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Melanopyge Mielke, 2002
Melanopyge (Pyrrhopygini) ; [NL4A, 27]

Melanopyge cossea (Druce, 1875)
Colombia. See [About maps] Pyrrhopyga[sic] cossea Druce, 1875; , TL: Colombia
cossaea ; Evans, 1951, (missp.)
Melanopyge cossea ; [NL4A, #79]

Melanopyge erythrosticta (Godman & Salvin, 1879)
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama. See [About maps] Pyrrhopyga[sic] erythrosticta Godman & Salvin, 1879; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1) : 153, TL: Chontales, Nicaragua
Melanopyge erythrosticta, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Melanopyge erythrosticta, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pyrrhopyge erythrosticta ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 252, 3: pl. 73, f. 13; [BOW: pl. 86, f. 4]; Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 23, f. 7, 19
Melanopyge erythrosticta ; [NL4A, #80]

Larva on Marila laxiflora Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 16


Melanopyge hoffmanni (Freeman, 1977)
Mexico. See [About maps] Pyrrhopyge hoffmanni Freeman, 1977; J. Lep. Soc. 31 (2): 89, f. 3-4, 17, TL: Tenosique, Tabasco, Mexico
Melanopyge hoffmanni ; [NL4A, #81]

Melanopyge maculosa (Hewitson, 1866)
Colombia, Brazil?. See [About maps] Pyrrhopyga[sic] maculosa Hewitson, 1866; , TL: Colombia
Tamyris agathon C. & R. Felder, 1867; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #82]
Pyrrhopyge maculosa ; [BOW: pl. 86, f. 4 (text)]
Melanopyge maculosa ; [NL4A, #82]

Melanopyge mulleri (Bell, 1934)
Mexico(Veracruz). See [About maps] Apyrrothrix mulleri Bell, 1934
Apyrrothrix plancartei Hoffmann, 1941; , TL: Mexico, Veracruz
= ; [NL4A, #83]
mülleri ; Evans, 1951, (missp.)
muelleri ; R. G. Maza, 1987, (missp.)
mueleri ; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Melanopyge mulleri ; [NL4A, #83]


5.3.2007 (5)

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.
[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
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea


Some related literature:
Burns & Janzen, 2001
Biodiversity of Pyrrhopygine skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) in the area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 15-43
Freeman, 1977
Six new species of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 31 (2): 89-99
Godman & Salvin, 1879
Descriptions of new Species of Rhopalocera from Central and South America Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1) : 150-155, pl. 14
Godman & Salvin, [1893]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112


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