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Michaelus Nicolay, 1979
Michaelus Nicolay, 1979; Bull. Allyn Mus. 56: 29, TS: Thecla vibidia Hewitson
Michaelus (Eumaeini) ; [NL4A, 135]
Michaelus phoenissa (Hewitson, 1867)
Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil(Pará). See [About maps] Thecla phoenissa Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 100, pl. 40, f. 139-140, TL: Brazil, Pará
Thecla phoenissa ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 42, 3: pl. 53, f. 3-4
Bithys phoenissa ; [BOW: pl. 66, f. 17]
Michaelus phoenissa ; [NL4A, #907]
Michaelus jebus (Godart, [1824])
Mexico - Brazil, Peru. See [About maps] Polyommatus jebus Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 639, TL: Brazil
Thecla megamede Prittwitz, 1865; Stettin Ent. Ztg 26 (10-12): 322, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #908]
Michaelus jebus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Michaelus jebus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Sithon jebus ; Hübner
Thecla jebus ; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 89; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 42, 3: pl. 53, f. 5-7; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 717; [BOW: pl. 68, f. 28]
Chalybs jebus ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 152
Michaelus jebus ; [NL4A, #908]
Michaelus thordesa (Hewitson, 1867)
Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil. See [About maps] Thecla thordesa Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 89, pl. 35, f. 80, TL: Venezuela
Thecla vieca Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 411, TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #909]
Thecla zenaida Dyar, 1912; , TL: Mexico, Veracruz
= ; [NL4A, #909]
Thecla pyrostegia J. & W. Zikán, 1968; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #909]
Michaelus thordesa ; [NL4A, #909]
Michaelus hecate (Godman & Salvin, [1887])
Mexico. See [About maps] Thecla hecate Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 98, 3: pl. 58, f. 15-17, TL: Mexico, Jalapa [Veracruz]
Michaelus hecate, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Michaelus hecate, Butterflies of America [BOA]
 Thecla hecate ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 722
Michaelus hecate ; [NL4A, #910]
Michaelus ira (Hewitson, 1867)
Mexico, Colombia, Brazil(Amazon, Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Thecla ira Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 89, pl. 35, f. 81-82, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Thecla vibidia Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 119, pl. 49, f. 242-243, TL: Brazil, Amazon
= ; [NL4A, #911]
Thecla hewitsoni Kirby, 1871; (repl. name), TL: Mexico
= ; [NL4A, #911]
Thecla socigena Hewitson, 1877; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (7): 205, pl. 82, f. 681-682, TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #911]
Thecla venustula J. & W. Zikán, 1968; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #911]
Thecla vibidia ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 44, 3: pl. 53, f. 13-14
Strymon vibidia ; [BOW: pl. 20, f. 30 (text only)]
Michaelus ira ; [NL4A, #911]
[ira-1m.jpg] 486x563 (~38Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Michaelus sp.
Panama. See [About maps] Michaelus sp. ; Robbins, MS, [NL4A, #912]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Michaelus ira Hewitson, 1867; Nicolay, 1979

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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
[BOA]
Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[BOW]
Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Godart, [1824]
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1867; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1877
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)
Nicolay, 1979
Studies in the genera of American hairstreaks. 5. A review of the Hübnerian genus Parrhasius and description of new genus of Michaelus (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) Bull. Allyn Mus. 56: 1-52
Prittwitz, 1865
Beitrag zur Fauna des Coreovado Stettin Ent. Ztg 26 (4-6): 123-143, (10-12): 307-325
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 383-460

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