Kirinia

Kirinia Moore, 1893

Kirinia Moore, 1893; Lepidoptera Indica 2 (13): 14; TS: Lasiommata epimenides Ménétriés
Esperarge Nekrutenko, 1988; Vestn. zool. 1988 (1): 50 (repl. Esperia Nekrutenko, 1987); TS: Papilio climene Esper
- = Kirinia; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Esperia Nekrutenko, 1987; Vestn. zool. 1987 (2): 84 (preocc.); TS: Papilio climene Esper
- = Esperarge; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123
Esperella Nekrutenko, 1987; (preocc.)
- = Esperarge; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123
Marginarge Korb, 2005; 34; TS: Hipparchia eversmanni Eversmann
- = Esperarge; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123
Urrusia Zhdanko, 2005
- = Marginarge; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 45
- = Esperarge; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123

Esperarge; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Esperarge (Parargina); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44
Esperarge (Satyrinae); Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123
Esperella; [NHM-BMW]
Kirinia; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Kirinia (Elymniinae); [RFEL]
Kirinia (Parargina); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Kirinia (Satyrinae); Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 125
Marginarge; [NHM-BMW]
Marginarge (Parargina); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 45
Urrusia; [NHM-BMW]

Kirinia epimenides (Ménétriés, 1859)

Amur, E, China, Korea, Ussuri. See [maps]

Lasiommata epimenides Ménétriés, 1859; in Schrenck, Reise Forschungen Amur-Lande 2 (1): 39, pl. 3, f. 8-9; TL: S.Amur region

Kirinia epimenides; [BRU], 184; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44; Lang, Li & Sun, 2017, Atalanta 48 (1-4): 232 (note); [Wahlberg, 2023]; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 125; [iNaturalist] ; [SZMN]
Lethe epimenides; Seitz, 1907, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 82, pl. 29 e
Pararge epimenides; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
?Pararge (?) epimenides; [BOW]: pl. 204, f. 14 (text only)

400x533 (~65Kb) ♂ underside An open birch/larch forest on a local top of a mountain massif at the Polovinnaya Pad' valley left board few km of the Argun' River left bank 12 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

K. e. epimenides

Kirinia epimenides epimenides; [Wahlberg, 2023]

K. e. atratus (Kurentzov, 1941)

Lethe epimenides atratus Kurentzov, 1941

Lethe epimenides atratus; [Wahlberg, 2023]

Kirinia fentoni (Butler, 1877)

Amur, NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [maps]

Neope fentoni Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109): 91
- = Lethe epimenides; Seitz, 1907, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 82
Pararge epimenides var.? epaminondas Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3: 150, pl. 17, f. 1-2; TL: Radd, S.Amur region
- = ; Lang, Li & Sun, 2017, Atalanta 48 (1-4): 232 (note); Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 125
Pararge epaminondas Lang, 1884; Rhopalocera Europa Descripta et Delineata 1: 328 (Stdgr.)

Kirinia epaminondas; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 102; [BRU], 184; [MRS], 360; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [SZMN]
Kirinia fentoni; Lang, Li & Sun, 2017, Atalanta 48 (1-4): 232 (note); Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 125; [iNaturalist]
Lethe epaminondas; Seitz, 1907, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 83, pl. 29 e

870x664 (~157Kb) underside An open secondary Mongolian oak stand on a hill E of Artem town, Primorskii Krai, Russia, 11th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

830x644 (~171Kb) underside An open secondary Mongolian oak stand on a hill E of Artem town, Primorskii Krai, Russia, 11th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

K. f. sanxia Lang, Li & Sun, 2017 China (Chongqing, W.Hubei)

Kirinia fentoni sanxia Lang, Li & Sun, 2017; Atalanta 48 (1-4): 232; TL: China, Chongqing, Wushan, Luoping, 1000-1500m

The esperarge species-group

Kirinia eversmanni (Eversmann, 1847)

