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Fountainea Rydon, 1971
Fountainea Rydon, 1971; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 83: ?, TS: ?Papilio ryphea Cramer
Fountainea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Fountainea (Anaeini) ; [NL4A, 225]; [Wahlberg]

Fountainea centaurus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Colombia. See [About maps] Nymphalis centaurus C. & R. Felder, 1867; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #1627]
Fountainea centaurus ; [NL4A, #1627]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Fountainea nesea; Auctt.

Fountainea eurypyle (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Mexico - Bolivia, Peru. See [About maps] Nymphalis eurypyle C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (4): 119, TL: "Rio Negro" [= Peru, San Martin]
Memphis euripyle ;
?Anaea euryphile[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 31, f. 19 (text only, missp.?)]
Fountainea eurypyle ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1628]
Fountainea eurypyle eurypyle ; [NL4A, #1628a]
F. e. confusa (Hall, 1929)
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama eurypyle confusa (Hall, 1929) (Anaea); , TL: Mexico(Veracruz/Oaxaca),Guatemala,Nicaragua,Costa Rica,Panama
Fountainea eurypyle confusa, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea eurypyle confusa, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Memphis eurypyle confusa ; [BCR: 121, pl. 15]
Fountainea eurypyle confusa ; [NL4A, #1628b]
[confusa-1f.jpg] 518x469 (~39Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey [confusa-1m.jpg] 514x465 (~33Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Larva on Croton reflexifolius, C. jalapensis [BCR]


F. e. glanzi (Rotger, Escalante & Coronado, 1965)
Mexico Anaea (Memphis) eurypyle glanzi Rotger, Escalante & Coronado, 1965; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Fountainea eurypyle glanzi, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea eurypyle glanzi, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Fountainea eurypyle glanzi ; [NL4A, #1628c]

Fountainea glycerium (Doubleday, [1849])
S.USA, CA - Colombia. See [About maps] Crinkled Leafwing
Paphia glycerium Doubleday, [1849]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 319, (1): pl. 50, f. 1, TL: Mexico
Fountainea glycerium glycerium, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea glycerium glycerium, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Memphis glycerium, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Memphis glyzerium ; Fassl, 1918, (missp.)
Memphis glycerium ; [NACL, #4555]
Anaea glycerium ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 337; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 32, f. 4]
Memphis glycerium ; [BCR: 122, pl. 16]; [Opler]
Fountainea glycerium ; [NL4A, #1629]

Larva on Croton jalapensis [BCR]

Mexico Anaea glycerinus ; Stichel, 1939, (missp.)
Fountainea glycerium glycerium ; [NL4A, #1629a]
F. g. cratais (Hewitson, 1874)
Bolivia Paphia cratais Hewitson, 1874; Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 9, TL: Bolivia
Anaea glycerium ornata Röber, 1916; , TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #1629c]
Anaea (Memphis) cratias[sic] ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 105 (missp.)
Anaea cratias[sic] ; [EBW, (name only, missp.)]
Memphis cratais ; [EcuL, (note)]
Fountainea glycerium cratais ; [NL4A, #1629c]
F. g. johnsoni (Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1941)
Jamaica glycerium johnsoni (Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1941) (Anaea); , TL: Jamaica
Anaea johnsoni ;
Fountainea glycerium johnsoni ; [NL4A, #1629d]
F. g. venezuelana (Johnson & Comstock, 1941)
Venezuela glycerium venezuelana (Johnson & Comstock, 1941) (Anaea); , TL: Venezuela
Fountainea venezuelana ;
Fountainea glycerium venezuelana ; [NL4A, #1629e]
F. g. comstocki (Witt, 1972)
Colombia glycerium comstocki (Witt, 1972) (Anaea); , TL: Pereira (Cauca), Colombia
Fountainea glycerium comstocki ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1629b]
F. g. yucatanum (Witt, 1980)
Mexico Anaea (Memphis) glycerium yucatanum Witt, 1980; , TL: Mexico, Quintana Roo
Fountainea glycerium yucatanum ; [NL4A, #1629f]

Fountainea ryphea (Cramer, [1775])
Mexico - Amazon Basin. See [About maps] Papilio ryphea Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): pl. 48, f. G, H, TL: Surinam
Fountainea ryphea ryphea, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea ryphea ryphea, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Fountainea ryphea, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Anaea ryphea ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 339; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 697; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 31, f. 19 (text only)]; Caldas, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (3): 248-257
Fountainea ryphea ; [NL4A, #1633]

Larva on Croton floribundus Caldas, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (3): 248

