John Nevill Eliot

John Nevill Eliot (1912-2003 in Taunton), English Lepidopterist, specialist in the Lycaenidae. Held army Rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 135 taxon names authored by John Nevill Eliot

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1953

• Eliot, J. N. 1953. New records and a check-list of butterflies from Hong Kong. Mem. Hong Kong biol. Circle 2: 1–14, 3 pls. Reference page. 

1955

• Eliot, J. N. 1955. Notes on the Nacaduba hermus (C. Felder) complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B)24: 153–158. Wiley Reference page. 

1956

• Eliot, J. N. 1956. New and little-known Rhopalocera from the Oriental Region. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 27: 32–38. Reference page. 

1957

• Eliot, J. N. 1957. Notes on the genus Poritia Moore. Entomologist 90: 70–74, 18 figs. Reference page. 

1959

• Eliot, J. N. 1959. New or little-known butterflies from Malaya. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 7(8): 371-391, pl.10. Reference page. 

1960

• Eliot, J. N. 1960. A new species of Potanthus (Hesperiidae) and some other butterflies from Malaya. Entomologist 93(12): 241–245, 2 figs. Reference page. 

1961

• Eliot, J. N. 1961. An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Raffles. Mus. 26: 154–177, 24 figs. Reference page. 

1962

• Eliot, J. N. 1962. On some Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from Malaya. Entomologist 95: 217–225, 1 pl., 2 figs. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1962. The Pratapa vidura (Horsfield) Complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). The Entomologist 95: 248–250, 5 text figs. Reference page. 

1963

• Eliot, 1963. The Heliophorus epicles (Godart, 1823) Complex. Entomologist 96: 169–180, 14 figs. Reference page. 

1964

• Eliot, J. N. 1964. An analysis of the genus Deramas Distant (Lepidoptera: Lycaennidae: Poritiinae) The Entomologist 97: 242–247, 6 text figs. Reference page. 

1965

• Eliot, 1963. The Heliophorus epicles (Godart, 1823) Complex: A Postscript. Entomologist 98: 66–67. Reference page. 

1967

• Eliot, J. N. 1967. Revisional notes on Oriental butterflies, with special reference to Malaya, Pt. 2. Entomologist 99: 66–72, 5 figs. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1967. Revisional notes on Oriental butterflies, with special reference to Malaya, Pt. 3. Entomologist 99: 137–141, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1967. Revisional notes on Oriental Butterflies, with special reference to Malaya. Pt.4. Entomologist 100: 146-156, 17 figs. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1967d. The Sakra Moore, 1857, section of the satyrid genus Ypthima Hübner. Entomologist 100: 49-61. Reference page. 

1969

• Eliot, J. N. 1969. More revisional notes on oriental butterflies. Entomologist 102: 269–278, 8 figs., 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N. 1969. An analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology Supplement 15: 1–155. full article (BHL). Reference page. 

1970

• Eliot, J.N. 1970. A new Deramas from Borneo (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) The Entomologist 103: 30. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N., 1970. A New Skipper and a Swallowtail Aberration from Malaya (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). The Entomologist 103:73-74, pl 1, 2 figs. Reference page. 

1972

• Eliot, J. N. 1972. Some Arhopala from Borneo, with a revision of the Arhopala cleander group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). J. nat. Hist. 6: 1. Reference page. 

1973

• Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 28(6): 371-505. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1973. More Revisional Notes on Oriental Butterflies. Entomologist 106: 1–15, 10 figs. Reference page. 

1975

• Eliot, J. N. 1975. A new lycaenid butterfly from West Malaysia, and an allied species from Papua New Guinea. Malay. Nat. J. 28(2) (Dec. 1974): 110–112, 1 pl. Reference page. 

1978

• Eliot, J. N. 1978. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 3rd Edn. xiv + 578 pp., 35 pls., 438 genitalia figs. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Reference page. 

1980

• Eliot, J. N. 1980. New information on the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. The Malay Nature Journal 33(3/4): 137-155, 16 figs. Reference page. 

1982

• Eliot, J. N. 1982. On three swallowtail butterflies from Peninsular Malaya. Malayan Nature Journal 35(1/2): 179-182. Reference page. 

1983

• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Reference page. 

1984

• Eliot, J. N. 1984. On some butterflies from Malaysia and Peninsular Thailand. Malayan Nature Journal 38: 99–111, 8 figs. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1984. A new species of Spalgis Moore (Lycaenidae) from Mindanao. Työ-to-Ga 35(2): 75–76, 2 figs. (PDF) Reference page. 

1986

• Eliot, J.N. 1986. A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 53(1): 1–105. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1986. Additions and nomenclatural changes to the Lycaenid and Hesperiid butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malay. Nat. J. 39: 221–224. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1986. The Horaga albimacula complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 36(3): 107–111, 2 figs. PDF Reference page. 

1987

• Eliot, J. N. 1987. On some butterflies from Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand. Tyô to Ga 38(1): 21–29. PDF Reference page. 

1990

• Eliot, J. N. 1990. Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 41(4): 201–225. PDF Reference page. 

1991

• Chiba, H. & Eliot, J.N. 1991. A Revision of the Genus Parnara Moore (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae), with Special Reference to the Asian Species. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 42(3): 179–194.Reference page. 

1992

• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 

1995

• Eliot, J. N., 1995. A new species of Jamides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Journal, 49(1): 17–19. Reference page. 

2000

• Eliot, J.N. & Kirton, L.G., 2000. Revisional notes and nomenclatural changes of some Peninsular Malaysian butterflies. Malayan Nature Journal 54: 131–141.. Reference page. 
• Kirton, L.G. & Brown, V.K. 2003. The taxonomic status of pest species of Coptotermes in Southeast Asia: Resolving the paradox in the pest status of the termites, Coptotermes gestroi, C. havilandi and C. travians (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 42(1): 43–63. Reference page. 
• Kirton, L.G. and Eliot, J.N., 2004. A revision of the rattan-feeding skipper genus Zela de Nicéville (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Malayan Nature Journal 56(4): 317-367. Reference page. 

2006

• Eliot. J.N, 2006. Updating The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Journal 2006: 59(1), 1-49. Reference page.