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Melanis Hübner, [1819]

Melanis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (2): 25, TS: Papilio melander Cramer
Limnas Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : pl. 20 [= pl. 4C], f. 1 (preocc. Limnas Hübner, [1806]), TS: Limnas pixe Boisduval

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Lymnas Blanchard, 1840; Hist. nat. Ins. 3 : 464, TS: Hesperia electron Fabricius

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Oreas C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 305, pl. 38, f. 23-24 (preocc. Hübner, 1807), TS: Oreas marathon C. & R. Felder

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Dryas C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 305 (preocc. Hübner, [1807]), TS: Limnas cinaron C. & R. Felder

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Rusalkia Kirby, 1871; Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 306 (repl. Oreas C. & R. Felder, [1865]), TS: Oreas marathon C. & R. Felder

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Aculhua Kirby, 1871; Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 301 (repl. Dryas C. & R. Felder, [1865]), TS: Limnas cinaron C. & R. Felder

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Lynmas ; Scudder, 1875, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10 (2) : 207 (missp.)
Limnas (Erycininae) ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 408
Melanis (Riodinini) ; [NL4A, 154]

Melanis smithiae (Westwood, 1851)

-. See [About maps] Limnas smithiae Westwood, 1851; , TL: Brazil, Pernambuco
Melanis smithiae ; [NL4A, #637]

M. s. smithiae

Brazil(Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Amazonas, Pará, Espírito Santo), Bolivia Limnas smithiae Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: ?

= ; [NL4A, #637a]

Limnas zoega Hewitson, 1853; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas I-II): [49], pl. [25], f. 2, TL: Brazil(Minas Gerais)

= ; [NL4A, #637a]

Limnas flammula Bates, 1868; , TL: Brazil(Amazonas)

= ; [NL4A, #637a]

Limnas aurolimbata Thieme, 1907; , TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #637a]

Lymnas xarifa quadripuncata Stichel, 1910; , TL: Brazil(Amazonas/Espírito Santo)

= ; [NL4A, #637a]

Lymnas cephise f. nigretta Seitz, 1913; , TL: Brazil(Pará)

= ; [NL4A, #637a]

Melanis smithiae smithiae ; [NL4A, #637a]

M. s. xarifa (Hewitson, 1853)

Venezuela, Colombia Limnas xarifa Hewitson, 1853; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas I-II): [49], pl. [25], f. 1, TL: Venezuela
Lymnas xarifa impunctata Stichle, 1910; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #637b]

Lymnas xarifa ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 32]
Malenis xarifa ;
Melanis smithiae xarifa ; [NL4A, #637b]

Larva on Inga sp. Kaye, 1921, Mem. Dept. Agric. Trinidad and Tobago 2: ?

Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Limnas alena Hewitson, 1870; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57], pl. [29], f. 13, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Lymnas alena ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 21 (text only)]
Melanis alena ; [NL4A, #638]

Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861)

Colombia, N.Brazil, Peru. See [About maps] Limnas cinaron C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (4): 101, TL: Colombia
Aculhua inca Röber, 1895; Ent. Nachr. 21 (10) : 150, TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #639]

Lymnas cinaron ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 29]
Melanis cinaron ; [NL4A, #639]

Melanis pixe (Boisduval, [1836])

Texas - CA - Brazil. See [About maps] Pixie
Limnas pixe Boisduval, [1836]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : pl. 20 [= pl. 4C], f. 1, TL: Mexico
Melanis pixe pixe, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Melanis pixe pixe, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Melanis pixe, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Limnas pixe ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 409; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 701
Lymnas pixe ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 31]
Melanis pixe ; [NACL, #4398]; [EBW]
Malanis pixe ; [Opler]
Melanis pixe ; [NL4A, #640]

Larva on Pithecellobium dulce [NAB]

M. p. pixe

Mexico Lymnas gynaeceas Godman & Salvin, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (16) : 356, TL: Mexico, Veracruz

= ; [NL4A, #640a]

f. sexpunctata Seitz, 1917; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero

= ; [NL4A, #640a]

Limnas gynaeceas ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 701, 3: pl. 110, f. 3
Melanis pixe sexpunctata ;
Melanis pixe pixe ; [NL4A, #640a]

