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Hesperopsis Dyar, 1905

Hesperopsis Dyar, 1905; J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 13 : 118, TS: Thanaos alpheus Edwards
Hesperopsis (Pyrgini) ; [NL4A, 49]

Hesperopsis alpheus (Edwards, 1876)

New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico. See [About maps] Saltbush Sootywing
Thanaos alpheus Edwards, 1876; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 : 206, TL: New Mexico
Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperopsis alpheus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
?Pholisora aepheus[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 23]
Pholisora alpheus ; Godman & Salvin, [1897], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 442, 3: pl. 90, f. 15; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 59; [NACL, #3980]
Hesperopsis alpheus ; [NL4A, #809]; [Opler]

Larva on Atriplex canescens [NAB]

H. a. alpheus

New Mexico, Mexico alphaeus ; Dyar, 1905, (missp.)
Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus ; [NL4A, #809a]

H. a. oricus (Edwards, 1879)

Nevada, Arizona Pholisora alpheus oricus Edwards, 1879; (?1876), TL: Carson Valley, Douglas Co., Nevada
Hesperopsis arizonensis Mabille & Boullet, 1917; , TL: Arizona

= ; [NL4A, #809b]

Pholisora alpheus oricus ; [NACL, #3980a]
Hesperopsis alpheus oricus ; [NL4A, #809b]

H. a. texana (Scott, 1981)

Mexico Pholisora alpheus texana Scott, 1981
Hesperopsis alpheus texana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperopsis alpheus texana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperopsis alpheus texana ;

Hesperopsis gracielae (MacNeill, 1970)

Mexico (Baja?), California. See [About maps] 'McNeil's' Saltbush Sootywing
Pholisora gracielae MacNeill, 1970; Ent. News 81 (7): (177-184) , TL: California
Hesperopsis gracielae, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperopsis gracielae, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperopsis gracielae, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperopsis alpheus gracielae ;
graciliae ; Wiesenborn, 1997, (missp.)
Pholisora gracielae ; [NACL, #3981]
Hesperopsis gracielae ; [NL4A, #810]; [Opler]

Hesperopsis libya (Scudder, 1878)

Nevada - California, Mexico. See [About maps] Mojave Sootywing Great Basin Sootywing Lena Sooty Wing Mohave Sootywing
Heteropterus libya Scudder, 1878; Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 4 (1) : 258, TL: Arizona
Hesperopsis libya libya, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Hesperopsis libya, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Hesperopsis libya, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hesperopsis libya libya, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Pholisora libya ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 59; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 23 (text)]; [NACL, #3979]
Hesperopsis libya ; [BOC, 63]; [NL4A, #811]; [Opler]

Larva on Atriplex canescens [NAB]

H. l. libya

Arizona, ... Hesperopsis libya libya ; [NL4A, #811a]

H. l. lena (Edwards, 1882)

Ancyloxypha lena Edwards, 1882; Can. Ent. 14 (1) : 5, TL: Miles City
Pholisora lena ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 59
Pholisora libya lena ; [NACL, #3979a]
Hesperopsis libya lena ; [BOC, 63]

H. l. joaquina Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

California Hesperopsis libya joaquina Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; , TL: Kern Co., California

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References:

[About maps]

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[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

[BOC]

Robert Michael Pyle, 2002; The Butterflies of Cascadia

[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

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[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:

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, 1905

A review of the Hesperiidae of the United States J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 13 : 111-141

Edwards, 1876

Description of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States and British North America Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 : 202-208

Edwards, 1882

Descriptions of two new species of North American butterflies Can. Ent. 14 (1) : 2-6

Godman & Salvin, [1897]

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

MacNeill, 1970

A new Pholisora with notes on P. alpheus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Ent. News 81 (7) : 177-184

Scudder, 1878

Notice of the butterflies collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in the arid regions of southern Utah and northern Arizona during the summer of 1877 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 4 (1) : 253-258

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