<strong> Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae) </ strong>
Author
Kawahara, Akito Y.
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-03-22
3631
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3631.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3631.1.1
1175-5326
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Libythea myrrha myrrha
Godart 1819
(
Figs. 8
, 20, 32, 45, 60, 129–132)
Libythea myrrha
Godart 1819: 171
.
Hecaerge myrrha
Hübner 1832: 40
, Figs. 789, 790.
Libythea
(
Libythea
)
myrrha
:
Pagenstecher 1901: 5
.
Libythea myrrha myrrhina
Fruhstorfer 1909d: 91
[new synonymy]
.
Libythea myrrha myrrha
:
Fruhstorfer 1909d: 92
.
Libythea
(
Libythea
)
myrrha
var.
myrrhina
:
Oberthür 1910: 53
.
Libythea myrrha yawa
Fruhstorfer 1914: 770
[new synonymy]
.
Libythea myrrhina
Hering 1921: 277
.
Diagnosis.
Libythea myrrha myrrha
closely resembles
L. m. hecura
by sharing similar forewing pattern and a weakly falcate forewing apex. This subspecies differs from the latter in that the forewing orange band between Rs
1
and M
1
is separated from the band between M
1
and M
3
, which is fused in
L. m. hecura.
Type Specimens Examined.
Libythea myrrha myrrhina
Fruhstorfer 1909
,
HOLOTYPE
:
♂
,
Indonesia
:
Sumatra
,
Padang
(
BMNH
).
L. myrrha yawa
Fruhstorfer 1914
,
HOLOTYPE
:
♂
,
Indonesia
:
Ost
[West]
Java
,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
).
Other Specimens Examined.
(
59♂
,
10♀
):
INDONESIA
:
Bali
:
2000-4000 ft
[
610-1220 m
],
1♂
,
III-1896
,
Doherty
(
BMNH
)
.
Java
:
4♂
(
BMNH
)
;
2♂
, B.
Neumögen
(
USNM
)
;
1500 ft
[
457 m
],
1♀
, 1897, H.
Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
. E.
Java
,
Andjas Mora
,
1♂
,
XII-1928
,
G. Overdijkink
(
BMNH
)
.
Kaden
?,
1♂
(
BMNH
)
.
Malang
,
1♂
,
IX- 1928
,
G. Overdijkink
(
BMNH
)
.
Marohab
,
700 ft
[
213 m
],
1♀
,
G. Overdijkink
(
BMNH
)
.
Mt. Ardjoe
[n]o, E
.
Java
,
1♂
,
IX-1928
,
G. Overdijkink
(
BMNH
)
.
Mt. Gedeh
,
4000 ft
[
1219 m
],
4♂
, 1896,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
;
4000- 5000 ft
[
1220–1524 m
],
1♂
, VII–VIII, G.
Overdijkink
(
BMNH
)
.
Mt. Smeru
:
3♂
,
Doherty
(
CMNH
)
.
Mt. Tegger
,
4000 ft
[
1219 m
],
2♂
, 1890,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
.
Jatim
:
1♂
,
11-X-1990
,
G. Argopuro
(
AYK
)
;
1♀
,
18-VIII- 1990
, G.
Argopuro
(
AYK
)
.
Lombok
:
Sapit
:
2♂
, V-VI-1896,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
CMNH
)
.
2000 ft
[
610 m
],
4♂
, IV-VI- 1896, H.
Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
.
Sambalun
,
4000 ft
[
1219 m
],
3♀
,
IV-1896
, H.
Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
.
Sumatra
:
1♂
(
CMNH
)
;
4♂
(
BMNH
)
.
Deli
:
1♂
,
L. P. du Bussy
(
USNM
)
;
North Sumatra
,
Kala Hill
:
1♂
,
5-V-1979
(
TFC
)
.
Batang Proepoe
,
1600 ft
[
488 m
];
3♂
, V-VIII-1897 (
BMNH
)
;
Deli
,
3♂
,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
; Kaban Ojahe, N. E.
Sumatra
,
1♂
,
9-XI-1936
,
J. W. T. Glover
(
BMNH
)
; Korinchi, W.
Sumatra
,
1♂
,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
.
Sungei Kumbang
,
4500 ft
[
1372 m
],
2♂
,
IV-1914
(
BMNH
)
.
Montes Battak
,
1♂
,
H. Fruhstorfer
(
BMNH
)
;
1♀
,
Martin
(
BMNH
)
.
Padang
,
1♂
,
Swinhoe
(
BMNH
)
.
Padang Uplands
,
Batang Proepoe
,
1600 ft
[487.7 m]:
1♀
, V-VIII-1897,
E. B. Poulton
(
MGCL
)
. S. W.
Sumatra
,
Barisan Range
,
Western Slope
,
2500 ft
[
762 m
],
2♂
, X-XI-1921,
C., F., & J. Pratt
(
BMNH
)
.
Deanan Kento Morass
,
Ft. of Korintji Peak
,
5000 ft
[
1524 m
],
1♂
,
VIII-1921
,
C., F., & J. Pratt
(
BMNH
)
.
North Korintji Valley
,
5000 ft
[
1524 m
],
1♂
, IX-X-1921,
C., F., & J. Pratt
(
BMNH
)
. Scolak Daras, W.
Sumatra
,
2♂
, 1914 (
BMNH
)
.
Sumbawa
:
2♂
,
2♀
,
Doherty
(
BMNH
)
.
West Papua
:
Davi
[Dave]:
1♂
,
L. P. du Bussy
(
USNM
)
.
Western Irian
,
Mount Arfack
[Arfak]:
1♂
,
VI-1987
(
TFC
)
.
Uncertain
country:
1♂
(
BMNH
)
.
Aruno
,
4000 ft
[
1219 m
],
2♂
,
Doherty
(
BMNH
)
.
Distribution.
Indonesia
:
Bali
,
Java
, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa,
Sumatra
, Sultanate of Deli.
Remarks.
After examination of
types
and many specimens from
Indonesia
, it is apparent that
myrrhina
Fruhstorfer
and
yawa
Fruhstorfer should be synonymized since they cannot be readily distinguished from
myrrha
Godart.