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Hylephila Billberg, 1820

Hylephila Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 81, TS: Papilio phyleus Drury
Euthymus Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 77 (preocc. Rafinesque, 1815 (Hymenoptera)), TS: Papilio phyleus Drury

= ; [NL4A, 69]

Andinus Hayward, 1940; Rev. Soc. ent. argent. ??10 (3): 284, TS: Andinus venustus Hayward

= ; [NL4A, 69]

Cordillana Hayward, 1941; Rev. Mus. La Plata (n.s.), 2: 288 (unjust. repl. Andinus Hayward, 1940), TS: Andinus venustus Hayward

Euthimus ; Keferstein, 1874, (missp.) Hylophila ; Pagenstecher, 1909, (missp.) Hylephyla ; Gowdey, 1926, (missp.) Hylephilahy ; Moore, 1937, (missp.) Hylephia ; E. C. & G. P. Arruda, 1971, (missp.) Hyelephila ; Emmel, 1975, (missp.)

Hilephila ; Buzzi, 1994, (missp.) Hylephila ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 476 Hylephila (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 69]

~25 spp.

Hylephila ignorans (Plötz, 1883)

Venezuela. See [About maps] Hesperia ignorans Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (4-6): 207, TL: [Mérida, Venezuela]
Polites ignorans ; Godman, 1907, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 22 (16) : 144; Draudt, [1923], in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 929, pl. 181e
Hylephila ignorans ; Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 315, pl. 75; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 18]; MacNeill & Herrera, 1998, J. Lep. Soc. 52 (3): 292, f. 3a, 4, 9, 14, 21-22, 31; [NL4A, #1645]

Hylephila adriennae MacNeill & Herrera, 1998

Colombia. See [About maps] Hylephila adriennae MacNeill & Herrera, 1998; J. Lep. Soc. 52 (3): 295, f. 2, 3b, 5, 10, 15, 23-24, TL: Colombia, Dept. Cesar, headwaters of Rio Cambirumeina, S slope Cerro Icachui, 4000-4400m, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 10°45'N, 73°34'W
Hylephila adriennae ; [NL4A, #1638]

Hylephila lamasi MacNeill & Herrera, 1998

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila lamasi MacNeill & Herrera, 1998; J. Lep. Soc. 52 (3): 302, f. 6, 11, 16, 25-26, 32, TL: Peru, Ica, Paracas, sea level
Hylephila lamasi ; [NL4A, #1648]

Hylephila kenhaywardi MacNeill, 1998

N.Chile. See [About maps] Hylephila kenhaywardi MacNeill, 1998; J. Lep. Soc. 52 (3): 304, f. 7, 12, 17, 27-28, 32-33 (repl. Andinus venustus haywardi, Ureta, 1956)
Andinus venustus haywardi Ureta, 1956; Bol. Mus. nac. Hist. nat. 26: 174, 175, pl. 11, f. 6a-b, 7 (preocc. Hylephila fulva ssp. haywardi Bryk, 1944), TL: Rio Toro, Elqui, Chile
Hylephila kenhaywardi ; [NL4A, #1647]

Hylephila venustus (Hayward, 1940)

Chile (S.Andes). See [About maps] Andinus venustus Hayward, 1940; Rev. Soc. ent. argent. ??10 (3): 285, TL: Andes E of Chillán, Chile
Hylephila venustus ; Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 314-315, pl. 75; [NL4A, #1657]
Hylephila venusta ; MacNeill & Herrera, 1998, J. Lep. Soc. 52 (3): 310, f. 8, 13, 18, 19, 29-30, 33

Hylephila herrerai MacNeill, 2002

N.Chile. See [About maps] Hylephila herrerai MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 68, f. 4a, 12, 26, 32-33, 58, TL: Chile, "Arica", Parinacota, Cotacotani, 4500m
Hylephila herrerai ; [NL4A, #1644]

Hylephila pseudoherrerai MacNeill, 2002

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila pseudoherrerai MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 69, f. 4b-c, 13-14, 34-35, 58, TL: Peru, Ayacucho, Reserva Nat. de Pampas Galeras, 4000m
Hylephila pseudoherrerai ; [NL4A, #1652]

Hylephila pallisteri MacNeill, 2002

S.Peru, W.Bolivia. See [About maps] Hylephila pallisteri MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 70, f. 1a-b, 4d-e, 15-16, 36-37, 58, TL: Peru, Cuzco, Ollantaitambo, 9200ft
Hylephila pallisteri ; [NL4A, #1649]

Hylephila blancasi MacNeill, 2002

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila blancasi MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 71, f. 1c, 6, 9, 17, 38-39, 58, TL: Peru, Santia
Hylephila blancasi ; [NL4A, #1640]