Mexico - Peru, Surinam, Brazil(Amazonas) Papilio ?helie Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 773 (nom. dub.), TL: "Asia"
= ; [NL4A, #1633a]
Paphia erythema Bates, 1865; J. Entomol. 2 (12): 343, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
= ; [NL4A, #1633a]
Memphis ryphea ryphea ; [BCR: 121, pl. 15]
Anaea erythema ; [BOW: pl. 31, f. 19 (text only)]
Fountainea ryphea ryphea ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1633a]
F. r. phidile (Geyer, 1837)
Brazil(São Paulo) Anaea phidile Geyer, 1837; in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5 : 27, : f. 905-906
Anaea phidile ab. albomaculata Neustetter, 1929; , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
= ; [NL4A, #1633c]
Anaea (Memphis) ryphea phidile ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 104
Anaea phidile ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 339; [BOW: pl. 31, f. 19 (text only)]
Fountainea ryphea phidile ; [NL4A, #1633c]
F. r. ecuadoralis (Johnson & Comstock, 1941)
Ecuador ryphea ecuadoralis (Johnson & Comstock, 1941) (Anaea); , TL: Ecuador
Fountainea ecuadoralis ; [EcuL, (= ryphea?)]
Fountainea ryphea ecuadoralis ; [NL4A, #1633b]

Fountainea sosippus (Hopffer, 1874)
Peru, Ecuador. See [About maps] Paphia sosippus Hopffer, 1874; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 352, TL: Peru, Chanchamayo
Paphia rutilans Butler, 1875; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 15 (87) : 223, TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #1634]
Anaea strymon Weymer, 1890; in Weymer & Maassen, Reisen Süd-America : 120, pl. 3, f. 11, TL: Ecuador, Baños and Jivaria de Pintuc
= ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1634]
Anaea sosippus ; [BOW: pl. 32, f. 16]
Founatainea sosippus ; [EcuL]
Fountainea sosippus ; [NL4A, #1634]

The halice species-group

Fountainea halice (Godart, [1824])
Brazil. See [About maps] Nymphalis halice Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 366, TL: Brazil
Anaea halice ; [BOW: pl. 31, f. 19 (text only)]
Fountainea halice ; [NL4A, #1630]
Brazil Fountainea halice halice ; [NL4A, #1630a]
F. h. chrysophana (Bates, 1866)
Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador?, Colombia Paphia chrysophana Bates, 1866; Ent. mon. Mag. 3 (31): 152, TL: Veraguas, Panama
Nymphalis pyrrhothea C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 447, pl. 60, f. 3, TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #1630b]
Anaea chrysophana ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 338; [BOW: pl. 31, f. 19]
Memphis chrysophana ; [BCR: 122, pl. 15]
Fountainea chrysophana ; [EcuL, (note)]
Fountainea halice chrysophana ; [NL4A, #1630b]
F. h. moretta (Druce, 1877)
Brazil(Pernambuco) Paphia moretta Druce, 1877; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 634, pl. 61, f. 1-2, TL: Brazil, Pernambuco
Anaea moretta ; [BOW: pl. 32, f. 4 (text only)]
Fountainea halice moretta ; [NL4A, #1630g]
F. h. tehuana (Hall, 1917)
Mexico halice tehuana (Hall, 1917) (Anaea); , TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
Fountainea halice tehuana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea halice tehuana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Anaea tehuana ; [EBW]
Fountainea halice tehuana ; [NL4A, #1630h]
F. h. fumata (Hall, 1935)
Venezuela halice fumata (Hall, 1935) (Anaea); , TL: Venezuela
Anaea fumata ; [EBW, (name only)]
Fountainea halice fumata ; [NL4A, #1630d]
F. h. evelina (Comstock, 1961)
Bolivia Anaea (Memphis) halice evelina Comstock, 1961; , TL: Bolivia
Anaea moretta wiegeliana Witt, 1970; , TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #1630c]
Anaea evelina ; [EBW, (name only)]
Fountainea halice evelina ; [NL4A, #1630c]
F. h. martinezi (Maza & Díaz, 1978)
Mexico Anaea (Memphis) halice martinezi Maza & Díaz, 1978; , TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
Fountainea halice martinezi ; [NL4A, #1630e]
F. h. maya (Witt, 1980)
Mexico halice maya (Witt, 1980); , TL: Mexico, Yucatán
Anaea (Memphis) halice maya Witt, 1980
Fountainea halice maya ; [NL4A, #1630f]

The nessus species-group

Fountainea nessus (Latreille, [1813])
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela. See [About maps] Nymphalis nessus Latreille, [1813]; in Humboldt & Bonpland, Voy. rég. équinoxiales..., 2 (9): 76, (10): pl. 35, f. 5-6, TL: [Peru]
Nymphalis nesea Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 365 (repl. name), TL: [Peru]
= ; [NL4A, #1631]
Nymphalis cleodice C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (4): 109, TL: Venezuela
= ; [NL4A, #1631]
Nymphalis tempe C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (4): 110, TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #1631]
Anaea nessus floridus Röber, 1926; , TL: Ecuador
= ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #1631]
Anaea nessus douglasi Bryk, 1953; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #1631]
Anaea nesea ; [EBW, (name only)]
Fountainea nesea ; [EcuL]
Fountainea nessus ; [NL4A, #1631]
Anaea nessus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 32, f. 9]
Fountainea nessus ; [EcuL]

