Lobocla

{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}

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| image_caption = Lobocla liliana

| taxon = Lobocla

| authority = Moore, 1884{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Wenlin |last2=Cong |first2=Qian |last3=Shen |first3=Jinhui |last4=Zhang |first4=Jing |last5=Hallwachs |first5=Winnie |last6=Janzen |first6=Daniel H. |last7=Grishin |first7=Nick V. |title=Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=26 March 2019 |volume=116 |issue=13 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1821304116 |pmid=30877254 |pmc=6442542 |bibcode=2019PNAS..116.6232L |at=Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24|doi-access=free }}

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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.{{cite web |last1=Brower |first1=Andrew V. Z. |last2=Warren |first2=Andrew |title=Eudaminae |url=http://tolweb.org/Eudaminae/95266 |website=tolweb.org |access-date=4 September 2022 |date=2009}}

Species

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

  • Lobocla aborica (Tytler, 1915) – India{{cite web |last1=Van Gasse |first1=Paul |title=Butterflies of India – Annotated Checklist |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/content/documents/document-9a8e4cc3-4547-456a-9cb7-d93e8c90ae75/268.pdf |website=indiabiodiversity.org |access-date=6 September 2022}}
  • Lobocla aborica aborica (Tytler, 1915)
  • Lobocla aborica zesta Evans, 1949
  • Lobocla aborica tonka Evans, 1949
  • Lobocla bifasciatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853) – Indochina, China, Korea, Ussuri.{{cite web |last1=Savela |first1=Markku |title=Lobocla |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/lobocla/ |website=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=6 September 2022}}
  • Lobocla contractus (Leech, 1894) – China
  • Lobocla disparalis Murayama, 1995
  • Lobocla germanus (Oberthür, 1886) – China
  • Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871)type species{{efn|as Plesioneura liliana Atkinson, 1871}}
  • Lobocla liliana ignatius (Plötz, 1882)
  • Lobocla liliana liliana (Atkinson, 1871)
  • Lobocla nepos (Oberthür, 1886) – western China
  • Lobocla nepos nepos (Oberthür, 1886)
  • Lobocla nepos phyllis (Hemming, 1933)
  • Lobocla proximus (Leech, 1891) – western China, Tibet
  • Lobocla quadripunctata Fan & Wang, 2004
  • Lobocla simplex (Leech, 1891) – western China

Distribution

Notes and references

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  • [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]

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