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Catoblepia Stichel, 1902
Catoblepia Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 491, TS: Papilio xanthus Linnaeus
Catoblepia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Catoblepia (Brassolini) ; [Wahlberg]
Catoblebia (Brassolina) ; [NL4A, 202]

Larva on (Banana) [EBW]


The xanthus species-group

Catoblepia xanthus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ecuador, Peru, Guianas. See [About maps] Papilio xanthus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 472, TL: "Calidis regionibus"
Catoblepia xanthus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Catoblepia xanthus ; [BOW: pl. 29, f. 4]
Catoblebia xanthus ; [NL4A, #454]
Brassolis xanthis Hübner, [1819]; (emend.)
= ; [NL4A, #454a]
Catoblebia xanthus xanthus ; [NL4A, #454a]
C. x. rivalis (Niepelt, 1911)
Ecuador xanthus rivalis (Niepelt, 1911) (Catoblebia); , TL: Ecuador, Macas
Catoblepia xanthus rivalis ; [EcuL]
Catoblebia xanthus rivalis ; [NL4A, #454b]

Catoblepia amphirhoe (Hübner, [1825])
Brazil(Santa Catarina, São Paulo). See [About maps] Brassolis amphirhoe Hübner, [1825]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. 67
Catoblebia amphirhoë f. placita Stichel, 1908; Berl. ent. Z. 52 (3) : 178, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
= ; [NL4A, #447]
Catoblebia amphirhoë spintasus Fruhstorfer, 1917; , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
= ; [NL4A, #447]
Opsiphanes amphirhoe ; Godman & Salvin, [1881], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 129
Catopblepia amphirrhoe[sic] ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 93
Catopblepia amphiroe[?] ; [EBW]
Catoblebia amphirhoe ; [NL4A, #447]

Larva on Arecastrum romazoffianum Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 148 (from various sources)


Catoblepia xanthicles (Godman & Salvin, [1881])
Costa Rica - Panama - Bolivia, Colombia. See [About maps] Opsiphanes xanthicles Godman & Salvin, [1881]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 130, TL: Panama, Chiriqui and Veraguas
Catoblepia xanthicles, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Catoblebia xanthicles ; [NL4A, #453]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Opsiphanes xanthus; Godman & Salvin, [1881], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 3: pl. 12, f. 1-2
Costa Rica, Panama Catoblepia xanthicles xanthicles ; [BCR: 253, pl. 44]
Catoblebia xanthicles xanthicles ; [NL4A, #453a]
C. x. belisar (Stichel, 1904)
Bolivia xanthicles belisar (Stichel, 1904) (Catoblebia); , TL: Bolivia
Catoblebia xanthicles belisar ; [NL4A, #453b]
C. x. cyparissa Fruhstorfer, 1907
Colombia Catoblebia cyparissa Fruhstorfer, 1907; Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 146, TL: Colombia, Muzo
Catoblebia xanthicles cyparissa ; [NL4A, #453c]
C. x. sosigenes (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
French Guiana Opsiphanes xanthicles sosigenes Fruhstorfer, 1913; Ent. Rundschau 30 (23) : 133, TL: Cayenne
Opsiphanes xanthicles guinensis Talbot, 1932; , TL: French Guiana
= ; [NL4A, #453h]
Catoblebia xanthicles sosigenes ; [NL4A, #453h]
C. x. occidentalis Bristow, 1981²
Ecuador xanthicles occidentalis Bristow, 1981²; , TL: Ecuador, Paramba 3500ft
Catopblepia xanthicles occidentalis ; [EcuL]
C. x. mercedensis (Bristow, 1981)
Peru xanthicles mercedensis (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Peru
Catoblebia xanthicles mercedensis ; [NL4A, #453d]
C. x. occidentalis (Bristow, 1981)
Ecuador xanthicles occidentalis (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Ecuador
Catoblebia xanthicles occidentalis ; [NL4A, #453e]
C. x. orientalis (Bristow, 1981)
Peru xanthicles orientalis (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Peru, Pebas
Catoblepia xanthicles orientalis ; [EcuL]
Catoblebia xanthicles orientalis ; [NL4A, #453f]
C. x. paraensis (Bristow, 1981)
Brazil(Pará) xanthicles paraensis (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Brazil, Pará
Catoblebia xanthicles paraensis ; [NL4A, #453g]

Catoblepia versitincta (Stichel, 1901)
-. See [About maps] Catoblebia versitincta Stichel, 1901; Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413, TL: Surinam,French Guiana
Catoblebia versitincta Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 495, pl. 9, f. 2, TL: Surinam, Cayenne
Catoblebia versitincta ; [NL4A, #452]
Catoblepia versitincta ; [EBW, (name only)]
Surinam, French Guiana Opsiphanes selectus Stichel, 1932; (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #452a]
Catoblebia versitincta versitincta ; [NL4A, #452a]
C. v. mossi (Bristow, 1981)
Brazil(Pará) versitincta mossi (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Brazil, Pará
Catoblebia versitincta mossi ; [NL4A, #452b]

