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Polythrix Watson, 1893

Polythrix Watson, 1893; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 16, 19, TS: Eudamus metallescens Mabille
Polytrix ; Ebert, 1968, (missp.)
Polythris ; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Polythrix (Eudamini) ; [NL4A, 38]

Polythrix asine (Hewitson, 1867)

Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru. See [About maps] Eudamus asine Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 5, TL: Nicaragua
Polythrix asine, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Polythrix asine, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Eudamus asine ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 283; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 733
Polythrix asine ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125, f. 2 (m.gen); [BOW: pl. 85, f. 24 (text)]; [NL4A, #444]

Polythrix roma Evans, 1952

Brazil(Pará, Amazonas), Peru. See [About maps] Polythrix roma Evans, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Polythrix roma ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 28]; [NL4A, #457]

Polythrix hirtius (Butler, 1870)

Venezuela, ...?. See [About maps] Goniuris[sic] hirtius Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 491, TL: Venezuela
Thymele vitreus Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 70, TL: Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #450]

Polythrix hirtius ; [NL4A, #450]

Polythrix gyges Evans, 1952

Venezuela, Peru. See [About maps] Polythrix gyges Evans, 1952; , TL: Peru
Polythrix gyges ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 26]; [NL4A, #449]

Polythrix mexicanus Freeman, 1969

Texas, Mexico. See [About maps] Mexican Longtail
Polythrix mexicanus Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 10, pl. 5, f. 1-4, TL: 7 miles S of Valles (grounds of Hotel Covadonga), San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Polythrix mexicanus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Polythrix mexicanus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polythrix mexicanus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Polythrix mexicana ; [NACL, #3879]
Polythrix mexicanus ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 127, f. 3 (m.gen); [Opler]; [NL4A, #454]

Polythrix auginus (Hewitson, 1867)

Guianas, Colombia, Brazil(Amazonas), Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Eudamus auginus Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 6, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Eudamus flammula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

= ; [NL4A, #445]

Eudamus auginus ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Eudamus II-III): [91], pl. [46], f. 13; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 283, 3: pl. 75, f. 26
flamula ; Hayward, 1947, (missp.)
anginus ; Forster, 1949, (missp.)
Polythrix auginus ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 24]; [NL4A, #445]

Polythrix caunus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Mexico - Paraguay. See [About maps] Eudamus caunus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Goniuris[sic] lindora Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 491

= ; [NL4A, #446]

Polythrix caunus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Polythrix caunus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polythrix caunus ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 128, f. 6 (m.gen)
canus ; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
caunas ; Raguso & Llorente, 1997, (missp.)
Polythrix caunus ; [NL4A, #446]

Polythrix ceculus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro), ...?. See [About maps] Eudamus ceculus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
?Eudamus ceculus Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 62
Eudamus androgeus Plötz, 1880; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

= ; [NL4A, #447]

Polythrix ceculus ; [NL4A, #447]

Polythrix eudoxus (Stoll, 1781)

Surinam, ...?. See [About maps] Papilio eudoxus Stoll, 1781; , TL: Surinam
Polythrix eudoxus ; [NL4A, #448]

Polythrix kanshul Shuey, 1991

Mexico, Panama. See [About maps] Polythrix kanshul Shuey, 1991; J. Res. Lepid. 28: (277-282), TL: Mexico, Chiapas
Polythrix kanshul ; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 175 (note); [NL4A, #451]

Polythrix maizae Hellebuyck, 1998

Nicaragua, ...?. See [About maps] Polythrix maizae Hellebuyck, 1998; , TL: Nicaragua
Polythrix maizae ; [NL4A, #452]

Polythrix metallescens (Mabille, 1888)

Brazil(Amazonas, Pará), ...?. See [About maps] Eudamus metallescens Mabille, 1888; Le Naturaliste (2) 2: 108, f. 2, TL: Brazil, Amazonas, Maues?
Goniarus[sic] piliger Mabille, 1891; , TL: Brazil, Pará

= ; [NL4A, #453]

Eudamus metallescens ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 285, 3: pl. 75, f. 27-29
Polythrix metallescens ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 27]
metalescens ; Valencia & Alonso, [1999], (missp.)
Polythrix metallescens ; [NL4A, #453]

450x522 (~25Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Polythrix minvanes (Williams, 1926)

Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [About maps] Eudamus minvanes Williams, 1926; , TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
Polythrix minvanes ; [NL4A, #455]

Polythrix octomaculata (Sepp, [1844])

Mexico, Guatemala - Brazil, Surinam, Colombia, Argentina. See [About maps] Eight-spotted Longtail
Hesperia octomaculata Sepp, [1844]; Surinaam. Vlinders 2 (15): pl. 58, TL: Surinam
Goniuris[sic] decussata Ménétriés, 1855; , TL: "Haiti"

= ; [NL4A, #456]

Eudamus decurtata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (11): 170, TL: [Brazil]

= ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; [NL4A, #456]