M. p. sanguinea (Stichel, 1910)

Costa Rica - Panama pixe sanguinea (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Costa Rica,Panama
Lymnas crenitaenia Stichel, 1910; , TL: Costa Rica

= ; [NL4A, #640c]

Lymnas crenitaenia f. signata Stichel, 1910; , TL: Costa Rica

= ; [NL4A, #640c]

Melanis pixie sanguinea ; [BCR2, 160]
Melanis pixe sanguinea ; [NL4A, #640c]

Larva on Albizia caribea, Inga sp., Pithecellobium spp. [BCR2]

M. p. corvina (Stichel, 1910)

Colombia pixe corvina (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Colombia
Lymnas serriger Seitz, 1913; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #640b]

Melanis pixe corvina ; [NL4A, #640b]

Melanis unxia (Hewitson, 1853)

-. See [About maps] Limnas unxia Hewitson, 1853; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas I-II): [49], pl. [25], f. 3, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Lymnas unxia ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 32 (text only)]
Melanis unxia ; [NL4A, #641]

M. u. unxia

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro) Melanis unxia unxia ; [NL4A, #641a]

M. u. ludmila (Zikán, 1952)

Brazil(Minas Gerais) unxia ludmila (Zikán, 1952) (Limnas); , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Melanis unxia ludmila ; [NL4A, #641b]

Melanis yeda (Zikán, 1952)

Brazil(Minas Gerais). See [About maps] Lymnas yeda Zikán, 1952; , TL: [Brazil, Minas Gerais]
Melanis yeda ; [NL4A, #642]

Melanis vidali (Dognin, 1891)

Ecuador. See [About maps] Lymnas vidali Dognin, 1891; , TL: Ecuador
Melanis vidali ; [NL4A, #643]

Melanis passiena (Hewitson, 1870)

Colombia, Bolivia. See [About maps] Limnas passiena Hewitson, 1870; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57], pl. [29], f. 14, TL: Colombia
Limnas aulonia Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas &c): [56], pl. [28], f. 10, TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #644]

Lymnas vidali laticlavia Stichel, 1910; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #644]

Lymnas passiena ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 31 (text only)]
Melanis passiena ; [NL4A, #644]

Melanis volusia (Hewitson, 1853)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Limnas volusia Hewitson, 1853; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas I-II): [50], pl. [25], f. 4, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Melanis volusia ; [NL4A, #645]

Melanis herminae (Zikán, 1952)

Brazil(Espírito Santo). See [About maps] Lymnas herminae Zikán, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
Melanis herminae ; [NL4A, #646]

Melanis electron (Fabricius, 1793)

Guatemala - Venezuela. See [About maps] Hesperia electron Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 321, TL: French Guiana
Melanis electron ; [NL4A, #647]

M. e. electron

French Guiana, Venezuela, Trinidad Papilio iarbas Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 83 (preocc. Drury, 1782), TL: French Guiana

= ; [NL4A, #647a]

Limnas ubia C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: French Guiana

= ; [NL4A, #647a]

Lymnas echidna Seitz, 1913; , TL: Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #647a]

Limnas jarbas ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 410
Lymnas iarbas ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 30]
Lymnas ubia ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 26 (text only)]
Melanis electron electron ; [NL4A, #647a]

M. e. melantho (Ménétriés, 1855)

Guatemala - Panama, Nicaragua Limnas melantho Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 93, 1: pl. 3, f. 7, TL: Nicaragua
Melanis electron melantho ; [BCR2, 161]; [NL4A, #647e]

Larva on Pithecellobium samman [BCR2]

M. e. auriferax (Stichel, 1910)

Brazil(Săo Paulo) electron auriferax (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Săo Paulo
Lymnas iarbas auriferax ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148
Melanis electron auriferax ; [NL4A, #647b]

Larva on Eupatorium sp. d'Araújo e Silva et al., 1968, :, (?) Callaghan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (3): 195

M. e. epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888)

Brazil(Pará) electron epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Pará
Melanis electron epijarbas ; [NL4A, #647c]