The generosa species-group

Catoblepia generosa (Stichel, 1902)
Ecuador. See [About maps] Catoblebia generosa Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 498, pl. 9, f. 3, TL: Ecuador, Coca
Catoblepia generosa ; [EcuL]
Catoblebia generosa ; [NL4A, #449]

Catoblepia berecynthia (Cramer, [1777])
-. See [About maps] Papilio berecynthia Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 133, pl. 184, f. B, C, TL: Surinam
Catoblepia berecynthia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Catoblepia berecyntia ; [EBW]
Opsiphanes berecynthia ; [BOW: pl. 29, f. 15-16]
Catoblebia berecynthia ; [NL4A, #448]
Surinam Papilio oethon Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2 : 59, TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #448a]
Catoblebia berecynthus[sic] velatus Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 498, TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #448a]
Catoblebia berecynthia berecynthia f. latitaenia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 145, TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #448a]
Catoblepia berecynthia berecynthia ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 93
Catoblebia berecynthia berecynthia ; [NL4A, #448a]
C. b. berecynthina (Hopffer, 1874)
Peru Opsiphanes berecynthina Hopffer, 1874; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 358, TL: Peru
Opsiphanes vercingetoris Staudinger, [1886]; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #448c]
Catoblebia berecynthia whittakeri Bristow, 1987; , TL: "Belize"
= ; [NL4A, #448c]
Catoblebia berecynthia berecynthina ; [NL4A, #448c]
C. b. luxuriosus Stichel, 1902
Colombia Catoblebia berecynthus[sic] luxuriosus Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 497, TL: Colombia
Catoblebia berecynthia luxuriosus ; [NL4A, #448e]
C. b. adjecta (Stichel, 1906)
Bolivia berecynthia adjecta (Stichel, 1906) (Catoblebia); , TL: Bolivia
Opsiphanes berecynthia buenavistae Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 312, TL: Bolivia
= ; [NL4A, #448b]
Catoblebia berecynthia adjecta ; [NL4A, #448b]
C. b. unditaenia (Fruhstorfer, 1907)
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro) Catoblebia berecynthia unditaenia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 144, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Catoblebia berecynthia unditaenia ; [NL4A, #448h]
C. b. midas (Stichel, 1908)
Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil(Rio de Janeiro) berecynthia midas (Stichel, 1908) (Catoblebia); , TL: Ecuador, Coca
Opsiphanes berecynthia vicenciona Fruhstorfer, 1912; , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #448g]
Catoblebia berecynthia midas f. macasana Strand, 1916; Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 12, pl. 15, f. 9, TL: Ecuador,Macas
= ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #448g]
f. angusta (Strand, 1916) (Catoblebia); , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
= ; [NL4A, #448g]
Catoblepia berecynthia midas ; [EcuL]
Catoblebia berecynthia midas ; [NL4A, #448g]
C. b. halli (Bristow, 1981)
Guyana berecynthia halli (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Guyana
Catoblebia berecynthia halli ; [NL4A, #448d]
C. b. meridaensis (Bristow, 1981)
Venezuela berecynthia meridaensis (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Venezuela
Catoblebia berecynthia meridaensis ; [NL4A, #448f]

The ? species-group

Catoblepia orgetorix (Hewitson, 1870)
Nicaragua - Ecuador. See [About maps] Opsiphanes orgetorix Hewitson, 1870; Ent. mon. Mag. 6 (68) : 177, TL: Nicaragua, Chontales
Catoblepia orgetorix, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Opsiphanes orgetorix ; Hewitson, 1873, Ill. exot. Butts [4] (Opsiphanes): [11], pl. [7], f. 1-2; Godman & Salvin, [1881], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 129; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 665
Catoblebia orgetoryx[sic] ; Stichel, 1902, Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 496
Catoblepia oretorix[sic] ; [EBW, (name only)]
Catoblebia orgetorix ; [NL4A, #450]
Nicaragua Opsiphanes hewitsoni Rothschild, 1932; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 10 (56): 200, TL: Nicaragua, Chontales
= Catoblepia orgetorix ; [EcuL]
= ; [NL4A, #450a]
Catoblebia orgetorix orgetorix ; [NL4A, #450a]
C. o. magnalis Stichel, 1902
Ecuador Catoblebia orgetoryx[sic] magnalis Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 496, TL: Ecuador, Balzapamba
Opsiphanes flemmingi Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 311, pl. 5, f. 4, TL: Ecuador
= ; [NL4A, #450c]
Catoblepia orgetorix magnalis ; [EcuL]
Catoblebia orgetorix magnalis ; [NL4A, #450c]
C. o. championi (Bristow, 1981)
Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica orgetorix championi (Bristow, 1981) (Catoblebia); , TL: Panama
Catoblepia orgetorix championi; [BCR: 253, pl. 44]
Catoblebia orgetorix championi ; [NL4A, #450b]

Larva on Araceae [BCR]

C. o. rothschildi (Casagrande & Lamas, 2004)
Colombia Catoblebia orgetorix rothschildi Casagrande & Lamas, 2004; , TL: Colombia
Opsiphanes hewitsoni sticheli Rothschild, 1932; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 10 (56): 200 (preocc. Röber, 1906, [?? repl. magnalis Stichel, 1902]), TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #450d]
Catoblebia orgetorix rothschildi ; [NL4A, #450d (nom. nov.)]

