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Theclinae
- Erora Scudder, 1872
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Erora Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 53, TS: Thecla laeta Edwards
Androcona Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993
Sarracenota Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993
Necmitoura Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993
Erora (Eumaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440; [Opler]; [NL4A, 136]
Quebec - Arizona, Mexico, C.America. See [About maps]
Early Hairstreak
Thecla laeta Edwards, 1862; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 14: 55
clothilde (Edwards, 1863)
Erora laeta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erora laeta, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Erora laetus ; [NACL, #4349]
Erora laeta ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 40; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 14, 18]; [Opler]
Larva on
Fagus?,
Corylus? [NAB]
Mexico. See [About maps]
Arizona Hairstreak
Thecla quaderna Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 35, TL: Mexico
Thecla attalion Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 60, 3: pl. 55, f. 19-20, TL: Mexico, Orizaba, [Veracruz]
Erora caudata Miller, 1980; , TL: Mexico, Chiapas
Erora quaderna, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Erora quaderna, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erora quaderna, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thecla quaderna ; Hewitson, 1877, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 209, (7): pl. 83, f. 703-704; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 60; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 718
Erora quaderna ; [NACL, #4350]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1001]
Arizona
Erora laeta sandfordi dos Passos, 1940; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1052: 1-2, TL: White Mts., Arizona, 8000ft
= Erora quaderna ; [NL4A, #1001]
Erora quaderna sanfordi, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Erora quaderna sanfordi ; Clench, 1943, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 51: (221-223); [NACL, #4350a]
Mexico, Costa Rica. See [About maps]
Thecla subflorens Schaus, 1913; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3) : 353, pl. 52, f. 9, TL: Costa Rica
Thecla minniles Dyar, 1916; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Erora subflorens, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Erora subflorens, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erora subflorens ; [NL4A, #1002]
Brazil(Pará), Paraguay. See [About maps]
Thecla biblia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 12, TL: Brazil, Pará
Thecla oleris Druce, 1907; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3) : 614, pl. 36, f. 14, TL: S.Paraguay
Thecla biblia ; Hewitson, 1873, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (5): 150, pl. 59, f. 384-385
Thecla oleris ; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 20 (text)]
Erora biblia ; [NL4A, #1003]
Mexico. See [About maps]
Thecla nitetis Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 74, 3: pl. 57, f. 1-3, TL: Mexico, Veracruz; Oaxaca
Erora nitetis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Erora nitetis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thecla nitetis ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 719
Erora nitetis ; [NL4A, #1005]
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama. See [About maps]
Thecla aura Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 60, 3: pl. 55, f. 21-22, TL: Costa Rica,Panama
Erora gillottae Riley, 1924; , TL: Costa Rica
Erora aura, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Erora aura, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erora aura ; [NL4A, #1009]
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina). See [About maps]
Thecla tella Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 413, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Thecla castrena Jones, 1912; , TL: Brazil, Paraná
Thecla crispisulcans Draudt, 1920; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5 : 799, pl. 158 row g, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
Thecla quassa Draudt, 1920; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5 : 784, pl. 156 row a, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
crispisulcans ; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 152
quassa ; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 152
"Thecla" quassa ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 152
Erora tella ; [NL4A, #1010]
Peru. See [About maps]
Thecla phrosine Druce, 1909; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 (3) : 435, pl. 11, f. 7, TL: Chanchamayo, Peru
Erora phrosine ; [NL4A, #1011]
Mexico, Colombia, Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [About maps]
Thecla carla Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 408, TL: Colombia
Thecla smaragdus Druce, 1907; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3) : 599, pl. 35, f. 13, TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
Thecla vevenae Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 337, TL: Misantha, Vera Cruz, Mexico
Erora carla, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Erora carla, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Erora carla ; [NL4A, #1012]
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama - Amazon. See [About maps]
Thecla gabina Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 82, 3: pl. 57, f. 20-21, TL: Mexico, Veracruz; Panama; "Amazons"
Thecla myron Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 82, TL: Costa Rica; Panama
Erora gabina, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Erora gabina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thecla gabina ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 720; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 20 (text)]
Erora gabina ; [NL4A, #1013]
403x500 (~25Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
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Brazil(Santa Catarina). See [About maps]
Erora sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #1016]
Brazil(Paraná, Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay. See [About maps]
Thecla campa Jones, 1912; , TL: Brazil, Paraná