Hylephila tentativa MacNeill, 2002

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila tentativa MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 73, f. 1d, 4f, 18, 27, 40-41, 58, TL: Peru, Ayacucho, Apacheta de tambo, 4250m 12°59'S, 74°05'W
Hylephila tentativa ; [NL4A, #1656]

Hylephila shapiroi MacNeill, 2002

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila shapiroi MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 76, f. 2a, 4g, 19,42, 58, TL: Peru, Dept. Junin, vic. Abra Anticona, 4843m
Hylephila ? n. sp. cf. boulleti ; Shapiro, 1985, Stud. Neotrop. Fauna and Environ. 20: 9, 10, f. 5(3), 6(3)
Hylephila shapiroi ; [NL4A, #1654]

Hylephila galera Evans, 1955

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila galera Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 314, pl. 75, TL: Peru, Dept. Junin, Galera Pass, 4800m
Hylephila galera ; MacNeill, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 78, f. 2b-d, 5a-b, 20-21, 43-44, 58; [NL4A, #1643]

Hylephila boulleti (Mabille, 1906)

S.Peru, N.Chile, W.Bolivia, NE.Argentina. See [About maps] Chaerephon boulleti Mabille, 1906; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1906 (6): 67-68, TL: Peru
Hylephila boulleti ; Ureta, 1956, Bol. Mus. nac. Hist. nat. 26: 176, pl. 2, f. 5b-d
Hylephila boulletti[sic] boulleti ; Ureta, 1963, Bol. Mus. nac. Hist. nat. 28: 78, 79
Hylephila boulleti boulleti ; Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 314, pl. 755
Hylephila boulleti ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 17]; Peńa & Ugarte, 1997, Las mariposas de Chile: 128; MacNeill, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 79, f. 3a-b, 5c-d, 7, 10, 22-23, 28-29, 46-51, 59; [NL4A, #1641]

Hylephila rossi MacNeill, 2002

S.Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila rossi MacNeill, 2002; J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 82, f. 3c, 24, 30, 52-53, 58, TL: Peru, (Puno), 10mi N of Ayaviri
Hylephila rossi ; [NL4A, #1653]

Hylephila peruana Draudt, 1923

Peru. See [About maps] Hylephila peruana Draudt, 1923; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 929, pl. 180, f. ?, TL: Peru, Cuzco, 4500m
Hylephila lima Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 639
Hylephila boulleti peruana ; Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 314
Hylephila boulleti perunana ; Shapiro, 1985, (missp.)
Hylephila peruana ; MacNeill, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 85, f. 3d, 5e, 8, 11, 25, 32, 54-57, 59; [NL4A, #1650]

Hylephila phyleus (Drury, [1773])

-. See [About maps] Fiery Skipper
Papilio phyleus Drury, [1773]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: index et 25, : pl. 13, f. 4-5, TL: "Antigua"
phareus (Panzer, 1785)
?Phemiades augias Hübner; Zutr. ex. Schmett. 2: 10, f. 227-228

= ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 51

brettus (Holland, 1898, not Boisduval & Leconte, 1834)
Hylephila brettoides Wright, 1905, not Edwards, 1883
Hylephila phyleus phyleus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hylephila phyleus phyleus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hylephila phyleus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hylephila phyleus, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Hesperia phylaeus ; Boisduval
Euthymus phylaeus ; Scudder, 1872, 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 77
Hylephila phylaeus[sic] ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 476, 3: pl. 93, f. 8; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 51 (missp.); [BOW: pl. 22, f. 7 (missp.?)]
Hylephila phyleus ; [NACL, #4013]; [BOC, 70]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1651]

900x1075 (~97Kb) underside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia, "Butterlfy garden", Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

800x964 (~80Kb) upperside male USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia, "Butterlfy garden", Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

1000x823 (~97Kb) underside male USA: Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., Arizona, 8.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Poaceae, Agrostis, Sacchinarum officinarum, Cynodon dactylon, Stenotaphrum secundatum [NAB]

H. p. phyleus

Michigan - Mexico, California, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina Papilio druryi Megerle, [1803]; (repl. name, suppr.)
Hesperia carin Hübner, 1823; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)

= ; [NL4A, #1651a]

Pamphila bucephalus Stephens, 1828; , TL: "N. Amer."