Catoblepia soranus (Westwood, 1851)
Brazil(Pará), Ecuador. See [About maps] Opsiphanes soranus Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 345, TL: Brazil, Pará
Catoblebia dohrni Stichel, 1901; Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413, TL: Ecuador, Coca
= ; [NL4A, #451]
Catoblebia dohrni Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 493, pl. 8, f. 1, TL: Ecuador, Coca
Catoblepia soranus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Catoblepia soranus ; [EcuL]
Catoblebia soranus ; [NL4A, #451]


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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, 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!
[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
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 77-106
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Westwood, 1851
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)
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])
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Theodor Koch-Grünberg am oberen Waupes 1903-1905 gesammelten Rhopaloceren mit Besprechung verwandter Arten Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 117-164 (May), (2): 207-309, pl. 1 (July)
Fruhstorfer, 1913
Neue Rhopaloceren Ent. Rundschau 30 (23) : 133-134 (13 December)
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
Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1873
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [4] : (Systematic Index) IV, (Clerome): [1-2], pl. [1] (1863), (Drusilla & Hyantis): [3-4], pl. [2] (1862), (Dasyophthalma & Thaumantis): [5-6], pl. [3] (1862), (Morpho I): [7-8], pl. [4] (1856), (Pavonia I-II): [9-10], pl. [5-6] (1877), (Opsiphanes): [11-12], pl. [7] (1873), (Corades): [13-14], pl. [8] (1863), (Pronophila): [15-16], pl. [9] (1857), (Pronophila II): [17-18], pl. [10] (1860), (Pronophila III-IV): [19-22], pl. [11-12] (1868), (Pronophila V): [23-24], pl. [13] (1871), (Pronophila VI-VII): [25-28], pl. [14-15] (1872), (Pronophila VIII-IX): [29-32], pl. [16-17] (1874), (Debis I): [33-34], pl. [18] (1862), (Debis II-III): [35-38], pl. [19-20] (1863), (Haetera): [39-40], pl. [21] (1860), (Daedalma): [41-42], pl. [22] (1858), (Euptychia & Ragadia): [43-44], pl. [23] (1862), (Hypocista): [45-46], pl. [24] (1863), (Mycalesis I-IV): [47-54], pl. [25-28] (1862), (Mycalesis V-VI): [55-58], pl. [29-30] (1864), (Mycalesis VII-VIII): [59-62], pl. [31-32] (1866), (Mycalesis IX): [63-64], pl. [33] (1873), (Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65-66], pl. [34] (1877), (Idiomorphus): [67-68], pl. [35] (1865), (Melanitis): [69-70], pl. [36] (1863), (Taxila): [71-72], pl. [37] (1861), (Taxila II): [73-74], pl. [38] (1862), (Sospita): [75-76], pl. [39] (1861), (Sospita II): [77-78], pl. [40] (1862), (Dodona Sospita): [79-80], pl. [41] (1866), (Mesosemia I): [81-82], pl. [42] (1857), (Mesosemia II-III): [83-86], pl. [43-44] (1858), (Mesosemia IV-VI): [87-92], pl. [45-47] (1859), (Mesosemia VII-VIII): [93-96], pl. [48-49] (1860), (Mesosemia IX-X): [97-100], pl. [50-51] (1870), (Mesosemia XI): [101-102], pl. [52] (1871), (Mesosemia XII): [103-104], pl. [53] (1873), (Eurygona I-II): [105-108], pl. [54-55] (1853), (Eurygona III-IV): [109-112], pl. [56-57] (1855), (Eurygona V-VII): [113-118], pl. [58-60] (1856), (Eurygona VIII): [119-120], pl. [61] (1860), (Eurygona IX): [121-122], pl. [62] (1870), (Eurygona X): [123-124], pl. [63] (1872)
Hewitson, 1870
Descriptions of two new species of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Ent. mon. Mag. 6 (68) : 177-178
Hopffer, 1874
Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 329-371
Hübner, [1825]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
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
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
Rothschild, 1932
On Opsiphanes orgetorix orgetorix Hew. and _O. orgetorix magnalis (Stich.) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 10 (56): 200
Stichel, 1901
[A note] Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413
Stichel, 1902
Aufteilung der Gattung Opsiphanes Westw., Beschreibung neuer Brassoliden und synonymische Notizen Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 487-524, pl. 8-9
Stichel, 1908
Brassoliden-Studien Berl. ent. Z. 52 (3) : 160-179
Strand, 1916
Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Lepidoptera aus der Sammlung W. Niepelt Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 1-26, pl. 13-17


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