''Lobocla'' is a
genus
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of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
subfamily
Eudaminae
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of '' Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North Amer ...
, within which they are placed in subtribe Loboclina.
Unlike the rest of the Eudaminae, which have a
New World
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distribution, the genus is
endemic
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to Asia.
Species
Li et al. 2019 gives the following species and subspecies for this genus:
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Lobocla aborica''
(Tytler, 1915) – India
**''Lobocla aborica aborica''
(Tytler, 1915)
**''Lobocla aborica zesta''
Evans, 1949
**''Lobocla aborica tonka''
Evans, 1949
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Lobocla bifasciatus''
(Bremer & Grey, 1853) – Indochina, China, Korea, Ussuri.
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Lobocla contractus''
(Leech, 1894) – China
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Lobocla disparalis''
Murayama, 1995
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Lobocla germanus''
(Oberthür, 1886) – China
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Lobocla liliana''
(Atkinson, 1871) – type species
**''Lobocla liliana ignatius''
(Plötz, 1882)
**''Lobocla liliana liliana''
(Atkinson, 1871)
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Lobocla nepos''
(Oberthür, 1886) – western China
**''Lobocla nepos nepos''
(Oberthür, 1886)
**''Lobocla nepos phyllis''
(Hemming, 1933)
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Lobocla proximus''
(Leech, 1891) – western China, Tibet
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Lobocla quadripunctata''
Fan & Wang, 2004
*''
Lobocla simplex''
(Leech, 1891) – western China
Distribution
Notes and references
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
images representing ''Lobocla'' at
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Russian Insects
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Taxa described in 1884
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