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Quasimellana Burns, 1994
Quasimellana Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 299, f. 31-82, 87-112, TS: Atrytone mexicana Bell
Quasimellana (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 79]

The eulogius species-group
eulogius ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 302, f. 31-33, 37-38, 40-45, 68-73, 87-92
Quasimellana mexicana (Bell, 1942)
Mexico. See [About maps] Atrytone mexicana Bell, 1942; An. Escuela nac. Cien. biol. México 2: 461, f. 5, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Quasimellana mexicana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana mexicana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Quasimellana mexicana ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 303, f. 31, 33, 40-41, 87-90; [NL4A, #2051]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Mellana mexicana; [NACL, #4069]
Quasimellana eulogius (Plötz, 1883)
S.Texas, Mexico - Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay. See [About maps] Mexican Mellana
Hesperia eulogius Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 64, TL: Mexico
Atrytone mellona Godman, [1900]; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 493, 3: pl. 94, f. 17-19, TL: Mexico; Guatemala; Panama; Guyana
= ; [NL4A, #2046]
Atrytone heberia Dyar, 1914; Insec. Inscit. Mens. 2 (1) : 5, TL: Georgetown, British Guiana
= ; [NL4A, #2046]
Mellana agnesae Bell, 1959; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1962: 13, f. 8, 21, TL: Mexico, Guerrero
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 304
Mellana oaxaca Freeman, 1979; Bull. Allyn Mus. 52: 10, f. 20-21, 29, TL: Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 304; [NL4A, #2046]
Quasimellana agnesae, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana agnesae, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Quasimellana eulogius, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Quasimellana agnesae ; [NL4A, #2039]
Mellana eulogius ; [NACL, #4068]; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 31 (text)]
Quasimellana oaxaca ;
Quasimellana eulogius ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 304, f. 31-32, 72; [Opler]; [NL4A, #2046]
Quasimellana siblinga Burns, 1994
Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Oaxaca). See [About maps] Quasimellana siblinga Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 304, f. 31, 42-43, 91-92, TL: Mexico, Oaxaca, El Vado-San Sebastion, ca. 16°53'N, 96°53'W 5500-6500ft
Quasimellana siblinga, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana siblinga, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Quasimellana siblinga ; [NL4A, #2062]
Quasimellana balsa (Bell, 1942)
Mexico, El Salvador. See [About maps] Atrytone balsa Bell, 1942; An. Escuela nac. Cien. biol. México 2: 460, f. 4, TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Mellana balsa freemani Steinhauser, 1974; Bull. Allyn Mus. 22: 20, f. 53-56, 85-86, TL: El Salvador
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 305; [NL4A, #2045]
Quasimellana balsa, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana balsa, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana balsa ;
Quasimellana balsa ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 305, f. 31, 44-45, 70-71; [NL4A, #2045]
Quasimellana mulleri (Bell, 1942)
Mexico. See [About maps] Atrytone mulleri Bell, 1942; An. Escuela nac. Cien. biol. México 2: 462, f. 6, TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Quasimellana mulleri, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana mulleri, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana mulleri ;
Quasimellana mulleri ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 306, f. 31, 37-38, 73; [NL4A, #2053]

