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Damias Boisduval, 1832
Damias Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 259, TS: Damias elegans Boisduval
Caprimima (Lithosianae)Hampson, 1900; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, TS: Hypocrita albicollis Pagenstecher
= ; [MOB7, 401]
Damias (Cisthenini) ; [MOB7, 401]
Damias (Nudariini) ;
Misidentified/misapplied:
Caprima (Lithosianae); Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 286

Damias elegans Boisduval, 1832
New Guinea, Waigiou, Aru, Trobriand Is.. See [About maps] Damias elegans Boisduval, 1832; in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 259, f. , TL: Papua New Guinea
Hypocrita albicollis Pagenstecher, 1886; Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 39 : 125, TL: [Moluccas,] Aru Islands and SW.New Guinea
Caprimima mendax Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
Caprimima gelida ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 286, f. 203
Misidentified/misapplied:
Caprima gelida; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 286 (= Zygaenidae, Caprima gelida Walker, [1865])

Damias calida (Walker, [1865])
Celebes, Ceram, New Guinea. See [About maps] Scaptesyle calida Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 182, TL: Ceram
Hypocrita flavicollis Snellen, 1879; Tijdschr. Ent. 22 : 89, pl. 7, f. 12
Caprimima? tenuis Rothschild & Jordan, 1901; Novit. Zool. 8 (4): 420
reducta Draudt, 1914²
Caprimima calida ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 287
Neoscaptia calida ; [MOB7, 400 (note)]
Neoscaptia calida tenuis ; [MOB7, 400 (note)]

Damias mixta (Hampson, 1900)
Mysol Caprimima mixta Hampson, 1900; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 287, pl. 26, f. 16, TL: Mysol
Scaptesyle callida Swinhoe, 1892; Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (1) : 98 (preocc. Walker)

Damias caerulescens (Butler, 1889)
Solomons Scaptesyle caerulescens Butler, 1889; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1889 (3) : 390, pl. 12, f. 3, TL: Solomon Is., Guadalcanar
?Caprimima caerulescens bougainvillei Rothschild, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12 (1) : 79, TL: Bougainville I.
Caprimima? caerulescens ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 288

Damias procrena (Meyrick, 1886)
Australia (Victoria), Tasmania. See [About maps] Chiriphe procrena Meyrick, 1886; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 1 (3) : 733, TL: Tasmania
Caprimima procrena ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 288, pl. 26, f. 4

Damias catarrhoa (Meyrick, 1886)
W.Australia. See [About maps] Chiriphe catarrhoa Meyrick, 1886; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 1 (3) : 733, TL: W.Australia, Albany
Caprimima catarrhoa ; Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 289, f. 204

Damias bipars (Hampson, 1900)
Solomnon Is. Caprimima bipars Hampson, 1900; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 289, pl. 26, f. 20, TL: Solomons, Guadalcanar

Damias rotunda (Hampson, 1900)
Louisiades Caprimima rotunda Hampson, 1900; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : 561, 289, pl. 26, f. 26, TL: Louisiades, Rossel I.

 

Damias occidentalis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
Nias, Engano, Borneo. See [About maps] Caprimima occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1901; Novit. Zool. 8 (4): 420
Damias occidentalis ; [MOB7: 402, pl. 6, f. 310]

 

Damias leptosema (Turner, 1940)
AU. See [About maps] Caprimima leptosema Turner, 1940

Damias scripta (Lower, 1902)
AU. See [About maps] Caprimima scripta Lower, 1902

Damias sicciodes (Hampson, 1914)
AU. See [About maps] Caprimima sicciodes Hampson, 1914

Damias pelochroa (Hampson, 1914)
AU. See [About maps] Caprimima pelochroa Hampson, 1914

Damias albata (Jordan, 1905)
New Guinea. See [About maps]

Damias androconiata (Rothschild. 1912)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias biguttata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
New Guinea. See [About maps] reducta Rothschild & Jordan, 1901²
bipuncta Rothschild, 1912²

Damias bimaculata Rothschild, 1912
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias coeruleomarginata (Rothschild, 1912)
New Guinea. See [About maps] imitatrix Rothschild, 1912²
perimitatrix Rothschild, 1912²

Damias cupreonitens (Rothschild, 1912)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias fuliginosa (Rothschild, 1912)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias germana (Rothschild, 1912)
New Guinea. See [About maps]

Damias marginipuncta (Rothschild, 1912)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias obliqua (Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
New Guinea. See [About maps]

Damias postnigra (Rothschild, 1912)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias postvitrea (Rothschild, 1912)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias pseudogelida (Rothschild, 1912)
New Guinea. See [About maps]

Damias punctata (Rothschild, 1936)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias simillima (Rothschild, 1936)
Papua. See [About maps]

Damias quadripuncta (Rothschild, 1915)
Ceram Caprimima quadripuncta Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 209, TL: Manusela, Central Ceram, 650m

Damias rufobasalis (Rothschild, 1915)
Ceram Caprimima rufobasalis Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 209, TL: Manusela, Central Ceram, 650m


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MOB7]
Holloway, J. D., 2001; The Moths of Borneo, Part 7; Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1832
Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandément de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Lépidoptères in d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe (Faune ent. Pacif.) 1 : 1-267, pl. 1-5
Butler, 1889
Descriptions of some new Lepidoptera-Heterocera in the collection of the Hon. Walter de Rothschild Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1889 (3) : 389-392, pl. 12
Hampson, 1900
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosinae) in the collection of the British Museum Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2 : i-xx, 1-589, pl. 18-35
Meyrick, 1886
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 1 (3) : 687-802
Pagenstecher, 1886
Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-fauna des Malayischen Archipels. (3) Heteroceren der Aru Inseln, Kei-Inseln und von Südwest-Neu Guinea Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 39 : 104-196
Rothschild, 1905
Some undescribed Lepidoptera Novit. Zool. 12 (1) : 78-79
Rothschild, 1915
On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227
Rothschild & Jordan, 1901
On some new or rare Oriental Lithosiinae Novit. Zool. 8 (4): 409-424
Snellen, 1879
Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 22 : 61-126, pl. 6-10
Swinhoe, 1892
Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum (Part 1) Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (1) : 1-324, viii, pl. 1-8
Walker, [1865]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)


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