Thecla lilacina Lathy, 1930; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Thecla guayra Jörgensen, 1935; , TL: Paraguay
lilacina ; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 146
Erora campa ; [NL4A, #1017]
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps]
Erora sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #1018]
French Guiana, Brazil. See [About maps]
Thecla badeta Hewitson, 1873; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (5): 146, (7): 202, (5): pl. 58, f. 365-366, (7): pl. 80, f. 657-658 (Thecla melba var.), TL: French Guiana,Brazil
Thecla badeta ; Druce, 1907, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3) : 615; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 20]
Erora badeta ; [NL4A, #1022]
Mexico. See [About maps]
Thecla muridosca Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 337, TL: Jalapa, Mexico
Erora muridosca ; [NL4A, #1023]
Costa Rica. See [About maps]
Thecla lampetia Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 83, TL: Costa Rica, Cache
Erora lampetia ; [NL4A, #1024]
Thecla facuna Hewitson, 1877; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (7): 202, pl. 80, f. 661-662
Erora facuna ; [NL4A, #1027]
Colombia. See [About maps]
Thecla senta Draudt, 1920; , TL: Colombia
Necmitoura marcusa Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993; , TL: Colombia
Erora senta ; [NL4A, #1028]
Bolivia. See [About maps]
Thecla caespes Druce, 1907; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3) : 614, pl. 36, f. 18, TL: Bolivia
Erora caespes ; [NL4A, #1029]
Brazil(Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps]
Thecla melba Hewitson, 1877; , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Thecla peculiaris Lathy, 1930; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 78 : 136, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
peculiaris ; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 148
Erora melba ; [NL4A, #1030]
Colombia. See [About maps]
Pseudolycaena nana C. & R. Felder, 1865; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 250, pl. 31, f. 21-22, TL: Colombia
Thecla nana ; Hewitson, 1877, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (7): 203
Erora nana ; [NL4A, #1031]
Venezuela. See [About maps]
Thecla lorina Hewitson, 1874; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 181, pl. 71, f. 539-540
?Calycopis lorina ; [BOW: pl. 67, f. 7 (text only)]
?Ministrymon lorina ;
Erora lorina ; [NL4A, #1032]
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps]
Erora sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #1033]
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Thecla aguaca Draudt, 1920; (nom. dub.), TL: Colombia
aguaca ; [NL4A, 137]
6.4.2012 (21)
- 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
- [Bruce Walsh]
- Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
- [GALEPS]
- Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
- [ILMB]
- Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
- [JLS]
- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
- [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)
- [NAB]
- Pyle, 1981; Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society; ISBN 0-394-51914-0
- [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
- Clench, 1943
- A note on the Arizona Erora (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 51: 221-223
- dos Passos, 1940
- A new subspecies of Erora laeta Edwards from Arizona and New Mexico
Amer. Mus. Novit. 1052: 2pp
- Druce, 1907
- On Neotropical Lycaenidae, with Descriptions of New Species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3)
: 566-632, pl. 31-36
- Druce, 1909
- On some new and little-known Neotropical Lycaenidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 (3)
: 431-438, pl. 11
- Dyar, 1903
- A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects
Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52
: 1-723
- Dyar, 1918
- Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239)
: 335-372
- Eliot, 1973
- The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6)
: 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
- Edwards, 1862
- Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3
Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.
13: 160-164 (1861),
14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)
- C. & R. Felder, 1865
- Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
- Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
- Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901)
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop.
2: 1-782,
3: pl. 1-112
- Hewitson, 1873; Hewitson, 1874; Hewitson, 1877
- Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae
Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
(1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863),
(2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865),
(3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867),
(4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869),
(5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873),
(6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874),
(7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877),
(8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
- Hewitson, 1868
- Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae
Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 36pp
- Johnson, 1991
- Types of neotropical Theclinae (Lycaenidae) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 142-157
- Lathy, 1930
- Notes on South American Lycaenidae, with description of new species
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 78
: 133-137
- Schaus, 1902
- Descriptions of New American Butterflies
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262)
: 383-460
- Schaus, 1913
- New Species of Rhopalocera from Costa Rica
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3)
: 339-367, pl. 50-54
- 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
- Draudt in Seitz, 1920
- Die amerikanischen Tagfalter
Gross-Schmett. Erde 5
: 1-48 (1907),
: 49-72 (1908),
: 73-160 (1909),
: 161-200 (1910),
: 201-240 (1911),
: 241-344 (1912),
: 345-456 (1913),
: 457-480 (1914),
: 481-536 (1915),
: 537-664 (1916),
: 665-720 (1917),
: 745-768 (1919),
: 721-744,769-816 (1920),
: 817-856 (1921),
: 857-912,937-944 (1922),
: 913-936,945-1000 (1923),
: 1001-1141 (1924)
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