M. e. herellus (Snellen, 1887)

Curaçao electron herellus (Snellen, 1887) (Limnas); , TL: Curaçao
Melanis electron herellus ; [NL4A, #647d]

M. e. pronostriga (Stichel, 1910)

Brazil(Pará), Colombia electron pronostriga (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Pará; Colombia
Lymnas iarbas f. bipuncta Stichel, 1929; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #647f]

Melanis pronostriga ;
Melanis electron pronostriga ; [NL4A, #647f]

Larva on Samanea saman [BNA], (?) Callaghan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (3): 195

M. e. rabuscula (Stichel, 1910)

Brazil(Amazonas), Peru electron rabuscula (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Amazonas; Peru
Melanis electron rabuscula ; [NL4A, #647g]

Melanis hillapana (Röber, 1904)

-. See [About maps] Lymnas hillapana Röber, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (14) : 106, TL: Peru
Lymnas hellapana[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 26 (text only, missp.)]
Melanis hillapana ; [NL4A, #648]

M. h. hillapana

Peru, Bolivia Limnas quadriplaga Thieme, 1907; , TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #648a]

Melanis hillapana hillapana ; [NL4A, #648a]

M. h. corinna (Zikán, 1952)

Brazil(Minas Gerais) hillapana corinna (Zikán, 1952) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Melanis hillapana corinna ; [NL4A, #648b]

M. h. cratippa (Seitz, 1913)

Brazil(Maranhăo, Mato Grosso) hillapana cratippa (Seitz, 1913) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Maranhăo; Mato Grosso
Melanis hillapana cratippa ; [NL4A, #648c]

M. h. f. impura (Stichel, 1910)

Larva on Pithecellobium hassleri Jřrgensen, 1932, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 46 (1): ?

Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819]

Surinam. See [About maps] Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819]; (repl. name), TL: Surinam
Papilio melander Stoll, [1780]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 89 (part.)

= ; [NL4A, #649]

?Papilio melander Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 136, f. B [not A], TL: Surinam
Lymnas melander ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 26 (text only)]
Melanis melandra ; [NL4A, #649]

Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923)

Brazil(Pará). See [About maps] Lymnas boyi Stichel, 1923; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Melanis boyi ; [NL4A, #650]

Melanis melaniae (Stichel, 1930)

Brazil(Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Lymnas melaniae Stichel, 1930; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
Lepricornis radiosa Zikán, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

= ; [NL4A, #651]

Melanis melaniae ; [NL4A, #651]

Melanis opites (Hewitson, 1875)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Limnas opites Hewitson, 1875; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas & Panara): [53], pl. [27], f. 16, TL: Brazil
Lymnas lidwina Zikán, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

= ; [NL4A, #652]

Melanis opites ; [NL4A, #652]

Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910)

Peru. See [About maps] Lymnas leucophlegma Stichel, 1910; , TL: [Peru]
Lymnas leucophlegmoides Seitz, 1913; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #653]

Melanis aegates leucophlegma ; Hall & Willmott, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (2), Suppl. 1: 32 (note)
Melanis leucophlegma ; Callaghan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (3): 193-193, f. 1-9; [NL4A, #653]

Larva on Inga feuillei Callaghan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (3): 195

Melanis aegates (Hewitson, 1874)

Peru, Argentina. See [About maps] Limnas aegates Hewitson, 1874; Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 19, TL: Bolivia
Limnas aegates ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas & Panara): [53], pl. [27], f. 18
Lymnas aegates ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 26]
Melanis aegates ; [NL4A, #654]

M. a. aegates

Bolivia Melanis aegates aegates ; [NL4A, #654a]

M. a. albugo (Stichel, 1910)

Paraguay Lymnas albugo Stichel, 1910; , TL: Paraguay
Lymnas albugo f. impura Stichel, 1910; , TL: Paraguay

= ; [NL4A, #654b]

Lymnas paulina Stichel, 1910; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #654b]

Lymnas albugo albugo ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148
Melanis aegates albugo ; [NL4A, #654b]

M. a. araguaya (Seitz, 1913)

Brazil(Goiás) aegates araguaya (Seitz, 1913) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Goiás
Melanis aegates araguaya ; [NL4A, #654c]

M. a. cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910)

Argentina, Paraguay aegates cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Argentina
Lymnas nigrapex Seitz, 1913; , TL: Paraguay

= ; [NL4A, #654d]

ab. ochrogutta (Hayward, 1939) (Lymnas); , TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #654d]

Melanis aegates cretiplaga ; [NL4A, #654d]

Larva on Pithecellobium scalare Hayward, 1973, Opera Lilloana 23: ?

