Cassida catenata (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla catenata Boheman, 1855: 262 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in NRS!, OXUM), 1856: 175, 1862: 435; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3667; Weise, 1892 b: 352, 1892 c: 385; Staines, 2002 b: 7.
Metriona catenata: Weise, 1896 b: 14; Spaeth, 1900 b: 23, 1912 d: 121, 1914 g: 143, 1926 c: 119, 1932 d: 136.
Cassida catenata: Maulik, 1919: 406; Basu, 1985: 213; Borowiec, 1990 a: 692, 1996 b: 18, 1999 d: 242, 2001 e: 511, 2009 d: 449; Mohamedsaid, 1993: 45 (colour photo), 2000 a: 359, 2000 b: 375, 2004: 196; Kimoto et al., 1995: 110 (incl. photo); Kimoto, 1998 b: 81, 2005: 109 (incl. photo); Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 373; Ghosh et al., 2023: 27.
Cassida (Taiwania) catenata: Hincks, 1953: 72; Borowiec, 1985 a: 33; Kimoto, 1998: 61 (incl. colour photo).
Taiwania (s. str.) catenata: Chen and al., 1986: 512, 633.
Coptocycla fulgida Boheman, 1855: 347 (TE in ZMK), 1856: 185, 1862: 452; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3669; Spaeth, 1904: 79 (as syn.).
Metriona catenata ab. fulgida: Spaeth, 1914 g: 143.
Coptocycla callosa Kirsch, 1875: 56 (TE in MTD); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3667; Borowiec, 1999 d: 242 (as syn. of catenata).
Metriona callosa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 143.
Cassida callosa: Kimoto, 1998 b: 81.
Metriona Ferrarii Spaeth, 1904: 77 (ST! in MCSNG!, MM!), 1914 g: 143.
Cassida ferrarii: Kimoto, 1998 b: 83; Borowiec, 1999 d: 251, 2001 e: 511 (as syn. of catenata).
Coptocycla Peteli Buquet: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3667 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Spaeth, 1926 c).
Distr.: catenata: Java; Bengalia; fulgida: Java; callosa: ?; ferrarii: Java prope Buitenzorg. Bhutan; Burma; India: Arunchal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim; Indonesia east to Sumba; Malaysia: continental and Sarawak.
Note: populations from NE India, Bhutan, and Burma belong probably to distinct species.
figure: habitus in colour (three forms)
figure: habitus in colour (ab. ferrarii)