Bingham's Fauna of British India (Butterflies)

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• The work, Fauna of British India - Butterflies (Vols 1 & 2), by C. T. Bingham (1905-07), is in the public domain due to copyright being expired.
• They may be found at :-
  • 1905 Volume 1 [1].
  • 1907 Volume 2 [2].

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Butterflies

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  Allotinus horsfieldi, a Lycaenid, seen attending to an aphid.
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  Sketch and part venation of Anaphaeis mesentina.
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  Sketch and part venation of the Great Blackvein Aporia agathon, a pierid.
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  Aporia soracte, a pierid.
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  Aulocera swaha Common Satyr
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  Sketch of both UP and UN of Castalius decida, a lycaenid.
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  Castalius elna, a lycaenid.
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  Female Castalius ethion race airavati, a lycaenid.
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  Common Pierrot Castalius rosimon, (Family Lycaenidae).
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  Colotis valatis, a pierid.
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  Curetis bulis, a lycaenid.
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  Male and female Common Sunbeams Curetis thetis, Family Lycaenidae.
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  Tailed Sulphur, Dercas verhuelli, a pierid.
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  Desert Apollo Hypermnestra helios with venation of the FW and comparison of antenna of this butterfly with the Snow Apollos (Parnassius).
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  Sketch of Lade lalassis with view of the apex abdominal segments.
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  Sketch of Lampides pura, a lycaenid butterfly.
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  sketch of Lampides pura, a lycaenid butterfly (without figure number).
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  Nytha parisatis
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  Common Raven Papilio castor with venation of the anterior portion of its forewings and that of Common Mime, Papilio (Chilasa) clytia.
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  Common Mime Papilio (Chilasa) clytia, a papilionid, and the apical portion of forewing of its race panope.
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  Sketch of Lesser Mime Papilio (Chilasa) epicyides of Family Papilionidae.
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  Red Helen Papilio helenus, a swallowtail butterfly, and the venation of anterior portion of hindwing.
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  'Rose Windmill Atrophaneura latreillei, a swallowtail butterfly from India and venation of anterior portion of hindwing.
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  Male Common Mormon, Papilio polytes, a swallowtail butterfly.
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  Great Zebra Papilio xenocles, a swallowtail from India.
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  Karakoram Banded Apollo, Parnassius delphius race hunza, now Parnassius hunza, with details of the female anal pouch.
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  Banded Apollo, Parnassius delphius race whitei, a high altitude swallowtail.
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  Blackedged Apollo, Parnassius simo, a high altitude swallowtail butterfly.
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  Green Banded White , Pieris kreuperi, subspecies devta, a small pierid butterfly found in India.
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  Green-veined White butterfly Pieris napi race melete of Family Pieridae.
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  A pierid butterfly Synchloe belia race daphalis with venation of the apex of forewing.
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  A lycaenid butterfly Taraka hamada with venation of forewing and sketch of antenna and palpus.
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  A pierid butterfly Terias sari with comparison of the typical dry and wet season forms.
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  A pierid butterfly Terias silhetana with sketch of underside of the forewing.
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  Tirumala septentrionis
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  Tirumala limniace
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  Plum judy
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  Dodona longicaudata
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  Dodona durga
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  Cethosia cyane
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  Symbrenthia lucina
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  Antennae

Venation

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  A Pierid, Common Jezebel Delias eucharis a pierid, (in jpg format).
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  Common Jezebel Delias eucharis (in png format here).
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  Appias hippo, a pierid
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  Venation of Catopsilia (Emigrants) of Family Pieridae.
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  Venation of Colias (Clouded Yellows) of Family Pieridae.
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  Venation of Colotis (Arabs) of Family Pieridae.
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  Venation of genus Gonepteryx, the Brimstones, of family Pieridae.
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  Venation of Great Orangetip, Hebomoia glaucippe, a pierid.
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  Venation of Huphina genus of Family Pieridae.
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  Venation of White Orangetip, Ixias pyrene, a pierid.
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  Venation of genus Pareronia, the Wanderers, of Family Pieridae.
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  Venation of the Spotted Sawtooth, Prioneris thestylis of Family Pieridae.
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  Venation of Synchloe, a genus of Family Pieridae.

Species comparisons

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  Venation of Baltia spp (Family Pieridae) and comparison of hindwings of both Baltia spp, ie B. butleri and B.shawi.
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  Comparison of underside of forewings of 4 spp of genus 'Lampides (Family Lycaenidae).
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  Comparison of forewings of two races of Spot Puffin Appias lalage, a Pierid.
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  Comparing two Emigrants - African Emigrant (Catopsilia florella), now defunct taxon, and the Common Emigrant (C. pyranthe).
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  Underside of forewings of 4 species of genus Lampides, Family Lycaenidae.
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  Underside of forewings of 2 species of genus Lampides, Family Lycaenidae - L. celeno race kinkurka and L. kondulana.
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  Comparison of venation of two genera of Family Lycaenidae, Lycaena and Cyaniris.
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  Comparison of the underside of hindwings of two swordtails Papilio glycerion and Papilio kashmiriensis.
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  Comparison of the underside of hindwings of two swordtails Papilio glycerion and Papilio kashmiriensis (with figure number).
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  Sketch of female anal poches of 3 species of genus Parnassius, (Snow Apollos), of Family Papilionidae.
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  Comparison of 6 varieties of Terias (now Eurema) hecabe, the 'Common Grass Yellow, a pierid butterfly from India.

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