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Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929

Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 236, TS: Ionolyce helicon javanica Toxopeus
Ionolyce ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 100
Ionolyce (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 444; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147

Ionolyce helicon (Felder, 1860)

AU, Ceylon, S.India, Sikkim - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Pointed Lineblue
Lycaena helicon Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 457, TL: Amboina
Ionolyce helicon, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Nacaduba helicon ; [BIR, 297 (key), 299]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 41]
Ionolyce helicon ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 100; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147

I. h. helicon

Sulawesi, Talaut, Banggai, Sula, Maluku Plebeius unicolor Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 66, pl. 5, f. 4, TL: Ceram, Key and E. Celebes

= ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 101

Ionolyce helicon helicon ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 101, f. 68, 70; [BAUR, 349 (text)]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 147

I. h. caracalla (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

Waigeu, Misool, West Irian - Papua, Darnley I., New Britain, New Ireland Nacaduba caracalla Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Ionolyce helicon caracalla ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 101; [BAUR, 349]

I. h. hyllus (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

Australia (Cape York - Cooktown) Nacaduba hermus hyllus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 95, f. 854, TL: Cape York
Ionolyce helicon hyllus ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 101; [BAUR, 349]

I. h. merguiana (Moore, 1884)

S.Burma, Thailand - Singapore, Sumatra, ?Borneo, S.Yunnan Lycaenesthes merguiana Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 23, TL: Burma, Mergui
Ionolyce helicon merguiana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ionolyce helicon merguiana ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 100; [BOR, 641]; [BMP: 256, pl. 38, f. 1-3]

I. h. viola (Moore, 1877)

Ceylon, ?India, ?Assam Lampides viola Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 340, TL: Ceylon
Ionolyce helicon viola ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 100; [BOR, 641 (name)]

I. h. brunnea (Evans, 1932)

Andamans Nacaduba helicon brunnea Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 241, TL: Andamans
Ionolyce helicon brunnea ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 100; [BOR, 641 (name)]

I. h. kondulana (Evans, 1932)

Nicobars Nacaduba helicon kondulana Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 241, TL: Nicobars, Kondul
Ionolyce helicon kondulana ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 100; [BOR, 641 (name)]

I. h. javanica Toxopeus, 1929

Java Ionolyce helicon javanica Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 236, TL: Java
Ionolyce helicon javanica ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 101; [BOR, 641 (name)]

Ionolyce selkon Parsons, 1986

New Guinea. See [About maps]

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References:

[About maps]

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[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Evans, 1932

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls

Felder, 1860

Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462

Moore, 1877

Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 339-348

Moore, 1884

Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera; chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 16-52

Röber, 1886

Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 45-72, pl. 2-5

Tite, 1963

A Synonymic List of the Genus Nacaduba and allied Genera Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 67-116, pl. 1-2

Toxopeus, 1929

De Riodinidae en Lycaenidae van het eiland Java.(Lycaenidae Australasiae VI) Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 215-244

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

Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

The Butterflies of Australia, a Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera, introducing ... Butts Australia: 239pp, 42 pls

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