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Ochlodes Scudder, 1872

Ochlodes Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 78, TS: Hesperia nemorum Boisduval
Ochlodes [Wahlberg]
Ochloedes ; Elrod & Malley, 1906, (missp.)
Ochledes ; Brues & Melander, 1935, (missp.)
Ochlodes ; Chiba & Tsukiyama, 1996, Butterflies 14 (1): (3-13)
Ochlodes (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 74]

500x511 (~33Kb) USA: Robinson Canyon Rd, (47°01'00N 120°43'40W), Kittitas Co., WA, 26.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	600x623 (~36Kb) USA: Taneum Creek, Wenatchee National Forest, (47°06'24N 120°54'44W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	700x581 (~36Kb) USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela
600x615 (~55Kb) USA: FR9708, Table Mtn (47°18'28N 120°41'25W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)

EU, Temperate Asia, China. See [About maps] Piippopaksupää Large Skipper Stor ängssmygare Ängssmygare le Sylvain Dorada orla ancha Karłątek kniejnik
Papilio sylvanus Esper, 1777; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 343 (1779), (6): pl. 36 (1777), f. 1 ♀
faunus (Turati, 1905)
?hyrcana (Christoph, 1893)
Papilio melicerta Bergsträsser, 1780
Ochlodes alexandra Hemming, 1934
Ochlodes esperiverity Hemming, 1934
Ochlodes sylvanus [NORLEP]
Ochlodes sylvanus [Ilya Osipov]
Ochlodes venata faunus ;
Ochlodes sylvanus ; [BRU, 130]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Misidentified/misapplied:

?Ochlodes venatus; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 23]

500x427 (~73Kb) upperside Luckett, Cornwall, UK 04/06/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	500x408 (~64Kb) underside Luckett, Cornwall, UK 04/06/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	500x433 (~17Kb) upperside Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 681:33, 7/1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen
500x458 (~20Kb) underside Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 681:33, 7/1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	600x682 (~46Kb) upperside female FINLAND: Ka: Miehikkälä, 673:53-54, 30.6.1997, Photo © Markku Savela	543x750 (~35Kb) underside male Sipoo 670:39, 03.07.1981, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
1200x799 (~194Kb) Italy, Ravenna, September 2002, Photo © Maurizio Elia	816x612 (~71Kb) female Finland, Mouhijärvi, Ryömälä, 4.7.2004, Photo © Harri Arkkio	518x454 (~85Kb) upperside male Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov
474x495 (~75Kb) underside male Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov	651x604 (~82Kb) upperside male Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov	1000x766 (~79Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 20.6.1998, Photo © Markku Savela

It appears, that what has been called O. venatus is actually O. faunus (or O. sylvanus). And the real O. venatus does not occur in Europe (but in Russian Far East).

Larva on Gramineae, Phalaris arundinacea, Alopecurus pratensis, Calamagrostis purpurea, Deschampsia flexuosa, Phragmites communis, Roegneria canina [SPRK]

O. s. esperi Verity, 1934

W.Siberia, C.Siberia

800x600 (~87Kb) underside male female An edge of a birch grove, the settlement Gornyi surroundings, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 12th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Ochlodes venata (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

E.Asia, Amur - SE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] venata (Bremer & Grey, 1853); in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 61, TL: Beijing, China
Ochlodes venata [Kimmo Silvonen]
Ochlodes venata [Ilya Osipov]
Ochlodes venata ; [BRU, 129]; [MRS, 732]

O. v. venata

Pamphila selas Mabille, 1878 Pamphila herculea Butler, 1881 Ochlodes tochrana Heyne, 1895

Augiades sylvanus f. amurensis Mabille, 1909 Augiades chosensis Matsumura, 1929

O. v. similis Leech

Ochlodes venata similis ; [MRS, 732]

O. v. sagitta Hemming

Ochlodes venata sagitta ; [MRS, 732]

O. v. majuscula (Elwes & Edwards, 1897)

Ochlodes ochracea (Bremer, 1861)

Amur, SE.China, Japan. See [About maps] ochracea (Bremer, 1861); Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 3: 473, TL: "Ussuri-Mündung"
rikuchina Butler, 1878
Ochlodes ochracea [Ilya Osipov]
Ochlodes ochracea ; [BRU, 129]; [MRS, 733]

Larva on Carex, Calamagrostis, Brachypodium [BRU]

Ochlodes subhyalina (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Mongolia - Korea, Japan, E.India - N.Burma - Taiwan. See [About maps] subhyalina (Bremer & Grey, 1853); in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 61, TL: Beijing, China
Ochlodes subhyalina [Ilya Osipov]
Ochlodes subhyalina ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 18]; [BRU, 129]; [MRS, 733]

