Lamproptera

Lamproptera Gray, 1832 Dragontails

Lamproptera Gray, 1832; in Griffith, Cuvier's Anim. Kingdom 15: pl. 102, f. 4; TS: Papilio curius Fabricius
Leptocircus Swainson, 1833; Zool. Illustr. (2) 3 (23): pl. 106; TS: Papilio curius Fabricius

Lamproptera; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Lamproptera (Leptocircini); Page & Treadaway, 2003, Butterflies of the world, 17: 3; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 95

Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787)

-. See [maps] White Dragontail

Papilio curius Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 9, no. 71; TL: Siam

Lamproptera curia; [MRS], 162
Lamproptera curius; [EBW]; [BOR], 118; [BOW]: pl. 132, f. 5 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Leptocircus curius; [BIR], 407

525x725 (~56Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1005x797 (~177Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. c. curius Assam - Thailand, S.Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Java, Philippines (Palawan, Balabac), S.Yunnan

Leptocircus curius tutationis Fruhstorfer, 1909; Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68, (10):76; TL: Java
Leptocircus curius magistralis Fruhstorfer, 1909; Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68, (10):76; TL: Yunnan, Mongtse; Manhao

Lamproptera curius curius; [BOR], 118; [BMP]: 80, pl. 6, f. 16; Page & Treadaway, 2003, Butterflies of the world, 17: 3, pl. 1, f. 1; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1051x1245 (~302Kb) ♂ Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, the Thma Bang River left tributary at the bridge, 7 km SW Thma Bang village, 24th May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1133x895 (~199Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, Ream National Park, a swamped forest rivulet. 27th March 2015, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1014x1490 (~328Kb) ♂ upperside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, 1.5 km downstream Kbal Chhay Waterfall, 9th November 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
1220x912 (~436Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, 1.5 km downstream Kbal Chhay Waterfall, 9th November 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1486x1106 (~400Kb) ♂ upperside Cambodia, Preah Sihanouk Province, a stony rivulet between Ream settlement and National Park, 11th November 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. c. libelluloides (Fruhstorfer, 1898) Nias

Leptocircus curius libelluloides Fruhstorfer, 1898; Berl. Ent. Zs. 43 (1/2): 179

Lamproptera curius libelluloides; [BOR], 118

L. c. walkeri (Moore, 1902) Indo-China, SE.China, Hainan

Leptocircus walkeri Moore, 1902; Lepidoptera Indica 5: 137; TL: Hong-Kong; Tonkin; Hainan

Lamproptera curia walkeri; [MRS], 162
Lamproptera curius walkeri; [BOR], 118; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Lamproptera meges (Zinken, 1831)

Philippines, Celebes, Burma, Siam, Malaysia. See [maps] Green Dragontail

Papilio meges Zinken, 1831; Nova Acta physico-med. [Leop. Carol.] 15 (1): 161, pl. 15, f. 8
Leptocircus meges squamosus van Eecke, 1913; Notes Leyden Mus. 35: 193; TL: Pulu Babi

Lamproptera meges indistincta; [iNaturalist]
Lamproptera meges; [BOR], 118; [BOW]: pl. 132, f. 5; [MRS], 162; Page & Treadaway, 2003, Butterflies of the world, 17: 3; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 95; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Leptocircus meges; [BIR], 407

L. m. meges Sumatra, Java, Borneo

Lamproptera meges meges; [BOR], 118; [iNaturalist]

L. m. ennius (C. & R. Felder, 1865) N.Sulawesi, C.Sulawesi

Leptocircus ennius C. & R. Felder, 1865; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 2, pl. 21, f. b

Lamproptera ennius; [iNaturalist]
Lamproptera meges ennius; [BOR], 118; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 96

L. m. akirai Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980 S.Sulawesi

meges akirai Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980; Mem. Tsukada Coll. 2: 3

Lamproptera akirai; [iNaturalist]
Lamproptera meges akirai; [BOR], 118; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 96

L. m. virescens (Butler, [1870]) Burma - Vietman, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Haina

Leptocircus virescens Butler, [1870]; Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: 259; TL: Myanmar

Lamproptera meges virescens; [MRS], 162; [BOR], 118; [BMP]: 79, pl. 6, f. 15; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Leptocircus virescens; Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (4): 841

L. m. annamiticus (Fruhstorfer, 1909) SE.Thailand, S.Vietnam

Leptocircus meges annamiticus Fruhstorfer, 1909; Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68; TL: S.Vietnam

Lamproptera meges annamiticus; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