M. a. lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926)

Brazil(Minas Gerais) aegates lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Melanis aegates lilybaeus ; [NL4A, #654e]

M. a. limbata (Stichel, 1925)

Brazil(Minas Gerais) aegates limbata (Stichel, 1925) (Lymnas); , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Melanis aegates limbata ; [NL4A, #654f]

M. a. melliplaga (Stichel, 1910)

French Guiana, Surinam aegates melliplaga (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: French Guiana; Surinam
Melanis aegates melliplaga ; [NL4A, #654g]

Melanis cephise (Ménétriés, 1855)

Mexico - Costa Rica. See [About maps] Lyropteryx cephise Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 2: 89, 1: pl. 3, f. 3, TL: Nicaragua
Melanis cephise, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Melanis cephise, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Limnas cephise ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 410; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 702
Lymnas cephise ; [BOW: pl. 20, f. 47]
Melanis cephise ; [BCR2, 160]; [EBW]; [NL4A, #655]

M. c. cephise

Mexico, Nicaragua Melanis cephise cephise ; [NL4A, #655a]

M. c. acroleuca (R. Felder, 1869)

Mexico Limnas acroleuca R. Felder, 1869; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19 : 467, TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
Limnas acroleuca ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 411; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 702
Melanis cephise acroleuca ; [NL4A, #655b]

M. c. huasteca J. & A. White, 1989

Mexico cephise huasteca J. & A. White, 1989; , TL: Mexico, San Luis Potosí
Melanis cephise huasteca ; [NL4A, #655c]

Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823

Brazil(Bahia). See [About maps] Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823; , TL: Brazil, Bahia
Melanis lycea ; [NL4A, #656]

Melanis lioba (Zikán, 1952)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Lymnas lioba Zikán, 1952; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Melanis lioba ; [NL4A, #657]

Melanis xenia (Hewitson, 1853)

-. See [About maps] Limnas xenia Hewitson, 1853; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas I-II): [52], pl. [26], f. 11, TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Melanis xenia ; [NL4A, #658]

M. x. xenia

Brazil(Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) Limnas xenia Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #658a]

?Limnas erythra Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 53, 2: 93, 1: pl. 3 (8)
Limnas erythrus Ménétriés, 1857; , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #658a]

Lymnas erythrus xeniades Stichel, 1910; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina

= ; [NL4A, #658a]

Lymnas erythrus xeniades f. depompata Stichel, 1910; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina; Rio Grande do Sul

= ; [NL4A, #658a]

Lymnas erythra ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 27 (text only)]
Lymnas xenia erythra ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148
Melanis xenia erythra ;
Melanis xenia xenia ; [NL4A, #658a]

M. x. ambryllis (Hewitson, 1874)

Bolivia, Paraguay Limnas ambryllis Hewitson, 1874; Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 19, TL: Bolivia
Lymnas ambryllis dialeuca Stichel, 1910; , TL: Paraguay

= ; [NL4A, #658b]

Limnas ambryllis ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas & Panara): [53], pl. [27], f. 17
Lymnas ambryllis ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 27]
Melanis ambryllis ;
Melanis xenia ambryllis ; [NL4A, #658b]

Melanis marathon (C. & R. Felder, [1865])

Venezuela. See [About maps] Oreas marathon C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 305, pl. 38, f. 23-24, TL: Colombia
Lymnas marathon ; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 30 (text only)]
Melanis marathon ; [NL4A, #659]

M. m. marathon

Colombia Oreas ctesiphon C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #659a]

Melanis marathon marathon ; [NL4A, #659a]

M. m. assimulata (Stichel, 1910)

Colombia marathon assimulata (Stichel, 1910) (Lymnas); , TL: Colombia
Melanis marathon assimulata ; [NL4A, #659b]