SE.Kazakhstan, S.Kazakhstan, Ghissaro-Darvaz, Pamiro-Alai, Afghanistan, N.Pakistan, Kashmir. See [maps]

Hipparchia eversmanni Eversmann, 1847; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 20 (3): pl. 2, f. 5-6; TL: "Lepsa" [Lepsinsk, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Kazakhstan]

Esperarge eversmanni; [BRU], 186; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123
Kirinia eversmanni; [Oleg Kosterin]; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Lasiommata eversmanni; [MRS], 359
Marginarge eversmanni; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 45
Pararge eversmanni; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 487; Seitz, 1908, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 134, pl. 45 c; [BOW]: pl. 204, f. 6; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

600x622 (~142Kb) underside The Kora River gorge about 5 km upstream of its mouth at the town Tekeli, The birch forest/steppe belt, the Northern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain, the Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 11th August 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

K. e. eversmanni Uzbekistan?, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Xinjiang

Esperarga eversmanni eversmanni; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 123
Kirinia eversmanni eversmanni; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Marginarge eversmanni eversmanni; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 45

K. e. unicolor Grum-Grshimailo, 1892 S.Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan

Esperarge eversmanni unicolor; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 124
Kirinia eversmanni unicolor; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Pararge eversmanni ab. unicolor; Seitz, 1908, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 134

K. e. shiva (Wyatt, 1961) Afghanistan

Pararge eversmanni shiva Wyatt, 1961; J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1): 9; TL: Shiva Mts., NE. Badakhshan, 9000ft

Kirinia eversmanni shiva; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Pararge eversmanni shiva; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Kirinia cashmirensis (Moore, 1874)

Afghanistan, N.Pakistan, Kashmir. See [maps]

cashmirensis Moore, 1874; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1): 265, pl. 43, f. 3

Esperarge cashmirensis; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 124
Kirinia eversmanni cashmirensis; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist]
Lasiommata eversmanni cashmirensis; [MRS], 359
Marginarge eversmanni cashmirensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 45
Pararge eversmanni cashmirensis; Seitz, 1908, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 134, pl. 45 c

Kirinia climene (Esper, 1783)

Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, S.Russia. See [maps]

Papilio climene Esper, 1783; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (8): 165, pl. 85, f. 1-3; TL: Lower Volga flow, S.Russia
?Esperarge clymene (Fabricius, 1787)

Esperarge climene; [BRU], 185; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 124
Esperia climene; Nekrutenko, 1987, Vestn. zool. 1987 (2): 84
Kirinia climene; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [MBE]
Pararge climene; Seitz, 1908, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 134, pl. 45 c; [BOW]: pl. 204, f. 3; [Otakar Kudrna]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

K. c. climene

Esperarge climene climene; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44
Kirinia climene climene; [Wahlberg, 2023]

K. c. roxandra (Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]) Caucasus, Transcausia

Pararge clymene var. roxandra Nordmann, 1851; Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2): 410, pl. 10, f. 1-4 ("var. caucasica")
valentinae Miller, 1923
tkatshukovi Sheljuzhko, 1925

Esperarge climene roxandra; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 44
Kirinia climene roxandra; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Pararge climene roxandra; Seitz, 1908, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 134

Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, [1777])

SEEU, Asia Minor, Cyprus, Syria, Iraq. See [maps] Lattice Brown

Papilio roxelana Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 161, f. C, F

Esperarge roxelana; Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019, Ecol. Montenegrina 26: 124
Kirinia roxelana; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 7, f. 9; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [MBE] ; [SVF] ; [Mario Maier]
Pararge roxelana; Seitz, 1908, Gross-Schmett. Erde 1: 134, pl. 45 c; [Otakar Kudrna]; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Pararge gafuri Tytler, 1914; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23 (2): 218, 23 (3): pl. 1, f. 1

References:

[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
[ESP] :ESP#c Heppner, 1981
[EVERSMANNIA]
Eversmannia contents
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[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
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Mario Maier]
Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[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/
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[SZMN] Lepidoptera
Siberian Zoological Museum
[VZOOL]
; Vestnik zoologii; TOCS
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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.