The sethos species-group
sethos ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 306, f. 31, 36, 46-60, 74-77, 93-108
Quasimellana aurora (Bell, 1942)
Mexico, El Salvador. See [About maps] Zariaspes aurora Bell, 1942; An. Escuela nac. Cien. biol. México 2: 462, f. 7, TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Mellana tecla Steinhauser, 1974; Bull. Allyn Mus. 22: 15, f. 41-42, 81, TL: El Salvador
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 308; [NL4A, #2044]
Quasimellana aurora, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana aurora, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana aurora ;
Quasimellana aurora ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 308, f. 31, 74; [NL4A, #2044]
Quasimellana nayana (Bell, 1941)
Mexico, El Salvador, Venezuela. See [About maps] Atrytone nayana Bell, 1941; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1125: 1, f. 2, TL: Mexico, Nayarit
Mellana tamana Steinhauser, 1974; Bull. Allyn Mus. 22: 18, f. 49-50, 83-84, TL: El Salvador
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 309; [NL4A, #2055]
Quasimellana nayana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana nayana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana nayana ;
Quasimellana nayana ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 309, f. 31, 46-47; [NL4A, #2055]
Quasimellana noka (Evans, 1955)
Mellana noka Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 357, pl. 79, f. M.25.10, TL: ?
Quasimellana noka ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 310, f. 31, 48-49, 93-94; [NL4A, #2057]
Quasimellana pazina (Evans, 1955)
Bolivia. See [About maps] Mellana pazina Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 357, pl. 79, f. M.25.9, TL: Bolivia
Mellana pazina ;
Quasimellana pazina ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 310, f. 31, 50, 95-96; [NL4A, #2059]
Quasimellana antipazina Burns, 1994
Costa Rica. See [About maps] Quasimellana antipazina Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 311, f. 31, 51-52, 97-98, TL: Costa Rica, Cartago, La Estrella, 1500m
Quasimellana antipazina ; [NL4A, #2043]
Quasimellana sista (Evans, 1955)
Venezuela. See [About maps] Mellana sista Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 356, pl. 79, f. M.25.5, TL: Venezuela
Mellana sista ;
Quasimellana sista ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 312, f. 31, 53, 99-100; [NL4A, #2063]
Quasimellana andersoni Burns, 1994
Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas), Costa Rica. See [About maps] Quasimellana andersoni Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 313, f. 31, 54-55, 75, 101-104, TL: Mexico, Veracruz, Dos Amates
Quasimellana andersoni ; [NL4A, #2041]
Quasimellana sethos (Mabille, 1889)
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. See [About maps] Pamphila sethos Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 11 (37): 173, f. 2, TL: Panama
= Atrytone helva ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 494
Mellana sethos ;
Quasimellana sethos ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 314, f. 31, 36, 56-57, 76; [NL4A, #2061]
Quasimellana myron (Godman, [1900])
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama. See [About maps] Atrytone myron Godman, [1900]; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 493, 3: pl. 94, f. 20-24, TL: Mexico; Panama; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Bolivia
Quasimellana myron, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana myron, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana myron ;
Quasimellana myron ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 317, f. 31, 77; [NL4A, #2054]
Quasimellana servilius (Möschler, 1883)
Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil. See [About maps] Apaustus servilius Möschler, 1883; , TL: Surinam
Mellana myron verba Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 358, pl. 79, f. M.25.12, TL: Ecuador
= ; [NL4A, #2060]
Quasimellana servilius, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana servilius, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana verba ;
Quasimellana verba ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 317, f. 31, 105-106
Quasimellana servilius ; [NL4A, #2060]
Quasimellana inconspicua (Hayward, 1950)
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. See [About maps] inconspicua (Hayward, 1950); Acta zool. Lilloana 9: 465, f. 5, TL: Bolivia
Mellana inconspicua ;
Quasimellana inconspicua ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 318, f. 31, 58-59; [NL4A, #2049]
Quasimellana angra (Evans, 1955)
French Guiana, Brazil (Pará, Maranhăo, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Cervais, Rondônia), Venezuela?, Ecuador?, Peru?. See [About maps] Mellana angra Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 358, pl. 79, f. M.25.13, TL: Brazil, Pará
Mellana angra ;
Quasimellana angra ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 318, f. 31, 60, 107-108; [NL4A, #2042]