Eudamus calenus Mabille, 1888; Le Naturaliste yr. 10 (2) 27[?]: 99, f. 3, TL: Guatemala

= Eudamus octomaculatus ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 284
= ; [NL4A, #456]

Eudamus alciphron Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 285, 3: pl. 75, f. 24-25, TL: Mexico, Rincon in Guerrero; Coatepec in Veracruz

= ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; [NL4A, #456]

Eudamus maculata Draudt, 1922; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #456]

Goniurus elegans Hayward, 1933; , TL: Argentina

= ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; [NL4A, #456]

Polythrix octomaculata, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Polythrix octomaculata, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polythrix octomaculata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

Eudamus octomaculatus ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 284, 3: pl. 75, f. 23 maculata ; Seitz, 1925, (missp.) decurata[sic, recte decurtata] ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; Maes et al., 1999 oclomaculata ; Okano, 1981, (missp.)

octomaculate ; Okano, 1981, (missp.) alciphoron ; Okano, 1981, (missp.) Polythrix alciphron ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 25 (text)] Polythrix octomaculata alciphron ; Polythrix decurtata ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 25] Polythrix octomaculata octomaculata ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 159 Polythrix octomaculata ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125, f. 1 (m.gen); [NACL, #3880]; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 25 (text)]; [NL4A, #456]; [Opler]

456x531 (~27Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[JRL]

The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera; JRL Archive

[John Shuey]

e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

Some related literature:

Brown & Mielke, 1967

Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168

Burns, 1996

Genitalia and the proper genus: Codatractus gets mysie and uvydixa in a compact cyda group as well as hysterectomy, while Cephise gets part of Polythrix (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 173-216

Butler, 1870

Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485-520

Freeman, 1969

Records, new species, and new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 62pp

Freeman, 1979

Review of the Mexican Polythrix Watson, 1893 (Hesperiidae) J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 124-128

Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204

Hewitson, 1875

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)

Hewitson, 1867

Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (1) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): [2] + ii + 25pp (+ 25 sp. no. 6 cynaca)

Mabille, 1888

Diagnoses de Lépidoptères (Hespérids) nouveaux Le Naturaliste yr. 10 (2) 27[?]: 98-99

Scudder, 1872

A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83

Sepp, [1844]

Natuurlijke Historie van Surinaamsche Vlinders, naar het leven geteekend. Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature Surinaam. Vlinders 1 (1): 1-16, pl. 1-4 ([1829]), 1 (2): 17-24, pl. 5-8 ([1829]), 1 (3): 25-32, pl. 9-12 ([1830]), 1 (4): 33-40, pl. 13-16 ([1830]), 1 (5): 41-48, pl. 17-20 ([1832]), 1 (6): 49-56, pl. 21-24 ([1832-1840]), 1 (7): 57-64, pl. 25-28 ([1832-1840]), 1 (8): 65-72, pl. 29-32 ([1840]), 1 (9): 73-80, pl. 33-36 ([1841]), 1 (10): 81-88, pl. 37-40 ([1841]), 1 (11): 89-96, pl. 41-44 ([1842]), 1 (12): 97-104, pl. 45-48 ([1842]), 1 (13): i-viii, 105-108, pl. 49-50 ([1843]), 2 (13): 109-112, pl. 51-52 ([1843]), 2 (14): 113-120, pl. 53-56 ([1843]), 2 (15): 121-128, pl. 57-60 ([1844]), 2 (16): 129-136, pl. 61-64 ([1844]), 2 (17): 137-144, pl. 65-68 ([1845]), 2 (18): 145-152, pl. 69-72 ([1845]), 2 (19): 169-176, pl. 73-76 ([1845]), 2 (20): 177-184, pl. 77-80 ([1846]), 2 (21): 185-192, pl. 81-84 ([1847]), 2 (22): 193-200, pl. 85-88 ([1846]), 2 (23): 201-208, pl. 89-92 ([1847]), 2 (24): 209-216, pl. 93-96 ([1847]), 2 (25): i-iv, 217-224, pl. 97-100 ([1847]) , 3 (26): 225-232, pl. 101-104 ([1848]), 3 (27): 233-240, pl. 105-108 ([1848]), 3 (28): 241-248, pl. 109-112 ([1848]), 3 (29): 249-256, pl. 113-116 ([1849]), 3 (30): 257-264, pl. 117-120 ([1849]), 3 (31): 265-272, pl. 121-124 ([1850]), 3 (32): 273-280, pl. 125-128 ([1850]), 3 (33): 281-288, pl. 129-132 ([1851]), 3 (34): 289-296, pl. 133-136 ([1851]), 3 (35): 297-304, pl. 137-140 ([1851]), 3 (36): 305-312, pl. 141-144 ([1851]), 3 (37): 313-320, pl. 145-148 ([1852]), 3 (38): i-viii, 321-328, pl. 149-152 ([1852])

Shuey, 1991

A new Polythrix from Central America (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) J. Res. Lepid. 28: 277-282 ("1989")

Watson, 1893

A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 3-133, pl. 1-3

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