O. s. subhyalina

N.China, Japan, Korea, S.China, Sichuan, N.Burma Ochlodes subhyalina subhyalina ; [NEN51]

O. s. chayuensis Huang, 2001

Ochlodes subhyalina chayuensis Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 67, f. 3, pl. 1, f. 3-4, TL: Chayu, Tibet, 2300

O. s. pasca Evans, 1949

Khasi Hills, Assam, Sikkim Ochlodes subhyalina pasca ; [NEN51]

O. s. formosana (Matsumura, 1919)

Taiwan Ochlodes subhyalina formosana ; [MRS, 733]

Ochlodes asahinai Shirozu, 1964

Japan. See [About maps]

Ochlodes thibetana (Oberthür, 1886)

Batang, Mangkang, Chawalong. See [About maps] Pamphila thibetana Oberthür, 1886; Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 28
Ochlodes thibetana ; [NEN51]

O. t. thibetana

Yunnan, ...? Ochlodes thibetana thibetana ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 74 (note)

Ochlodes sylvanoides (Boisduval, 1852)

ENA. See [About maps] Woodland Skipper
Hesperia sylvanoides Boisduval, 1852; Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 313, TL: N Fork Feather R. Canyon, Plumas Co., California
Ochlodes sylvanoides [ALBERTA]
Ochlodes sylvanoides sylvanoides [ILMB]
Ochlodes sylvanoides sylvanoides [BOA]
Ochlodes sylvanoides [Wahlberg]
Ochlodes sylvanoides [BAMONA]
Anthomaster sylvanoides ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 51
Ochlodes sylvanoides ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 19]; [NACL, #4054]; [BOC, 99]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1853]

Misidentified/misapplied:

agricola; Plötz, 1883

600x677 (~47Kb) upperside male USA: Colliding Rivers, Umpqua and Little River (43°17'52N 123°06'08W ±0.5km), Douglas Co. OR, 4.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela	600x717 (~42Kb) underside male USA: Colliding Rivers, Umpqua and Little River (43°17'52N 123°06'08W ±0.5km), Douglas Co. OR, 4.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela	600x738 (~51Kb) USA: Susan Creek and North Umpqua River, (43°17'57N 122°54'22W ±0.5km), Douglas Co. OR, 4.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela
500x649 (~35Kb) male USA: FR 6520 /Johnson Ridge, Mt. Baker Snoqualmie Nat. Forest (47°19'58N 121°42'43W), Snohomish Co., WA, 7.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

O. s. sylvanoides

California, Mexico Hesperia pratincola Boisduval, 1852; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1853a]

Hesperia francisca Plötz, 1883; , TL: California,Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #1853a]

slyvanoides ; Hoffmann, 1941, (missp.)
pratinicola ; Tilden, 1971, (missp.)
partincola ; Beattie, 1976, (missp.)
Ochlodes sylvanoides sylvanoides ; [NL4A, #1853a]

O. s. pratincola (Boisduval, 1852)

Hesperia pratincola Boisduval, 1852; Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 315
Anthomaster pratincola ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 51
Ochlodes sylvanoides pratincola ; [NACL, #4054a]

Misidentified/misapplied:

nemorum; Wright, 1905

O. s. napa (Edwards, 1865)

napa (Edwards, 1865); Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 4: 202
amanda (Plötz, 1883)
Erynnis napa ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 50
Ochlodes sylvanoides napa ; [NACL, #4054b]

Misidentified/misapplied:

milo; Wright, 1905

O. s. bonnevilla Scott, 1981

Nevada Bonneville Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanoides bonnevilla Scott, 1981; , TL: Ruby Mtns., Elko Co., Nevada

O. s. orecoasta Scott, 1981

Oregon Oregon Coast Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanoides orecoasta Scott, 1981; , TL: Cullaby Lake, Clatsop Co., Oregon

O. s. santacruza Scott, 1981

N.California Ochlodes sylvanoides santacruza Scott, 1981; , TL: N. California coast and islands

O. s. omnigena Austin, 1998

Nevada, Great Basin Ochlodes sylvanoides omnigena Austin, 1998; , TL: Kingston Canyon, Toiyabe Mtns, Lander Co., Nevada

O. s. catalina Emmel & Emmel, 1998

Ochlodes agricola (Boisduval, 1852)

-. See [About maps] Rural Skipper Farmer Skipper California Skipper
Hesperia agricola Boisduval, 1852; Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 314, TL: E of Sausolito, Marin Co., California
Ochlodes agricola agricola [ILMB]
Ochlodes agricola agricola [BOA]
Ochlodes agricola [BAMONA]
Anthomaster agricola ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 51
Ochlodes agricola ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 19 (text)]; [NACL, #4055]; [BOC, 98]; [NL4A, #1850]; [Opler]

Larva on Poaceae [NAB]

O. a. agricola

California - Washington Hesperia yrika Weidemeyer, 1864; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #1850a]

Hesperia yreka Edwards, 1866
Hesperia yreka Edwards, 1866; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1850a]

Hesperia milo Edwards, 1883; Canad. Ent. 15: 34, TL: ;Washington [Oregon?]

