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Plautella Cossaea Hegesias
''Plautella'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a monotypic genus containing ''Plautella cossaea'' found in the Indomalayan realm Malay Peninsula, Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Subspecies *''P. c. cossaea'' (Sumatra) *''Plautella cossaea hegesias, P. c. hegesias'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Nias) *''Plautella cossaea pambui, P. c. pambui'' Eliot, 1973 (southern Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula) *''Plautella cossaea plauta, P. c. plauta'' H.H.Druce, 1895 (Borneo) *''Plautella cossaea sabatina, P. c. sabatina'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Java, Sumatra) *''Plautella cossaea sonchus, P. c. sonchus'' H.H. Druce, 1896 (Borneo, Thailand) Synonyms *''Acytolepis cossaea cossaea'' *''Acytolepis cossaea sabatina'' *''Acytolepis plauta'' *''Celastrina cossaea pambui'' Eliot, 1973 *''Celastrina cossaea sonchus'' *''Celastrina plauta'' *''Cyaniris cossaea distanti'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 *''Cyaniris cossaea hegesias'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 *''Cyaniris cossaea plauta'' *''Cyaniris cossaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel De Nicéville
Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville (1852 in Bristol – 3 December 1901 in Calcutta from malaria) was a curator at the Indian Museum in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He studied the butterflies of the Indian Subcontinent and wrote a three volume monograph on the butterflies of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Burma and Sri Lanka. He also studied the mantids of the Oriental region. Biography Born in a noble Huguenot family, his father was a physician. He was educated at St. John's College at Hurstpierpoint near Brighton.Rao, BR Subba (1998) ''History of entomology in India''. Institution of Agricultural Technologist, Bangalore. Leaving England for India in 1870, de Nicéville became a clerk in a government office (Calcutta Small Cause Court) but from at least 1881, devoted all of his spare time to entomology. He worked with most 'Indian' entomologists of the day but especially with Henry John Elwes, Taylor, Wood–Mason, Martin and Marshall. At this time, he made several trips to Sikkim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |