Caprona

Caprona Wallengren, 1857 Ragged Skippers

Caprona Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 51; TS: Caprona pillaana Wallengren
Abaratha Moore, [1881] (Hesperiidae); Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 181; TS: Pterygospidea ransonnetii Felder
Stethotrix Mabille, 1889; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889: clxxxiv [184]; TS: Stethotrix heterogyna Mabille

Abaratha; [NHM-BMW]
Caprona; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Caprona (Pyrginae); [BK], 400; [AfrL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64
Stethotrix; [NHM-BMW]

Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857

South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Moçambique - E.Africa, Ethiopia, SW.Arabia. See [maps]

Caprona pillaana Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 51
Stethotrix heterogyna Mabille, 1889; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889: clxxxiv [184]

Caprona pillaana; [BOW]: pl. 128, f. 41; [PBSA]; [BK]: 400, pl. 58, f. 756; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Caprona cassualalla Bethune-Baker, 1911

South West Africa. See [maps]

Caprona cassualalla Bethune-Baker, 1911; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8 (46): 506

Caprona cassualalla; [PBSA]; [AfrL]

Caprona adelica Karsch, 1892

W.Africa - Uganda, NW.Kenya, S.Sudan. See [maps]

Caprona adelica; [AfrL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

C. a. adelica Western Ragged Skipper

Caprona adelica adelica; [BK]: 400, pl. 58, f. 757

C. a. kordofani Bethune-Baker, 1916

Caprona adelica var. kordofani Bethune-Baker, 1916; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (2): 285; TL: Tira Mandi

Caprona agama (Moore, [1858])

-. See [maps]

Pyrgus agama Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: 249, pl. 7, f. 1, 1a; TL: Java

Caprona agama alora; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Caprona agama brunnea; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Caprona agama sumbina; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Caprona agama; [MRS], 707; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

C. a. agama S.India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.China, Java, Sulawesi

Pterygospidea erosula C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 529, pl. 73, f. 3; TL: Celebes
Pterygospidea syrichthus C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 530, pl. 72, f. 22-23; TL: Java
Tagiades danae Plötz, 1884; Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 43
Abaratha saraya Doherty, 1886; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (2): 138; TL: Kumaon, India
Abaratha siamica Swinhoe, 1907; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119): 432; TL: Shan States, Siam
Caprona syrichthus pelias Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (31): 139, (39):173; TL: Tonkin, Than-Moi
Caprona erosula (?) pelligera Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (39): 173; TL: S.Celebes, "Pik von Bonthain"
Caprona mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 22 (42): 173

Abaratha syrichthus; Piepers & Snellen, 1910, Rhop. Java [2]: 11
Caprona agama agama; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965, Tyô to Ga 15 (4): 93, f. 51-54; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 64
Caprona erosula; [BOW]: pl. 185, f. 22
Caprona syrichthus; [BOW]: pl. 185, f. 24

975x660 (~258Kb) Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, just upstream Cha Ong Waterfall. 31st May 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Caprona alida (de Nicéville, 1891)

Burma, Siam, S.Vietnam. See [maps]

Abaratha alida de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): 394, pl. G, f. 40; TL: Tilin Yaw, N.Burma
?Abaratha alida f. mettasuta Fruhstorfer, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (5): 89

Caprona alida lanka; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Caprona alida vespa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Caprona alida yerburyi; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Caprona alida; [BOW]: pl. 185, f. 24 (text); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

C. a. alida Burma, Thailand, Laos, N.Vietnam, Hainan, S.China

Caprona elwesii Watson, 1897; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (4): 674; TL: Bernardmyo
Abaratha parvopunctata Mabille & Boullet, 1917; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1917 (4): 101; TL: Cochin-China

Caprona alida alida; Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965, Tyô to Ga 15 (4): 94, f. 55-56

1332x1174 (~257Kb) upperside Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Sen Monorom, 8th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	885x888 (~224Kb) Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, Phnom Kulen Mts, 500-600 m N of Ta Penh village, a brook on a pasture and scrub edges. 10th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1073x1346 (~334Kb) upperside Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, Phnom Kulen Mts, 500-600 m N of Ta Penh village, a brook on a pasture and scrub edges. 10th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
1178x902 (~281Kb) underside Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, Phnom Kulen Mts, 500-600 m N of Ta Penh village, a brook on a pasture and scrub edges. 10th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1002x782 (~255Kb) upperside Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, Phnom Kulen Mts, 500-600 m N of Ta Penh village, a brook on a pasture and scrub edges. 10th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Caprona ransonnetii (Felder, 1868)

S.India - Igatpuri, Kalka, Assam, Burma, Ceylon. See [maps] Golden Angle

Pterygospidea ransonnetii Felder, 1868; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2): 284
Pterygospidea potiphera Hewitson, 1873; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Pterygospidea): [118], pl. [59], f. 7; TL: Neilgherries

Abaratha ransonneti; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (4): 182, pl. [67] 97, f. 1
Caprona ransonnetii; [LEPIFORUM]
Caprona ransonnetti[sic?]; [BIR], 465
Caprona ransonnetti[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 185, f. 23
Caprona ransonnettii potiphera; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Caprona ransonnettii; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Abaratha taylorii de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4): 88, pl. 10, f. 13 ♂; TL: Khurda, Orissa

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[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
[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/
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Bethune-Baker, 1911
Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera from Tropical Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8 (46) : 506-542
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
de Nicéville, [1884]
On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10
de Nicéville, 1891
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Doherty, 1886
A list of Butterflies taken in Kumaon J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (2) : 103-140
Felder, 1868
Diagnose neuer von E. Baron v. Ransonnet in Vorder-Indien gesammelter Lepidopteren Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2) : 281-286
C. & R. Felder, [1867]
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, 1909
Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. XIII. Illustrationen interessanter Tagfalter Ent. Zs. 22 (42) : 172-175, f. 1-10 (16 January)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Neue Hesperiden Ent. Zs. 23 (30): 135-136 (23 October), (31): 138-139 (30 October), (39): 171-174 (25 December)
Fruhstorfer, 1910
Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (3): 58 (1 March), (4): 59-74 (1 April), (5): 75-104 (1 May)
Hewitson, 1873
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)
Inoue & Kawazoe, 1965
Hesperiid butterflies from South Vietnam (2) Tyô to Ga 15 (4) : 84-105
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Bethune-Baker in Longstaff, 1916
Butterflies of Southern Kordofan, collected by Captain R. S. Wilson, Lancashire Regiment Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (2) : 269-288
Mabille, 1889
[no title] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1889 : ix-x,[9-10], : lxxxiv-lxxxv,[84-85], : xcix-c,[99-100], : cxlix-cl,[149-150], : clv-clvi,[155-156], : clxvii-clxix,[167-169], : clxxxiii-clxxxiv,[183-184]
Mabille & Boullet, 1917
Description d'Hespérides nouveaux Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1917 (1): 54-60, (4): 97-101
Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Piepers & Snellen, 1910
The Rhopalocera of Java. Hesperidae Rhop. Java [2] : 1-60, pl. 5-10
Plötz, 1884
Die Hesperiinen-Gruppe der Achlyoden Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884) : 1-55
Swinhoe, 1907
New Species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 20 (119) : 430-436
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
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 1-55
Watson, 1897
Notes on a collection of butterflies from the north Chin Hills and upper Chindwin District, Burma J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (4) : 634-687, pl. A.
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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