Fountainea nobilis (Bates, 1864)
-. See [About maps] Paphia nobilis Bates, 1864; Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (7): 162, TL: Guatemala
Fountainea nobilis nobilis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea nobilis nobilis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Anaea nobilis ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 340, 3: pl. 35, f. 1-3; [EBW, (name only)]
Fountainea nobilis ; [NL4A, #1632]
Guatemala Fountainea nobilis nobilis ; [NL4A, #1632a]
F. n. titan (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Costa Rica - Colombia - Peru Nymphalis titan C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (3): 447, pl. 60, f. 4, TL: Colombia
Anaea titan ; Godman & Salvin, [1884], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 337; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 696, 3: pl. 109, f. 6-7; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 32, f. 13 (text only)]
Founainea titan ; [EcuL]
Fountainea nobilis titan ; [NL4A, #1632g]
F. n. caudata (Röber, 1916)
Peru nobilis caudata (Röber, 1916) (Anaea); , TL: Peru
Fountainea nobilis caudata ; [NL4A, #1632b]
F. n. pacifica (Vélez & Salazar, 1991)
Colombia nobilis pacifica (Vélez & Salazar, 1991) (Memphis); , TL: Colombia
Fountainea nobilis pacifica ; [NL4A, #1632c]
F. n. peralta (Hall, 1929)
Costa Rica, Panama nobilis peralta (Hall, 1929) (Anaea); , TL: Costa Rica
Memphis titan peralta ; [BCR: 121, pl. 15]
Fountainea nobilis peralta ; [NL4A, #1632d]
F. n. rayoensis (Maza & Díaz, 1978)
Mexico (Memphis) nobilis rayoensis (Maza & Díaz, 1978) (Anaea); , TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
Fountainea nobilis rayoensis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Fountainea nobilis rayoensis ; [NL4A, #1632e]
F. n. romeroi (Descimon, 1988)
Venezuela nobilis romeroi (Descimon, 1988) (Anaea); , TL: Venezuela
Fountainea nobilis romeroi ; [NL4A, #1632f]


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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
[BCR]
DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
[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!
[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
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[EcuL]
Tommaso & Luigi Racheli, 2001; An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae); Fragmenta entomologica 33 (2): 213-380
[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
[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
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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.
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group


Some related literature:
Bates, 1864
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama, collected by Osbert Salvin and F. du Cane Godman, Esqs. Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (1): 1-6 (1864), (2): 31-35 (1864), (3): 55-59 (1864), (4): 81-85 (1864), (5): 113-116 (1864), (6): 126-131 (1864), (7): 161-164 (1864), (8): 178-180 (1865), (9): 202-205 (1865)
Bates, 1865
Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae J. Entomol. 2 (10): 175-213, pl. 9-10 (1864), (12): 311-346, pl. 13-14 (1865)
Bates, 1866
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama Ent. mon. Mag. 3 (27): 49-52 (1866), (28): 85-88 (1866), (30): 133-136 (1866), (31): 152-157 (1866)
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 77-106
Butler, 1875
On some new Species of Butterflies from Tropical America Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 15 (87) : 222-225
Caldas, 1994
Biology of Anaea ryphea in Campinas, Brazil J. Lep. Soc. 48 (3): 248-257
Cramer, [1775]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
Doubleday, [1849]
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, 1877
A revision of the lepidopterous genus Paphia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3) : 632-652, pl. 61-64
C. & R. Felder, 1861
Lepidoptera nova Columbiae Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 72-87, (4): 97-111
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Specimen faunae lepidopterologicae riparum fluminis Negro superioris in Brasilia septentrionali Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (3): 65-80, (4): 109-126, (6): 175-192, (7): 229-235
C. & R. Felder, [1867]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Godart, [1824]
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Godman & Salvin, [1884]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-24,24a,25-112
Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1874
Descriptions of new species of butterflies collected by Mr. Buckley in Bolivia Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 22pp
Hopffer, 1874
Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 329-371
Geyer, 1837
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 5 [1833]-1837 in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5 : [1-3], 4, [5], 6-52 (1837), : pl. [138-151], f. 801-880 (1833), : pl. [152-172], f. 881-1000 (1834 - 1836)
Latreille, [1813]
Insectes de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillis pendant de voyage de MM. de Humboldt et Bonpland. Seconde Partie. In Humbolt & Bonpland, aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent. 2. Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée; faites dans l'Océan Atlantique, dans l'intérieur du Nouveau Continent et dans la Mer du Sund, pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803 in Humboldt & Bonpland, Voy. rég. équinoxiales..., 2 (9): 65-96, pl. 31-34 (1813), (10): 97-138, pl. 35-43 (1817)
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Rydon, 1971
The systematics of the Charaxidae (Lepidoptera: Nymphaloidea) Ent. Rec. J. Var. 83 (2): 219-233, pl. 8a-8b, f. 31-36, (9): 283-287, (10): 310-316, pl. 11, (11): 336-341, (12): 384-388
Weymer in Weymer & Maassen, 1890
Lepidoptera gesammelt auf einer Reise durch Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brasilien, Argentinien und Bolivien in den Jahren 1868-1877 von Alphons Stübel Reisen Süd-America : 1-182, pl. 1-9


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