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Thorybes Scudder, 1872

Thorybes Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 71, TS: Papilio bathylius Smith
Lintneria Butler, 1877; in Edwards, Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 6 : 67 (preocc. Butler, 1876 [Sphingidae]), TS: Papilio daunus Cramer

= ; [NL4A, 40]

Cocceius Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 336, TS: Eudamus pylades Scudder

= ; [NL4A, 40]

Tharybas ; Plötz, 1881, (missp.)
Thorybis ; Kaye, 1921, (missp.)
Tharybes ; Bridges, 1988, (missp.)
Thirybes ; Cary & Holland, 2002, (missp.)
Thorybes ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 334
Thorybes (Eudamini) ; [NL4A, 40]

Thorybes bathyllus (Smith, 1797)

S.USA, Mexico. See [About maps] Southern Cloudywing
Papilio bathyllus Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 43, pl. 22, TL: USA(Georgia)
Papilio ?daunus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 44, pl. 126, f. F (nom. dub.), TL: "Surinam"

= ; [NL4A, #514]

Cocceius syloson Mabille, 1903; , TL: "French Guinea"

= ; [NL4A, #514]

Thorybes bathyllus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes bathyllus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
bethyllus ; Westwood, 1852, (missp.)
balhyllus ; Burmeister, 1875, (missp.)
bathillus ; Randolph, 1922, (missp.)
dunus ; Carter, 1995, (missp.)
Thorybes bathyllus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 58; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 46]; [NACL, #3909]; [NL4A, #514]; [Opler]

Larva on Fabaceae [NAB]

Thorybes diversus Bell, 1927

C.California - N.California, S.Oregon. See [About maps] Western Cloudywing California Cloudy Wing Bell's Cloudy Wing Diverse Cloudy Wing
Thorybes diversus Bell, 1927; Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 22 (4): (203-204), TL: Plumas Co, CA
Thorybes diversus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes diversus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thorybes diversus ; [NACL, #3911]; [BOC, 49]; [Opler]

Larva on Trifolium wormskjoldii [BOC]

Thorybes drusius (Edwards, 1883)

SE.Arizona, SW.New Mexico, W.Texas, Mexico. See [About maps] Drusius Cloudywing
Eudamus drusius Edwards, 1883; Can. Ent. 15 (11) : 211, TL: Arizona
Thorybes paucipuncta Dyar, 1916; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero

= ; [NL4A, #515]

Thorybes drusius, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Thorybes drusius, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes drusius, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thorybes drusius, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
paucipunctata ; Evans, 1952, (missp.)
Cocceius drusius ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 336
Thorybes drusius ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 58; [NACL, #3914]; [NL4A, #515]; [Opler]

900x760 (~123Kb) upperside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 3.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Thorybes mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Arizona, Mexico - Panama. See [About maps] Mexican Cloudywing Mountain Cloudy Wing Nevada Cloudy Wing
Eudamus mexicana Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; , TL: [Mexico]
?Eudamus mexicana Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 68
Eudamus ananius Plötz, 1882
Thorybes mexicana; [BOC], TL: 50;#
Thorybes mexicana, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thorybes mexicanus ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 334, 3: pl. 80, f. 15-17
Thorybes mexicana ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 58; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 46 (text)]; [NACL, #3912]; [NL4A, #516]; [Opler]

Larva on Trifolium, Vicia, Lathyrus [NAB]

T. m. mexicana

Mexico Eudamus ananius Plötz, 1881; Stettin ent. Ztg 43: 99 (repl. name), TL: [Mexico]
mexicans ; Callaghan & Tidwell, 1973, (missp.)
Thorybes mexicana mexicana ; [NL4A, #516a]

T. m. nevada Scudder, 1872

California, Oregon Thorybes nevada Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 71, TL: California
Eudamus aemilea Skinner, 1893; Ent. News 4: 64, TL: Oregon, Fort Klamath

= ; [NL4A, #516e]

Thorybes mexicana nevada, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes aemilia ; Holland, 1898, (missp.); Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 58 (missp.)
nevadae ; Woodworth, 1900, (missp.)
Thorybes mexicana aemelia ; [BOC, 50]
Thorybes mexicana nevada ; [NACL, #3912a]; [NL4A, #516e]

T. m. confusis Bell, 1932

Florida Confused Cloudywing Eastern Cloudywing
Thorybes confusis Bell, 1922; , TL: USA(Florida)
Thorybes confusis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes confusis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thorybes confusus ; Richards, 1932, (missp.)
Thorybes corusis ; Evans, 1952, (missp.)
Thorybes mexicana confusis ; [NL4A, #516b]
Thorybes confusis ; [NACL, #3913]; [Opler]

T. m. dobra Evans, 1952

Mexico, Arizona Thorybes mexicana dobra Evans, 1952; , TL: USA(Arizona)
Thorybes mexicana dobra, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Thorybes mexicana dobra, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes mexicana dobra ; [NACL, #3912b]; [NL4A, #516c]

T. m. ducia Evans, 1952

Panama Thorybes mexicana ducia Evans, 1952; , TL: Panama
Thorybes mexicana ducia ; [NL4A, #516d]

Thorybes pylades (Scudder, 1870)

Texas, E.USA, Mexico. See [About maps] Nothern Cloudywing Cloudy Wing
Eudamus pylades Scudder, 1870; Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 13: 207, TL: Massachusetts
Thorybes pylades, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Thorybes pylades pylades, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Thorybes pylades pylades, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes pylades, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thorybes pylades, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Cocceius pylades ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 336, 3: pl. 80, f. 23
Thorybes pylades ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 58; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 45]; [NACL, #3910]; [BOC, 48]; [NL4A, #517]; [Opler]

900x1157 (~196Kb) USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

identification uncertain 900x731 (~99Kb) underside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 3.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Fabaceae [NAB]

T. p. pylades

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania - Texas var. immaculata (Skinner, 1911) (Eudamus); , TL: USA(Pennsylvania)

= ; [NL4A, #517a]

Thorybes pylades f. albosuffusa Freeman, 1943; Ent. News, 54 (3): (72-77), TL: Fort Davis [Jeff Davis Co.], Texas

= ; [NL4A, #517a]

Thorybes pylades ab. integra Lanktree, 1968; , TL: Canada

= ; [NL4A, #517a]

Thorybes pylades albosuffusa, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Thorybes pylades albosuffusa, Butterflies of America [BOA]
albosufuusa ; Tietz, 1972, (missp.)
Thorybes pylades albosuffusa ;
Thorybes pylades pylades ; [NL4A, #517a]

Misidentified/misapplied:

bathyllus; Harris, 1862

T. p. indistinctus Austin & Emmel, 1998

Baja California - SW.Oregon Thorybes pylades indistinctus Austin & Emmel, 1998; , TL: Boiling Springs, Laguna Mts., San Diego Co., CA
Thorybes pylades indistinctus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Thorybes pylades indistinctus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Thorybes pylades indistinctus ; [BOC, 48]; [NL4A, #517b]

3.9.2008 (5)

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

[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

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[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:

Bell, 1927

Description of a New Thorybes (Lepidoptera - Rhoplaocera - Hesperiidae) Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 22 (4): 217-218

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

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

Butler in Edwards, 1877

Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 6 : 1-68

Edwards, 1883

Descriptions of new species of North American butterflies Can. Ent. 15 (11) : 209-211

Freeman, 1943

New Hesperioidea, with notes on some others from the United States Ent. News, 54 (3): 72-77

Godman & Salvin, [1894]

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

Plötz, 1881

Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Eudamus und ihre Arten. [2] Stettin ent. Ztg 43: 87-101

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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