Some related literature:

Butler, 1877
On Rhopalocera from Japan and Shanghai, with Descriptions of new Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109) : 91-97
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Esper, 1783
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Fortsetzung. Band 2 Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (1): 1-36, pl. 51-56 (1780), (2): 37-68, pl. 57-62 (1781), (3): 69-100, pl. 63-68 (1781), (4): 101-124, pl. 69-74 (1781), (5): 125-140, pl. 75-80 (1782), (7): 141-156, pl. 81-82 (1783), (8): 157-172, pl. 83-88 (1783), (9): 173-184, pl. 89-92 (1784), (28): 185-190, pl. 93 (1786)
Eversmann, 1847
Lepidoptera quaedam nova Rossiae et Sibiriae indigena descripsit et delineavit Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 20 (3) : 66-83, 6 pls.
Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Le Pamir et sa faune lépidoptérologique in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4 : 1-576, pl. A,1-21
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian) Eversmannia Suppl. 2 : 1-123
Kudrna, 1974
An annotated List of Japanese Butterflies Atalanta 5 : 92-120
Lang, Li & Sun, 2017
A new subspecies of Kirinia fentoni (Butler, 1877) from Three Gorges of Yangtse, China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) Atalanta 48 (1-4) : 232-234
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Ménétriés, 1859
Lépidoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour in Schrenck, Reise Forschungen Amur-Lande 2 (1) : 1-75, pl. 1-5
Moore, 1874
List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Cashmere Territory by Capt. R. B. Reed, 12th Regt., with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1) : 264-274, pl. 43
Moore, 1893
Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera. Family Nymphalidae. Sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina) Lepidoptera Indica 2 (13): 1-32, pl. 95-100 (1893), (14): 33-64, pl. 101-107 (1893), (15): 65-88, pl. 108-114 (1893), (16): 89-112, pl. 115-122 (1893), (17): 113-136, pl. 123-130 (1894), (18): 137-160, pl. 131-138 (1894), (19): 161-176, pl. 139-146 (1894), (20): 177-192, pl. 147-154 (1895), (21): 193-208, pl. 155-162 (1895), (22): 209-232, pl. 163-170 (1895), (23): 233-248, pl. 171-180 (1895), (24): 249-274, pl. 181-190 ([1896])
Nekrutenko, 1987
[A New Genus of the Subfamily Lethinae (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) Vestn. zool. 1987 (2) : 83-85
Nekrutenko, 1988
Esperarge Nekrutenko (Lepidoptera, Satyridae), nom.n. pro Esperela Nekrutenko 1897 Vestn. zool. 1988 (1) : 50
Nordmann, 1851
Die im Gebiete der Fauna Taurico-Caucasica beobachteten Schmetterlinge Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 24 (2) : 395-428, pl. 8-13
Seitz in Seitz, 1907; Seitz in Seitz, 1908
Die Großschmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. 1. Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde 1 : 1-379, pl. 1-89
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Spitsyn, Kondakov, Tomilova, Karamkhudoeva & Potapov, 2019
A taxonomic revision of the butterfly genera Esperarge and Kirinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) Ecol. Montenegrina 26 : 118-126
Staudinger, 1887
Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-Gebiete in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 126-232, pl. 6-12, 15-17
[BRU]; Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997
Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae Butts. Russia adj. terr. 1
Tytler, 1914
Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills. Part 1-3 J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 23 (2): 216-229 (1914), 23 (3): 502-515, pl. 1-2 (1915), 24 (1): 119-155, pl. 3-4 (1915)
Wyatt, 1961
Additions to the Rhopalocera of Afghanistan with descriptions of new species and subspecies J. Lep. Soc. 15 (1) : 1-18, pl. 1-3

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