= ; [NL4A, #1850a]

agricolor ; Skinner, 1904, (missp.)
Anthomaster milo ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 51
Ochlodes agricola agricola ; [NL4A, #1850a]

O. a. verus (Edwards, 1881)

California agricola verus (Edwards, 1881); Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 9: 4
Anthomaster verus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 51
Ochlodes agricola verus ; [NACL, #4055a]

O. a. nemorum (Boisduval, 1852)

California Hesperia nemorum Boisduval, 1852; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 314, TL: N Fork Feather R. Cyn, Plumas Co., California
pratincola (Boisduval, 1852); ♀
Anthomaster nemorum ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 51
Ochlodes agricola nemorum ; [NL4A, #1850b]; [NACL, #4055b]

Misidentified/misapplied:

milo Seitz, 1924; (not Edwards, 1883)

Ochlodes yuma (Edwards, 1873)

California - W.Colorado. See [About maps] Yuma Skipper Giant-Reed Skipper
Hesperia yuma Edwards, 1873; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4: 346, TL: California
Ochlodes yuma [BAMONA]
Erynnis scudderi ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 50
Ochlodes yuma ; [NACL, #4057]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1854]

700x888 (~72Kb) upperside male USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela

900x702 (~59Kb) upperside male USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Phragmites australis [BOC]

O. y. yuma

California Pamphila scudderi Skinner, 1899; Ent. News. 10: 111, TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1854a]

Ochlodes yuma yuma ; [NL4A, #1854a]

O. y. lutea Austin, 1998

Ochlodes yuma lutea Austin, 1998; , TL: Bowman Creek, Toiyabe Mtns, Lander Co., Nevada

Ochlodes samenta Dyar, 1914

Mexico. See [About maps] Ochlodes samenta Dyar, 1914; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero; Jalisco
Ochlodes samenta ; [NL4A, #1852]

Ochlodes bouddha (Mabille, 1876)

China. See [About maps] bouddha (Mabille, 1876)
?Ochlodes buddha ; (spell.?)
Ochlodes bouddha ; [BOW: pl. 208, f. 17]; [MRS, 734]

Ochlodes lanta Evans, 1939

Yunnan, ...?. See [About maps] Ochlodes lanta ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 74 (note)

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[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

[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

[BRU]

Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae; Volume 1

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[Ilya Osipov]

The insects from former USSR for collectors Web site; e-mail: Ilya Osipov; http://www.osipov.org/insects/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Maurizio Elia]

Ravenna, Italy; e-mail: Maurizio Elia

[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

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Opler]

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

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1852

Lépidoptères de la Californie Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 275-324

Bremer, 1861

Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-Sibirien und dem Amur-Lande gesammelt von Radde und Maack, bescrieben von Otto Bremer Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 3: 461-495 [?462-496]

Bremer & Grey, 1853

Diagnoses de Lépidopterères nouveaux, trouvés par Mm. Tatarinoff et Gaschkewitch aux environs de Pekin in Motschulsky, Etud. Ent. 1: 58-67

Chiba & Tsukiyama, 1996

A review of the genus Ochlodes Scudder, 1872, with special reference to Eurasian species Butterflies 14 (1): 3-16

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp

Edwards, 1865

Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera from within the limits of the United States and British America. (4) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 4: 201-204

Edwards, 1873

Descriptions of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4: 343-348

Edwards, 1881

Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 9: 1-8

Esper, 1777

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Band 1 Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1776) (2): 41-72, pl. 7-12 (1776) (3): 73-104, pl. 13-18 (1777) (4): 105-120, pl. 19-24 (1777) (5): 121-144, pl. 25-30 (1777) (6): 145-176, pl. 31-36 (1777) (7): 177-200, pl. 37-46 (1778) (8): 201-216, pl. 43-48 (1778) (9): 217-388, pl. 49-50 (1779)

Huang, 2001

Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

Oberthür, 1886

Espèces Nouvelles de Lépidoptères du Thibet / Nouveaux Lépidoptères du Thibet Étud. d'Ent. 11 : 13-38, pl. 1-7

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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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.