f. 5; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40 (note); [LepIndex]; [CoL]

P. t. macrotheca Huang, 2003 Yunnan

Polytremis theca macrotheca Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 40, f. 49, pl. 4, f. 4; TL: Gazu, Nujiang Valley, NW.Yunnan

Polytremis zina Evans, 1932

S.China - E.China - Ussuri. See [maps]

zina Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 416; TL: "Omeishan" [SW.China]

Polytremis zina zinoides; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Polytremis zina; [BRU], 133; [MRS], 731; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 112 (note), f. 13-14 (gen.), pl. II, f. 7, 15, pl. IIIa, f. 6; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 13; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

P. z. taiwana Murayama, 1981

Polytremis zina taiwana; [MRS], 731

Polytremis gigantea Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997

Sichuan. See [maps]

Polytremis feifei Huang, 2002; Atalanta 33 (1/2): 111, f. 7-8 (gen), pl. II, f. 8, 16; TL: Qing-cheng Shan, Sichuan, China
- = ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42

Polytremis gigantea; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 42 (note)

Polytremis caerulescens (Mabille, 1876)

W.China. See [maps]

Pamphila caerulescens Mabille, 1876; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6: lv; TL: "Thibet" [W.Sichuan]

Polytremis caerulescens; [BOW]: pl. 208, f. 25; Huang, 2001; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 23-24 (gen.), pl. IIIa, f. 2; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 41 (note), f. 61, pl. 4, f. 6; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Polytremis micropunctata Huang, 2003

Yunnan. See [maps]

Polytremis micropunctata Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 41, f. 60, pl. 4, f. 5; TL: Qiqi, Nujian valley, NW.Yunnan

Polytremis nascens (Leech, [1893])

Sichuan. See [maps]

Parnara nascens Leech, [1893]; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 614, pl. 42, f. 8; TL: Chia-kou-ho; Omei-Shan

Polytremis nascens; Huang & Xue, 2004, Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 176, pl. 14, f. 12; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Polytremis suprema Sugiyama, 1999

Guangxi. See [maps]

Polytremis suprema Sugiyama, 1999; Pallarge 7: ?

Polytremis suprema; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 41 (note)

Polytremis matsuii Sugiyama, 1999

Sichuan. See [maps]

Polytremis matsuii Sugiyama, 1999; Pallarge 7: ?; TL: Dujiangyan

Polytremis matsuii; Huang, 2002, Atalanta 33 (1/2): 116 (note), f. 15-16 (gen.), pl. IIIa, f. 4; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 41 (note)

Polytremis gotama Sugiyama, 1999

NW.Yunnan. See [maps]

Polytremis gotama Sugiyama, 1999; Pallarge 7: ?

References:

[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
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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
[EVERSMANNIA]
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[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
[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
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
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[iNaturalist]
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[maps]
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Some related literature:

Chiba, Hsu, Tsukiyama, Lo, Chen & Wang, 2009
Jinhaku Sonan's skipper type collection deposited at Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Zootaxa 2202 : 48-58
[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
Elwes & Edwards, 1897
A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 101-324, pl. 18-27
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
Evans, 1932
The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) : iii-x,1-454, pl. 1-32
Evans, 1937
Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: Description of new Genera, Species and Subspecies Entomologist 70 (1): 16-19 (part 9), (2): 38-40 (part 10), (3): 64-66 (part 11), (4): 81-83 (part 12)
Evans, 1940
Description of three new Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) from China Entomologist 73 (929) : 230
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
Hewitson, 1869
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Huang, 2002
Some new Butterflies from China - 2 Atalanta 33 (1/2) : 109-122
Huang, 2003
A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55 : 3-114
Huang & Xue, 2004
Notes on some Chinese butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Neue Ent. Nachr. 57: 171-177, pl. 14
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
Leech, [1893]
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-296, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1876
[Hespérides] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 6 : ix-xi,[9-11], : xxv-xxvii,[25-27], : liv-lvii,[54-57], : clii-cliii,[152-153], : cxcvii-ccii
Mabille, 1877
Catalogue des Lépidoptères du Congo. [1] Bull. Soc. zool. Fr. 2 (3) : 214-240
Mabille, 1904
Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17 (A): 1-78 (1903), (B): 79-142 (1904), (C): 143-182 (1904), (D): 183-210 (1904)
Matsumura, 1925
An enumeration of the butterflies and moths from Saghalien, with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15 : 83-196, pl. 8-11
Matsumura, 1929
New butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3) : 87-107, pl. 4
Moore, 1877
Descriptions of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115) : 43-52
Moore, 1878
Descriptions of new Asiatic Hesperidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 686-695, pl. 45
Murray, 1875
Notes on Japanese Butterflies, with descriptions of new Genera and Species Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 166-172
Piepers & Snellen, 1910
The Rhopalocera of Java. Hesperidae Rhop. Java [2] : 1-60, pl. 5-10
Sonan, 1938
Notes on some butterflies from Formosa. (5) Zephyrus 7 (4) : 250-257
Sugiyama, 1999
New butterflies from western China (VI) Pallarge 7 : 1-14
[BRU]; Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997
Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae Butts. Russia adj. terr. 1
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
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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