Euploea (Salpinx) leucostictos subsp. kadu Eschscholtz release_7ffs5l3pxfejtogktd345mvndu

by O. H. Swezey

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1942  

Abstract

4. <b>Euploea (Salpinx) leucostictos</b> subspecies <b>kadu</b> Eschscholtz. <i>Euploea leucostictos</i> Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Ent., 13th ed. 1 (5): 2289, 1788 (Java). <i>Euploea kadu</i> Eschscholtz, Kotzebue, Voy. Expior. South Seas 3: TODO 210, fig. <i>15,a,b,</i> 1821 (Guam). <i>Euploea(Salpinx)</i> kadu Eschscholtz, Kershaw, Butterflies of Hong Kong, TODO 14, 1907. <i>Euploea kadu</i> Eschscholtz, Fruhstorfer, Seitz Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9: 262-264, 1910. Talofofo, April 4, Bryan; Ritidian Pt., April 15, Bryan; Agana Swamp, May 4, Usinger; Inarajan, May 7, Swezey; Tarague, May 17, Swezey; Machanao, June 4, 30, Swezey; Barrigada, July 6, Swezey; Fadian, August 19, Sept. 18, Swezey; Asan,Aug. 22, Swezey; Orote Peninsula, Aug. 27, Swezey; Yigo, Oct. 21, Swezey; YligValley, Nov. 18, Swezey. For the new combination of name as given above, I am indebted to R. L. Usinger,who worked it out from literature at the California Academy of Sciences. The species <i>leucostictos</i> was described from Java, and according to Fruhstorferhas severalvariations, and ranges from farther India, to the Nicobars, Sunda Islands, and Formosa. <i>Kadu</i> was described from Guam, and according to Matsumura has been taken in Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands. F. X. Williamsrearedaspecimen from <i>Ficus retusa</i> at Los Banos, Philippines, June 28, 1921. We found this fine blue butterfly fairly common on forest trails in Guam. It was reared ononly one occasion. A black caterpillar was found on leaves of a broad-leaved <i>Ficus</i> at the Asan reservoir, August 22. It formed a chrysalis ina TODO few clays, and the adult issued September 3. Our material wasidentified by comparison with a specimen labelled <i>"Salpinx kadtt</i> Esch." at Philippine Bureauof Science, Manila. The description of <i>lwdtt</i> by Eschscholtz is apparently from the male, although it is not so stated. Our Guam material was of both sexes. The color and spotting is about the same in both sexes, but Esch-, TODO scholtz's description of the widely curved. backward [...]
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