Lobocla Explained

Lobocla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae, within which they are placed in subtribe Loboclina. Unlike the rest of the Eudaminae, which have a New World distribution, the genus is endemic to Asia.^[1]

Species

Li et al. 2019 gives the following species and subspecies for this genus:

• Lobocla aborica (Tytler, 1915) – India^[2]
  • Lobocla aborica aborica (Tytler, 1915)
  • Lobocla aborica zesta Evans, 1949
  • Lobocla aborica tonka Evans, 1949
• Lobocla bifasciatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853) – Indochina, China, Korea, Ussuri.^[3]
• Lobocla contractus (Leech, 1894) – China
• Lobocla disparalis Murayama, 1995
• Lobocla germanus (Oberthür, 1886) – China^[3]
• Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871) – type species
  • Lobocla liliana ignatius (Plötz, 1882)
  • Lobocla liliana liliana (Atkinson, 1871)
• Lobocla nepos (Oberthür, 1886) – western China^[3]
  • Lobocla nepos nepos (Oberthür, 1886)
  • Lobocla nepos phyllis (Hemming, 1933)
• Lobocla proximus (Leech, 1891) – western China, Tibet^[3]
• Lobocla quadripunctata Fan & Wang, 2004
• Lobocla simplex (Leech, 1891) – western China^[3]

Notes and references

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Lobocla at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Russian Insects

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brower . Andrew V. Z. . Warren . Andrew . Eudaminae . tolweb.org . 4 September 2022 . 2009.
2. Web site: Van Gasse . Paul . Butterflies of India – Annotated Checklist . indiabiodiversity.org . 6 September 2022.
3. Web site: Savela . Markku . Lobocla . Lepidoptera and some other life forms . 6 September 2022.