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Megathecla Robbins, 2002
Megathecla Robbins, 2002; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 104 (3) : 820 (repl. Gulliveria d'Abrera & Bálint, 2001), TS: Thecla gigantea Hewitson
Gullicaena Bálint, 2002; Folia ent. hung. 63: 135 (repl. Gulliveria d'Abrera & Bálint, 2001), TS: Thecla gigantea Hewitson
Gulliveria D'Abrera & Bálint, 2001; (preocc. Gulliveria Castelnau, 1878 (Pisces)), TS: Thecla gigantea Hewitson
Cupathecla Bálint, 2006; Bol. Sci. Hist. Nat. Caldas 9: (278-294), TS: Papilio cupentus Stoll
Gullivera ; D'Abrera, 2001, (missp.)
Megathecla (Eumaeini) ; [NL4A, 126]
Megathecla gigantea (Hewitson, 1867)
Brazil(Pará), Ecuador. See [About maps] Thecla gigantea Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 83, pl. 32, f. 43-44, TL: Pará
Thecla gigantea ; Draudt, 1919, in Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World (Thecla): 756; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: II. 107; Bridges, 1994, Cat. fam.- gen.- spec.-group names Riodinidae & Lycaenidae: IX. 127; D'Abrera, 1995, Butts. Neotrop. Region, Part VII: 1134; Murray, 2000, J. Res. Lepid. 35: 60
Gulliveria gigantea ; D'Abrera & Bálint, 2001
Gullicaena gigantea ; Bálint, 2002, Folia ent. hung. 63: 136
Megathecla gigantea ; [NL4A, #419]
Megathecla cupentus (Stoll, [1781])
Nicaragua - Surinam, Brazil. See [About maps] Papilio cupentus Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): pl. 337, f. F, G, TL: Surinam
Papilio annulatus Gmelin, [1790]; , TL: "extra Europam"
= ; [NL4A, #420]
Thecla cupentus ; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 98; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 45; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 3]
Tmolus cupentus ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 152
Megathecla cupentus ; [NL4A, #420]
Cupathecla cupentus ; Bálint, 2006, Bol. Sci. Hist. Nat. Caldas 9: (278-294)

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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.
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BOW]
Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[JRL]
The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera; JRL Archive
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

Some related literature:
Bálint, 2002
Gullicaena nom.n. for Gulliveria d'Abrera & Bálint, 2001 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on the type species of the genus Folia ent. hung. 63: 135-138
Bálint, 2006
Systematic and taxonomic notes on Neotropical hairstreak lycaenids in connection to genus Megathecla (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) Bol. Sci. Hist. Nat. Caldas 9: 278-294
Bridges, 1988
Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 1-811
Bridges, 1994
Catalogue of the family-group, genus-group, and species-group names of the Riodinidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World Cat. fam.- gen.- spec.-group names Riodinidae & Lycaenidae: 1128pp
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Godman & Salvin, [1887]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1867
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Murray, 2000
A Survey of the Butterfly Fauna of Jatun Sacha, Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) J. Res. Lepid. 35: 42-60
Robbins, 2002
Replacement Names in the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 104 (3) : 820-821
Stoll, [1781]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

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