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Brassolis Fabricius, 1807

Brassolis Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 282, TS: Papilio sophorae Linnaeus
Brassolis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Brassolis ; Godman & Salvin, [1881], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 124
Brassolis (Brassolina) ; [NL4A, 201]
Brassolis (Brassolini) ; [Wahlberg]

Brassolis astyra Godart, [1824]

Brazil, Venezuela. See [About maps] Brassolis astyra Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 457, TL: Brazil
Brassolis astyra ; [EBW]; [NL4A, #420]

B. a. astyra

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina) Castnia langsdorfii Ménétriés, 1829; Nouv. Mém. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1 : 192, pl. 5, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

= ; [NL4A, #420a]

f. dimidiata Fruhstorfer, 1912; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina

= ; [NL4A, #420a]

astyalus ; Burmeister, 1855, (missp.)
Brassolis astyra astyra ; [NL4A, #420a]

Larva on Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Astrocaryum ayri, Bactris sp., Batia eriospatha, Cocos nucifera, Copernicia cerifera, Livistona chinensis, L. rotundifolia, Phoenix dactylifera, Roystonea oleracea, R. regia, Saccharum officinarum, Musa sapientum Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 146 (from various sources)

B. a. philocala Stichel, 1904

Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul) astyra philocala Stichel, 1904; , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Brassolis astyra philocala ; [NL4A, #420b]

Brassolis sophorae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Argentina, .... See [About maps] Papilio sophorae Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 471, TL: "In Sophora Americes" [?Guianas]
Brassolis sophorae, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Brassolis sophorae ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 28, f. 8]; [NL4A, #423]

500x651 (~74Kb) Plate No. 35 © MERIAN

B. s. sophorae

Papilio rufescente-fuscus Goeze, 1779; (unavail.), TL: America

= ; [NL4A, #423a]

Brassolis sophorae sophorae ; [NL4A, #423a]

B. s. luridus Stichel, 1902

Colombia Brassolis sophorae luridus Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 520, TL: Colombia
Brassolis sophorae luridus ; [NL4A, #423e]

B. s. vulpeculus Stichel, 1902

Paraguay Brassolis sophorae vulpeculus Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 520, TL: Paraguay
Brassolis sophorae vulpeculus ; [NL4A, #423g]

B. s. ardens Stichel, 1903

Peru, Ecuador sophorae ardens Stichel, 1903; , TL: Peru [Chanchamayo]
Brassolis sophorae ardens ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #423b]

Larva on Acrocomia aculeata, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Arecastrum romazoffianum, Astrocaryum spp., Attalea sp., Bactris spp., Bactris major, Butia eriospatha, Caryota mitis, C. urens, Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Cocos nucifera, Copernicia cerifera, Desmoncus spp., Euterpe spp., Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, Livinstona chinensis, Mauritia flexuosa, Neodypsis decaryi, Orbignya spp., Phoenix canariensis, P. dactylifera, P. reclinata, Pritchardia pacifica, Ptychosperma macarthurii, Roystonea oleracea, R. regia, R. venezuelana, Sabal mauritiiformis, Sabal umbraculiferus, Scheelea macrocarpa, Washingtonia filifera, Saccharum officinarum, Musa sapientum, Ravenala madagascariensis, Strelitzia nicolai Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 146-147 (from various sources)

B. s. laurentii Stichel, 1925

Brazil(Minas Gerais, Bahia) sophorae laurentii Stichel, 1925; , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
sophorae romani Bryk, 1953; , TL: Brazil, Bahia

= ; [NL4A, #423d]

Brassolis sophorae laurentii ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 92; [NL4A, #423d]

B. s. philomela Stichel, 1925

Ecuador sophorae philomela Stichel, 1925; , TL: Ecuador, Macas

= Brassolis sophorae ardens ; [EcuL]

Brassolis sophorae philomela ; [NL4A, #423f]

B. s. dinizi d'Almeida, 1956

Brazil(Paraíba) sophorae dinizi d'Almeida, 1956; , TL: Brazil(Paraíba)
Brassolis sophorae dinizi ; [NL4A, #423c]

Brassolis isthmia Bates, 1864

Guatemala - Colombia, Ecuador. See [About maps] Brassolis isthmia Bates, 1864; Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (7): 164, TL: Panama
Brassolis isthmia ; Godman & Salvin, [1881], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 125, 3: pl. 12, f. 5-8
Brassolis sophorae isthmia ; [EcuL]
Brassolis isthmia ; [BCR: 249, pl. 41]; [NL4A, #422]

Larva on Cocos nucifera [BCR], Chaemodora sp. Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 146 (from various sources)

B. i. isthmia

Panama Brassolis isthmia isthmia ; [NL4A, #422a]

B. i. boliviana Rothschild, 1916

Bolivia Brassolis isthmia boliviana Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 315, TL: Bolivia
Brassolis isthmia boliviana ; [NL4A, #422b]

B. i. granadensis Stichel, 1902

Colombia, Ecuador Brassolis granadensis Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 521, f. 4, TL: Colombia; Ecuador

= Brassolis sophorae isthmia ; [EcuL]

Brassolis granadensis ; [BOW: pl. 28, f. 8 (text only)]
Brassolis isthmia granadensis ; [NL4A, #422c]

Brassolis haenschi Stichel, 1902

-. See [About maps] Brassolis haenschi Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 520, pl. 8, f. 2, TL: Ecuador, St. Inéz, 120m
Brassolis haenschi ; [EBW, (name only)]; [NL4A, #421]

B. h. haenschi

Ecuador Brassolis sophorae haenschi ; [EcuL]
Brassolis haenschi haenschi ; [NL4A, #421a]

B. h. maritimus Stichel, 1903

Venezuela haenschi maritimus Stichel, 1903; , TL: Venezuela
Brassolis haenschi maritimus ; [NL4A, #421b]

B. h. rufescens Rothschild, 1916

Peru Brassolis astyra rufescens Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 315, TL: Peru
Brassolis haenschi rufescens ; [NL4A, #421c]

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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

[BCR]

DeVries; The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1; Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae

[BOW]

Lewis, 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 & Racheli, 2001; Fragmenta entomologica 33 (2): 213-380; An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae)

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[LAMAS-NEO]

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

[MERIAN]

Merian, M. S., 1705; Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten. Waar in de Surinaamsche rupsen en wormen met alle des zelfs veranderingen, na het leven afgebeeld en beschreeven worden, zynde elk geplaast op die gewassen, bloemen en vruchten, daar sy op gevonden zyn; waar in ook de generatie der kirkvorschen, wonderbaare padden, hagedissen, slangen, spinnen en mieren werden vertoond en beschreeven, alles in America na het leven en levensgroote geschildert en beschreeven; pp. 1-60, pl. 1-60; Image from Francisco Welter-Schultes

[NL4A]

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

[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)

Brown & Mielke, 1967

Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 77-106

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

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, [1881]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-24,24a,25-112

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

Ménétriés, 1829

Observations sur quelques lépidoptères du Brésil Nouv. Mém. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1 : 183-196

Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000

Early stages of Caligo illioneus and C. idomeneus from Panama, with remarks on larval food plants for the subfamily J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 142-152

Rothschild, 1916

Notes on Amathusiidae, Brassolidae, Morphidae, etc., with descriptions of new forms Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 299-318, pl. 3-6

Stichel, 1902

Aufteilung der Gattung Opsiphanes Westw., Beschreibung neuer Brassoliden und synonymische Notizen Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 487-524, pl. 8-9

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