The nicomedes species-group
nicomedes ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 318, f. 31, 34-35, 39, 61-67, 78-82, 109-112
Quasimellana amicus (Bell, 1942)
Ecuador. See [About maps] Atrytone amicus Bell, 1942; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1205: 2, f. 3, TL: Ecuador
Mellana amicus ; Steinhauser, 1991, Bull. Allyn Mus. 132: 47, f. 64-65, 91 (m.gen)
Quasimellana amicus ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 319, f. 31, 78; [NL4A, #2040]
Quasimellana fieldi (Bell, 1942)
Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua. See [About maps] Atrytone fieldi Bell, 1942; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1205: 2, f. 4, TL: Guatemala
Mellana montezuma Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 41, pl. 13, f. 5-8, pl. 15, f. 10, TL: 7 miles S of Valles (grounds of Hotel Covadonga), San Luis Potosí, Mexico
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 320; [NL4A, #2047]
Quasimellana fieldi, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Quasimellana fieldi, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Mellana fieldi ;
Quasimellana fieldi ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 320, f. 31, 34, 39, 61-62; [NL4A, #2047]
Quasimellana nicomedes (Mabille, 1883)
Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina). See [About maps] Pamphila nicomedes Mabille, 1883; C. R. Seances Soc. ent. Belg. 27: lxx, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
Hesperia monica Plötz, 1886; Stettin ent. Ztg 47 (1-3) : 98, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 520; [NL4A, #2056]
Mellana nicomedes ;
Vinius nicomedes ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 580 (text); [BOW: pl. 88, f. 28 (text)]
Quasimellana nicomedes ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 320, f. 31, 35, 79-80; [NL4A, #2056]
Quasimellana imperfida Burns, 1994
Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias), Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay. See [About maps] Quasimellana imperfida Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 321, f. 31, 63, TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Nivac
Quasimellana imperfida ; [NL4A, #2048]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Mellana perfida; Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: ?
Quasimellana mielkei Burns, 1994
Brazil (Minas Gerais). See [About maps] Quasimellana mielkei Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 321, f. 31, 64-65, 81, 109-112, TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Diamantino
Quasimellana mielkei ; [NL4A, #2052]
Quasimellana meridiani (Hayward, 1934)
Brazil (Paraná), Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones). See [About maps] Euphyes meridiani Hayward, 1934; Rev. Soc. ent. argent. 6: 117, pl. 5, f. 16, TL: Argentina
Atrytone ricana Bell, 1941; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1125: 1, f. 1, TL: Paraguay
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 322; [NL4A, #2050]
Mellana meridiani ;
meridani ; Hayward, 1941, (missp.)
Quasimellana meridiani ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 31, 82; [NL4A, #2050]
Quasimellana pandora (Hayward, 1940)
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Brazil (Pará, Distrito Federal), Guyana. See [About maps] Atrytone pandora Hayward, 1940; Rev. Ent. Brazil 11: 867, f. 20, TL: Ecuador
Mellana pandora ;
Quasimellana pandora ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 323, f. 31, 66-67; [NL4A, #2058]

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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]
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
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 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
[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, 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:
Bell, 1941
New species of neotropical Hesperiidae Amer. Mus. Novit. 1125: 10pp
Bell, 1942
New genera and new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae Amer. Mus. Novit. 1205: 1-9
Bell, 1942
New records and new species of Hesperiidae from Mexico An. Escuela nac. Cien. biol. México 2: 455-468
Bell, 1959
Descriptions of some new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Amer. Mus. Novit. 1962: 1-16, 27f
Burns, 1994
Genitalia at the generic level: Atrytone restricted, Anatrytone resurrected, new genus Quasimellana--and yes! we have no Mellanas J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 273-337
Dyar, 1914
Four new Lepidoptera from British Guiana Insec. Inscit. Mens. 2 (1) : 4-6
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
Freeman, 1969
Records, new species, and new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 62pp
Freeman, 1979
Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae Bull. Allyn Mus. 52: 1-13
Godman & Salvin, [1900]; Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hayward, 1934
Lepidopteros Argentinos, Familia Hesperidae, IV. Subfamilia Pamphilinae Rev. Soc. ent. argent. 6: 97-181, pls. 5-19
Hayward, 1940
New species of neotropical Hesperiidae from Ecuador Rev. Ent. Brazil 11: 861-877
Hayward, 1950
Estudios sobre hesperidos neotropicales II. Descriptiones de nuevas especies Acta zool. Lilloana 9: 463-470
Mabille, 1883
Description d'hespériens C. R. Seances Soc. ent. Belg. 27: li-lxxxvii [?lxxviii] (51-87[?78])
Mabille, 1889
Diagnoses de lépidoptčres nouveaux Le Naturaliste (2) 11 (37): 173-174
Plötz, 1883
Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233
Plötz, 1886
Nachtrag und Berichtigungen zu den Hesperiinen Stettin ent. Ztg 47 (1-3) : 83-117
Steinhauser, 1974
Notes on neotropical Nymphalidae and Hesperiidae with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a new genus Bull. Allyn Mus. 22: 1-38, 94f
Steinhauser, 1991
Taxonomic notes and descriptions of new taxa in the neotropical Hesperiidae (2) Bull. Allyn Mus. 132: 1-79

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