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Ancema Eliot, 1973
Ancema Eliot, 1973; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 438 (repl. Camena Hewitson), TS: Camena ctesia Hewitson
Camena Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 47 (preocc. Camena Martens, 1860), TS: Camena ctesia Hewitson
Ancema (Remelanini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 438

Ancema ctesia (Hewitson, 1865)
NW.Himalayas - W.China. See [About maps] Bi-spot Royal
Camena ctesia Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 48, pl. 20, f. 1-2, TL: Northern India
?parviocellato (Murayama & Shibatani, 1948) (Pratapa); Trans. Kansai ent. Soc. 13 (1): (37-56), TL: Formosa
Camena ctesia ; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 14]
Ancema ctesia ; [EBW]; [MRS, 647]
Pratapa ctesia ; [BIR, 338]
Sikkim, Assam, ?Bhutan, ?Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya Ancema ctesia ctesia ; [BMP: 319, pl. 48, f. 19-20]; [BOR, 611]
A. c. agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Thailand, Laos, S.Yunnan, Sichuan Camema ctesia agalla Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 207, TL: Sichuan
Ancema ctesia agalla, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
A. c. cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
Taiwan Camena ctesia cakravasti Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (8) : 40, TL: Formosa
Camena ctesia cakravasti Fruhstorfer, 1909; Ent. Zs. 23 (25) : 116, TL: Formosa
Ancema ctesia cakravasti ; [BOR, 611 (note)]; [MRS, 647]

Larva on Viscum articulatum [MRS]


Ancema blanka (de Nicéville, 1894)
S.India, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Sumatra. See [About maps] Silver Royal
Tajuria blanka de Nicéville, 1894; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 63 Pt.II (1) : 39, pl. 4, f. 4
Pratapa argentea Aurivillius, 1897; Ent. Tidskr. 18 (3/4) : 146 (nom. nov. Camena cippus de Nicéville, 1890)
?Pratapa lucidus Druce, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 596, pl. 33, f. 3, TL: Labuan
Ancema blanka blanka, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Pratapa blanka ; [BIR, 338]
Camena blanka ; [BOW: pl. 174, f. 31]
Ancema blanka ; [EOB, 214]; [MRS, 647]; [BOR, 611]
Ancema lucida ; [NHM]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Camena cippus Fabricius, 1798 (= Pratapa argentea, Aurivillius); de Nicéville, 1890, in Marshall & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 3 : 340
Ancema blanka blanka ; [BMP: 319, pl. 48, f. 21-23]
Ancema blanka sp.? ; [BMP: 319, pl. 48, f. 24-25]
A. b. minturna (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Thailand, Laos, Sikkim, Assam, Bhutan Camena lucida minturna Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 207, TL: Sikkim; Assam; Nepal; Bhutan
Ancema blanka minturna, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Ancema blanka minturna ; [MRS, 647]
A. b. nacandra (Fruhstorfer, 1912)
Java Camena lucida nacandra Fruhstorfer, 1912; Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 207, TL: W.Java
A. b. sudica (Evans, 1926)
S.India blanka sudica (Evans, 1926) (Pratapa); J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 31 (3): 717, TL: S.India
A. b. reina Schröder & Treadaway, 1998
damara Fruhstorfer; (nom. nud.)


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References:
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[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
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[EOB]
Feltwell, J.; The Encyclopedia of Butterflies; Prentice Hall, 1993; ISBN 0-671-86828-4
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM


Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1897
Bemerkungen zu den von. J. Chr. Fabricius aus danischen Sammlungen beschriebenen Lepidopteren Ent. Tidskr. 18 (3/4) : 139-174
de Nicéville, 1894
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 63 Pt.II (1) : 1-59, pl. 1-5
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
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
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Lepidopterologisches Pęle-Męle. [XV]. Neue Rhopaloceren von Formosa Ent. Zs. 23 (8) : 40 (22 May)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Lepidopterologisches Pęle-Męle. [XVI]. Neues aus Formosa Ent. Zs. 23 (25) : 116-117 (18 September)
Fruhstorfer, 1912
Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 197-272, f. 1-4 (early April)
Hewitson, 1865
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1890
The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon, a descriptive Handbook of all the known Species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that Region, with Notices of allied Species occurring in the neighbouring Countries along the Border, with numerous Illustrations. Vol. 3 Butts India Burmah Ceylon 3 : 1-503, pl. 25-29


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