M. m. charon (Butler, 1874)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro) Rusalkia charon Butler, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 432, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Melanis marathon charon ; [NL4A, #659c]

M. m. stenotaenia Röber, 1904

Peru Rusalkia marathon var. stenotaenia Röber, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (14): (105-106) , TL: Peru
Lymnas marathon stenotaenia ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148
Melanis marathon stenotaenia ; [NL4A, #659d]

Melanis seleukia (Stichel, 1910)

Brazil(Espírito Santo). See [About maps] Lymnas seleukia Stichel, 1910; , TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
Melanis seleukia ; [NL4A, #660]

Melanis cercopes (Hewitson, 1874)

Bolivia. See [About maps] Limnas cercopes Hewitson, 1874; Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 18, TL: Bolivia
Limnas andania Hewitson, 1876; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas &c): [56], pl. [28], f. 8, TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #661]

Limnas cercopes ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Limnas & Panara): [53], pl. [27], f. 19
Melanis cercopes ; [NL4A, #661]

Melanis hodia (Butler, 1870)

Venezuela. See [About maps] Lymnas hodia Butler, 1870; , TL: Venezuela
Melanis hodia ; [NL4A, #663]

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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

[BCR2]

DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. II: Riodinidae

[BNA]

Scott, James A., 1986; The Butterflies of North America

[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

[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

[LAMAS-NEO]

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

[NAB]

Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[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.

Some related literature:

Blanchard, 1840

Lépidoptčres Hist. nat. Ins. 3 : 417-560, 22pls

Boisduval, [1836]

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 1-690, pl. 1-24

Brown & Mielke, 1967

Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168

Butler, 1874

Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of diurnal Lepidoptera in the collection of Herbert Druce Esq. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 423-436, pl. 6

Callaghan, 2003

The biology of Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910) (Riodinidae) in Western Peru J. Lep. Soc. 57 (3): 193-196

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

R. Felder, 1869

Diagnosen neuer von dem K. K. Oberlieutenant H. v. Hedemann in Mexico in den Jahren 1865-1867 gesammelter Lepidopteren. Erste Folge Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19 : 465-480

C. & R. Felder, 1861

Lepidoptera nova Columbiae Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 72-87, (4): 97-111

C. & R. Felder, [1865]

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)

Godman & Salvin, [1886]

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

Godman & Salvin, 1889

Descriptions of new Species of Rhopalocera from Mexico and Central America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (16) : 351-358

Hall & Willmott, 1998

A Contribution to Riodinid Systematics. Nine new species and one new subspecies of Euselasia from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Rionididae) Trop. Lepid. 9 (2), Suppl. 1: 27-35

Hayward, 1973

Catalogo de los Ropaloceros Argentinos Opera Lilloana 23: 318pp

Hewitson, 1853; Hewitson, 1870; Hewitson, 1875; Hewitson, 1876

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)

Hewitson, 1874

Descriptions of new species of butterflies collected by Mr. Buckley in Bolivia Descr. new Spec. Butts Buckley Bolivia: 22pp

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Jřrgensen, 1932

Lepidopterologisches us südamerika Dt. ent. Z. Iris 46 (1): 37-66

Kaye, 1921

A catalogue of the Trinidad Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (butterflies) Mem. Dept. Agric. Trinidad and Tobago 2: i-xii, 13-163pp, 1pl

Kirby, 1871

A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal Lepidoptera Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: vii + 690pp : 1-690

Ménétriés, 1855

Enumeratio corporum animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropilitanae. Classis Insectorum, Ordo Lepidopterorum Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: 1-66, pl. 1-6, (supplement) 67-112 (1855), 2: 67-97,99-144, pl. 7-14 (1857), 3: 145-161, pl. 15-18 (1863)

Röber, 1895

Neue Eryciden Ent. Nachr. 21 (10) : 149-151

Röber, 1904

Neue Schmetterlinge Soc. Ent. 19 (14) : 105-106

Scudder, 1875

Historical Sketch of the Generic Names proposed for Butterflies: A Contribution to Systematic Nomenclature Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10 (2) : 91-293

Stoll, [1780]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

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