= ; [NL4A, #1651a]

Pamphila hala Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 504, TL: Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #1651a]

Hylephila phylaeus[sic] ab. pallida Hayward, 1944; , TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #1651a]

Hylephila phyleus muertovalle Scott, 1981; , TL: Furnace Creek, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California
Hylephila phyleus eureka Austin & Emmel, 1998; , TL: Eureka, California

phylaeus ; Latreille, [1824], (missp.) philaeus ; Ménétriés, 1855, (missp.) phylacus ; Gundlach, 1881, (missp.) phylus ; Wier, 1892, (missp.) phytaeus ; Ihering, 1908, (missp.) phylaceus ; Monte, 1934, (missp.) plaeus ; Moore, 1937, (missp.) phlaeus ; Tinkham, 1944, (missp.) phileus ; Forster, 1949, (missp.)

phyleas ; Rawson, 1964, (missp.) plylaeus ; Silva, 1967, (missp.) philea ; Schwartz et al., 1987, (missp.) Hylephila phyleus eureka ; [BOC, 70 (form?)] Hylephila phyleus muertovalle ; [BOC, 70] Hylephila phyleus phyleus ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 166; [NL4A, #1651a]

H. p. anca Evans, 1955

Peru phyleus anca Evans, 1955; , TL: Peru
Hylephila phyleus anca ; [NL4A, #1651b]

H. p. andina (Staudinger, 1894)

Bolivia phyleus andina (Staudinger, 1894) (Pamphila); , TL: Bolivia
Hylephila phyleus andina ; [NL4A, #1651c]

H. p. basistrigata (Eaton, 1932)

Peru phyleus basistrigata (Eaton, 1932) (Talides); , TL: Peru
Hylephila phyleus basistrigata ; [NL4A, #1651d]

H. p. monticola Hayward, 1939

Ecuador phyleus monticola Hayward, 1939; , TL: Ecuador
Hylephila phyleus monticola ; [NL4A, #1651e]

H. p. taxus Evans, 1955

Ecuador phyleus taxus Evans, 1955; , TL: Ecuador
Hylephila phyleus taxus ; [NL4A, #1651f]

Hylephila fasciolata (Blanchard, 1852)

Chile. See [About maps] Hesperia fasciolata Blanchard, 1852; , TL: Chile
Hesperia emma Plötz, 1883; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #1642]

Hylephila fasciolata ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 7 (text)]; [NL4A, #1642]

Hylephila isonira Dyar, 1913

-. See [About maps] Hylephila isonira Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 639, TL: Peru
Hylephila isonira ; [NL4A, #1646]

H. i. isonira

Peru Hylephila isonira isonira ; [NL4A, #1646a]

H. i. mima Evans, 1955

Peru Hylephila isonira mima Evans, 1955; , TL: Peru
Hylephila isonira mima ; [NL4A, #1646b]

Hylephila signata (Blanchard, 1852)

Chile, Brazil, Argentina. See [About maps] Hesperia signata Blanchard, 1852; , TL: Chile
Hesperia fulva Blanchard, 1852; , TL: Chile

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

Hesperia lujana Plötz, 1883; , TL: Chile

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

Hesperia grynea Plötz, 1883; , TL: Chile

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

Pamphila antarctica Mabille, 1883; , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

Hylephila fulva f. uretai Hayward, 1940; , TL: Chile

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

Hylephila fulva haywardi Bryk, 1944; , TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

Hylephila fulva haywardi f. paupera Bryk, 1944; , TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #1655]

gyrnea ; Calvert, 1886, (missp.)
antartica ; Hayward, 1934, (missp.)
Hylephila signata ; [NL4A, #1655]

Hylephila zapala Evans, 1955

Argentina. See [About maps] Hylephila zapala Evans, 1955; , TL: Argentina
Hylephila zapala ; [NL4A, #1658]

7.2.2012 (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]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael 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

[BOC]

Robert Michael Pyle, 2002; The Butterflies of Cascadia

[BOW]

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

[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

[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, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 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

Butler, 1870

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

Draudt, 1923

B. Grypocera, breitköpfige Tagfalter. 5. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 836-1022[?1012], pl. 189-208

Drury, [1773]

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1 : 1-130, pl. 1-50 (1770), (1773)

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, 1913

Results of the Yale Peruvian expedition of 1911. Lepidoptera Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 627-649

Evans, 1955

A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88

Godman, 1907

Notes on the American Species of Hesperiidae described by Plötz Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 22 (16) : 132-155

Godman & Salvin, [1900]

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

Hayward, 1941

Hesperiidarum Argentinarum Catalogus Rev. Mus. La Plata (n.s.), 2: 227-340

Mabille, 1906

Description d'une Hesperide Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1906 (6): 67-68

MacNeill & Herrera, 1998; MacNeill, 1998

Studies in the genus Hylephila Billberg, I. Introduction and the ignorans and venusta species groups J. Lep. Soc. 52 (3): 277-317

MacNeill, 2002

Studies in the genus Hylephila Billberg, II. The boulleti species group J. Lep. Soc. 56 (2): 66-89

Peńa & Ugarte, 1997

The butterflies of Chile Las mariposas de Chile: [9] + 357pp

Plötz, 1883

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233

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

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