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Opoptera Aurivillius, 1882
Opoptera Aurivillius, 1882; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (n.s.) 19 (5): 75, TS: Caligo syme Hübner
Opoptera, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Opoptera (Brassolini) ; [Wahlberg]
Opoptera (Brassolina) ; [NL4A, 203]

The aorsa species-group

Opoptera aorsa (Godart, [1824])
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, ...). See [About maps] Morpho aorsa Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 447, TL: Brazil
Opoptera aorsa, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Opoptera aorsa ; [NL4A, #469]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 29, f. 12]

Larva on Bambusa vulgaris Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 149 (from various sources)

Brazil(Espírito Santo, ...) Opoptera aorsa litura Fruhstorfer, 1907; Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 144, TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
= ; [NL4A, #469a]
Opoptera aorsa aorsa ; [NL4A, #469a]
O. a. hilaris Stichel, 1901
Ecuador Opoptera aorsa hilaris Stichel, 1901; Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413, TL: E.Ecuador, Aguamo, 370m
Opoptera aorsa hilara ; Stichel, 1902, Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 489 (missp.); [EcuL]
Opoptera aorsa hilaris ; [NL4A, #469d]
O. a. fuscata Stichel, 1908
Brazil(Amazonas) Opoptera aorsa fuscata Stichel, 1908; Berl. ent. Z. 52 (3) : 175, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Opsiphanes aorsina Stichel, 1932; (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #469c]
Opoptera aorsa fuscata ; [NL4A, #469c]
O. a. colombiana (Rothschild, 1916)
Colombia Opsiphanes aorsa colombiana Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 310, TL: Colombia
Opoptera aorsa colombiana ; [NL4A, #469b]

Opoptera arsippe (Hopffer, 1874)
-. See [About maps] Opsiphanes arsippe Hopffer, 1874; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 358, TL: Peru
Opoptera arsippe, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Opoptera arsippe ; [NL4A, #470]
Peru Opoptera arsippe arsippe ; [NL4A, #470a]
O. a. bracteolata Stichel, 1901
Bolivia Opoptera arsippe bracteolata Stichel, 1901; Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413, TL: Bolivia
Opsiphanes adippe Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 490 (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #470b]
Opoptera bracteolata ; [BOW: pl. 29, f. 12 (text only)]
Opoptera arsippe bracteolata ; [NL4A, #470b]
Peru Opoptera arsippe ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #470c]

The syme species-group

Opoptera syme (Hübner, [1821])
Brazil(Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, ...). See [About maps] Caligo syme Hübner, [1821]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [21], TL: [Brazil]
Papilio alcimedon Dalman, 1823; , TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #473]
Morpho acadina Godart, [1824]; , TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #473]
Opoptera syme fumosa Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 491, TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
= ; [NL4A, #473]
Opsiphanes syme colombicola Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 310, TL: "Colombia"
= ; [NL4A, #473]
Opoptera syme, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Opoptera fumosa ; [BOW: pl. 29, f. 13 (text only)]
Opoptera syme ; [NL4A, #473]

Larva on Bambusa sp. Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4): 149 (from various sources)


Opoptera sulcius (Staudinger, 1887)
Brazil(Santa Catarina, São Paulo, ...). See [About maps] Opsiphanes sulcius Staudinger, 1887; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (16): 212, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
var. sodalis Röber, 1906; , TL: Brazil, São Paulo
= ; [NL4A, #472]
Opoptera sulcius ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 29, f. 13]; [NL4A, #472]

Opoptera fruhstorferi (Röber, 1896)
Brazil(Santa Catarina, ...). See [About maps] Opsiphanes fruhstorferi Röber, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (21) : 323, TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
Opsiphanes sosius Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 490 (nom. nud.)
= ; [NL4A, #471]
Opoptera fruhstorferi, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Opoptera fruhstorferi ; [NL4A, #471]

 

Opoptera sp.
Peru. See [About maps] Opoptera sp. ; Casagrande, MS, [NL4A, #474]


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References:
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[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
[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


Some related literature:
Aurivillius, 1882
Recensio critica Lepidopterorum Musei Ludovicae Ulricae quae descriptis Carolus a Linné K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (n.s.) 19 (5): 1-188, 1pl
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)
Godart, [1824]
in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Hopffer, 1874
Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 329-371
Hübner, [1821]
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)
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
Röber, 1896
Opsiphanes fruhstorferi n. sp. Ent. Nachr. 22 (21) : 323-324
Staudinger, 1887
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
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


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