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Percnodaimon Butler, 1876
Percnodaimon Butler, 1876; Ent. mon. Mag. 13 : 152, TS: Percnodaimon pluto (Fereday MS) Butler
Percnodaimon, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Percnodaimon (Hypocystina) ; [Wahlberg]

Percnodaimon merula (Hewitson, 1875)
New Zealand Erebia merula Hewitson, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 12 (1) : 10, TL: New Zealand
Percnodaimon pluto Butler, 1876; Ent. mon. Mag. 13 : 152 (ex Fereday MS)
Erebia pluto Fereday, 1872; Trans. N.Z. Inst. 4 : 214-218 (MS, preocc. Erebia pluto Prunner, 1798)
Oreina(?) othello Fereday, 1876; Trans. N.Z. Inst. 8: 302-304, pl. 9
Percnodaimon merula, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Percnodaimon pluto ; [BAUR, 271]
Percnodaimon merula ;

Larva on Poa colensoi Gibbs, 1980, New Zealand Butterflies:


[pluto-1f.jpg] 487x324 (~49Kb) female Livingston Range, Otago, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards [pluto-2f.jpg] 487x324 (~77Kb) female Rainbow Ski Field, Nelson, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards [pluto-2fv.jpg] 324x488 (~41Kb) underside female Rainbow Ski Field, Nelson, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards
[pluto-3f.jpg] 304x472 (~49Kb) female Mt Brewster, Westland, South Island, NZ, Mar 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards [pluto-4m.jpg] 324x493 (~44Kb) male Mt Cecil, Otago, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards



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References:
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[Christopher A. Rickards]
Ann Arbor, Mi 48105, USA.; e-mail: Christopher A. Rickards
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group


Some related literature:
Butler, 1876
List of the butterflies now known to inhabit New Zealand, with descriptions of a new genus, and a new species, in the collection of John D. Enys, Esq. Ent. mon. Mag. 13 : 152-154
Hewitson, 1875
Descriptions of three new butterflies Ent. mon. Mag. 12 (1) : 9-10


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