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Episcepsis Butler, 1877

Episcepsis Butler, 1877; Ill. typical Spec. Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 1 : xi, 49, TS: Episcepsis venata Butler
Episcepsis ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 384

Episcepsis thetis (Linnaeus, 1771)

Panama, Venezuela. See [About maps] Sphinx thetis Linnaeus, 1771; Mantissa Plant. 2: 539
Zygaena thoos Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2 : 166

= ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 386

Episcepsis thetis ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 386, f. 194

Misidentified/misapplied:

Heliura leneus; Druce, 1884, [REFa]

Episcepsis rypoperas Hampson, 1898

Belize. See [About maps] Episcepsis rypoperas Hampson, 1898; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 386, pl. 14, f. 3, TL: Honduras, Belize

Misidentified/misapplied:

Heliura leneus; Druce, 1884, [REFa]

Episcepsis gnoma (Butler, 1877)

Brazil (Amazons, Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Heliura gnoma Butler, 1877; Ill. typical Spec. Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 1 : 44, pl. 16, f. 2, TL: Amazons, R. Padaniry
Episcepsis gnoma ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 387

Episcepsis lamia (Butler, 1877)

Amazons, Guatemala, Costa Rica. See [About maps] Heliura lamia Butler, 1877; Ill. typical Spec. Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 1 : 44, pl. 16, f. 3, TL: Amazons, Rio Purus
Heliura lamia ; Godman & Salvin, 1884, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 74
Episcepsis lamia ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 387, f. 195

Episcepsis inornata (Walker, 1856)

Guatemala, Costa Rica. See [About maps] Automolis inornata Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1636
Episcepsis inornata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Episcepsis inornata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Episcepsis inornata ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 388, pl. 14, f. 23; [NACL, #8275]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Heliura lamia; Druce, 1884, in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 74 (part)

Episcepsis venata Butler, 1877

Mexico, Amazons. See [About maps] Episcepsis venata Butler, 1877; Ill. typical Spec. Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 1 : xi, 49, pl. 16, f. 7, TL: Rio Jutahi
Heliura aelia Schaus, 1889; Entom. Amer. 5 : 90
Episcepsis venata ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 388

Episcepsis endodasia Hampson, 1898

Brazil (Parana). See [About maps] Episcepsis endodasia Hampson, 1898; Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 389, pl. 14, f. 24, TL: Brazil, Castro Parana

Episcepsis obsoleta (Burmeister, 1878)

Argentina. See [About maps] Charidea obsoleta Burmeister, 1878; Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5: 516, TL: Argentina
Episcepsis obsoleta ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 389, f. 196

Episcepsis moloneyi (Druce, 1897)

Belize. See [About maps] Aclytia moloneyi Druce, 1897; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 2: 352, 3: pl. 72, f. 15, TL: Belize
Episcepsis moloneyi ; Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : 389, f. 197

Episcepsis capysca (Schaus, 1910)

Costa Rica, ..., Peru. See [About maps] Epidesma[?] capysca Schaus, 1910; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 6 (32): 190, TL: Costa Rica
Epidesma capysca ; [NHM]

431x326 (~82Kb) Peru: Rio Venado, Junin, 1050m, 26.10.2008, Photo 2009 © Vladimir V. Izerskyy leg.

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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

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Vladimir V. Izerskyy]

Vladimir V. Izerskyy; Bombicoidae lepidoptera and Notodontidae of Siberia and Far East; Kiev, 1999

Some related literature:

Burmeister, 1878

Description physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personelles et étrangeres. 5. Lépidoptères. Première partie. Contenant les diurnes, crépusculaires et bombycoïdes Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5: vi, 526pp

Butler, 1877

Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum Ill. typical Spec. Lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 1 : i-xiii, 1-62, pl. 1-20

Fabricius, 1781

Species Insectorum Exhibentes Eorum Differentia Specifica, Synonyma Auctorum, Loca Natalia, Metamorphosin Adiectis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Tom II Spec. Ins. 2 : 1-494 (1781), : 495-514 (appendix), 515-517 (index) ([1782])

Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1884; Godman & Salvin, 1884

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101

Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1897

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 2: 1-692, 3: pl. 1-101

Hampson, 1898

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 1: Syntomidae Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1 : i-xxi, 1-559, pl. 1-17

Hübner, 1818

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (post 22nd December 1818), : pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), : pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), : pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)

Linnaeus, 1771

Mantissa Plantarum altera Generum editionis Vi & Specierum editionis II Mantissa Plant. 2: -,[iv], 142-510, + Regni Animalis Appendix 511-552

Schaus, 1889

Descriptions of new species of Mexican Heterocera Entom. Amer. 5 : 87-90, : 190-197 [?192]

Schaus, 1910

New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. I-III Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 6 (32): 189-211, (34): 402-422, (36): 561-585

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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