913x867 (~227Kb) upperside Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 20th August 2011, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	565x686 (~143Kb) upperside Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 6th December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1017x1008 (~241Kb) upperside Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 7th December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
992x670 (~293Kb) ♂ underside Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, a forest brook in rocky valley downstream Buu Sraa Waterfalls, 10th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1030x1170 (~414Kb) Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, above Buu Sraa Waterfalls, 4th August 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1338x904 (~249Kb) Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, above Buu Sraa Waterfalls, 4th August 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
804x1166 (~299Kb) ♂ upperside Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, 12.8 km NE of Sen Monorom, lower reaches of a brook being the right tributary of Pulung (?) River, 25th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

L. m. pallidus (Fruhstorfer, 1909) N.Vietnam

Leptocircus meges pallidus Fruhstorfer, 1909; Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68, (10):76; TL: N.Vietnam

Lamproptera meges pallidus; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Lamproptera pallidus; [iNaturalist]

L. m. niasicus (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Nias

Leptocircus meges niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1909; Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68, (10):76; TL: Nias

Lamproptera meges niasicus; [BOR], 118
Lamproptera niasicus; [iNaturalist]

L. m. decius (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippinens

Leptocircus decius C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9): 284
Leptocircus wilsonii Reakirt, [1865]; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 495; TL: Philippines

Lamproptera decius; [iNaturalist]
Lamproptera meges decius; [MRS]; [BOR], 118; Page & Treadaway, 2003, Butterflies of the world, 17: 3, pl. 1, f. 2

L. m. pessimus Fruhstorfer, 1909 Philippines (Palawan, Balabac, Dumaran)

Lamproptera meges pessimus Fruhstorfer, 1909; Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68, (10):76; TL: Palawan

Lamproptera meges pessimus; Page & Treadaway, 2003, Butterflies of the world, 17: 3, pl. 1, f. 3
Lamproptera pessimus; [iNaturalist]

L. m. amplifascia Tytler, 1939 Yunnan, Burma

Lamproptera amplifascia Tytler, 1939; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41 (2): 239

Lamproptera amplifascia; [iNaturalist]
Lamproptera meges amplifascia; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 76 (note)

Leptocircus curtius Wallace, 1865; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 25 (1): 68; TL: Celebes

References:

[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
[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
[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
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Butler, [1870]
Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: : 1-303, pl. 1-3
[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
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
van Eecke, 1913
Fauna Simalurensis. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, fam. Papilionidae Notes Leyden Mus. 35 : 193-199, pl. 9
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus Mantissa Insectorum 2 : 1-382
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (2) Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (9) : 282-294
C. & R. Felder, 1865
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Fruhstorfer, 1898
Neue Lepidopteren aus Asien Berl. Ent. Zs. 43 (1/2) : 175-199 (mid November)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Neue Leptocircus-Rassen Soc. ent. 24 (9): 68 (1 August), (10): 76 (15 August)
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
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
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, 1902
Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera. Family Nymphalidae. Sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), Groups Melitaeina and Eurytelina. Sub-families Acraeinae, Pseudergolinae, Calinaginae, and Libytheinae. Family Riodinidae. Sub-family Nemeobiinae. Family Papilionidae. Sub-famlies Parnassiinae, Thaidinae, Leptocircinae, and Papilionae Lepidoptera Indica 5 : 1-248, pl. 379-466
Page & Treadaway, 2003
Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands Butterflies of the world, 17: 12pp, pl. 1-59
Reakirt, [1865]
Notes upon exotic Lepidoptera, chiefly from the Philippine Islands, with Descriptions of some new Species Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 443-504
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Swainson, 1833
Zoological illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series Zool. Illustr. (2) 1: 1-30, pl. 1-30 (1829), 1: 31-45, pl. 31-45 (1830), 2 (11): 46-50, pl. 46-50, 2 (12): 51-55, pl. 51-55, 2 (13): 56-60, pl. 56-60, 2 (14): 61-65, pl. 61-65, 2 (15): 66-70, pl. 66-70, 2 (16): 71-75, pl. 71-75, 2 (17): 76-80, pl. 76-80, 2 (18): 81-85, pl. 81-85 (1831), 2 (19): 86-90, pl. 86-90, 2 (20): 91, pl. 91 (1832), 3 (21): 92-96, pl. 92-96 (1832), 3 (22): 97-101, pl. 97-101, 3 (23): 102-106, pl. 102-106, 3 (24): 107-111, pl. 107-111, 3 (25): 112-116, pl. 112-116, 3 (26): 117-121, pl. 117-121, 3 (27): 122-126, pl. 122-126, 3 (28): 127-131, pl. 127-131, 3 (29): 132-136, pl. 132-136 (1833)
Tytler, 1939
Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma 1 & 2 J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41 (2): 235-252, 42 (1): 109-123
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, 1865
On the Phenomena of Variation and Geographical Distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan Region Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 25 (1) : 1-71, pl. 1-8
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)
Zinken, 1831
Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Java Nova Acta physico-med. [Leop. Carol.] 15 (1) : 129-194, pl. 14-16

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