[HOME] [INDEXES] < Life < Insecta < Lepidoptera < Ditrysia < Papilionoidea < Riodinidae
Menander Hemming, 1939
Menander Hemming, 1939; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 8: 137, TS: Papilio menander Stoll
Tharops Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 109 (preocc. by Tharops Rafinesque, 1815), TS: Papilio menander Stoll
= ; [NL4A, 165]
Tharops (Erycininae) ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 456
Menander (Nymphidiini) ; Hall, 2003, Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 37
Menander (Nymphidiina) ; Hall, Harvey & Janzen, 2004, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 97 (2): 316; [NL4A, 165]

Menander menander (Stoll, [1780])
-. See [About maps] Papilio menander Stoll, [1780]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 86, pl. 334, f. C, D, TL: Surinam
Menander menander ; [BOW: pl. 75, f. 9]; [NL4A, #1076]
Surinam, French Guiana Menander beraka Brévignon, 1999; , TL: French Guiana
= ; [NL4A, #1076a]
Menander menander menander ; [NL4A, #1076a]
Misidentified/misapplied:
petronius Fabricius, 1793; Godart, [1824]
M. m. nitida (Butler, 1867)
Brazil Tharops nitida Butler, 1867; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (36) : 223, pl. 6, f. 20-21, TL: Brazil
Menander nitida ; [BOW: pl. 75, f. 9 (text only)]
Menander menander nitida ; [NL4A, #1076b]
M. m. purpurata (Godman & Salvin, 1878)
Costa Rica - Colombia Tharops purpurata Godman & Salvin, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (2) : 365, TL: Guatemala
Menander menander purpurata, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Menander menander purpurata, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Tharops purpurata ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 456, 3: pl. 44, f. 15-16
Menander purpurata ; [BOW: pl. 77, f. 23 (text only)]
Menander menander purpurata ; [BCR2, 228]; [NL4A, #1076c]

Larva on Sourubea sp. [BCR2]

M. m. thallus (Stichel, 1911)
Bolivia, Peru menander thallus (Stichel, 1911) (Tharops); , TL: Bolivia,Peru
Menander menander thallus ; [NL4A, #1076d]

Menander coruscans (Butler, 1867)
Bolivia, .... See [About maps] Tharops coruscans Butler, 1867; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (36) : 222, pl. 6, f. 19, TL: Brazil, Pará
Menander coruscans ; [BOW: pl. 75, f. 4]; [NL4A, #1077]
Brazil(Pará) Menander coruscans coruscans ; [NL4A, #1077a]
M. c. exsultans Brévignon, 1999
French Guiana coruscans exsultans Brévignon, 1999; , TL: French Guiana
Menander coruscans exsultans ; [NL4A, #1077b]

Menander pretus (Cramer, [1777])
Brazil. See [About maps] Papilio pretus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 182, f. C, TL: D;"Cap de Bonne Espérance"
?Pretus[sic] preta ; [BOW: pl. 78, f. 9]
Menander pretus ; [NL4A, #1078]
Menander pretus pretus ; [NL4A, #1078a]
M. p. picta Godman & Salvin, 1886
Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama Tharops picta Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 457, TL: Colombia; Guatemala; Nicaragua
Menander pretus picta ; [BCR2, 230]; [NL4A, #1078b]

Larva on Marcgravia nepenthoides, Sourubea sp. [BCR2]


Menander laobotas (Hewitson, 1875)
Nicaragua - Ecuador, Colombia, Panama. See [About maps] Lemonias laobotas Hewitson, 1875; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41], pl. [21], f. 1-2, TL: Panama
Polystichtis andraemon Stichel, 1910; Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): (9-103) , TL: Colombia
= ; [NL4A, #1079]
Lemonias labotas[sic] ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 464, 3: pl. 45, f. 8-9
Polystichtis laobotas ; [BOW: pl. 77, f. 33]
Menander laobotas ; [BCR2, 230]; [NL4A, #1079]

Larva on Marcgravia nepenthoides [BCR2]


Menander hebrus (Cramer, [1775])
Guianas, Colombia, Amazon. See [About maps] Papilio hebrus Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): pl. 50, f. E, F, TL: Surinam
Menander hebrus ; [BOW: pl. 75, f. 7-8]; [EBW]; [NL4A, #1080]
Surinam Peplia pelidna Hübner, [1819]; (repl. name), TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #1080a]
Menander hebrus hebrus ; [NL4A, #1080a]
M. h. ergines (Seitz, 1917)
Bolivia hebrus ergines (Seitz, 1917) (Tharops); , TL: Bolivia
Menander hebrus ergines ; [NL4A, #1080b]
M. h. ion (Westwood, 1851)
Brazil Lemonias ion Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 458, TL: Brazil
Tharops ion Doubleday, 1847; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil
= ; [NL4A, #1080c]
Menander hebrus ion ; [NL4A, #1080c]

Menander clotho (Stichel, 1911)
Peru, Guyana. See [About maps] Tharops clotho Stichel, 1911; , TL: Peru
Menander cicuta orientalis D'Abrera, 1994; , TL: Guyana
= ; [NL4A, #1081]
Menander clotho ; [NL4A, #1081]

Menander cicuta (Hewitson, 1863)
-. See [About maps] Lemonias cicuta Hewitson, 1863; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lemonias III-IV): [36], pl. [18], f. 24-26, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Menander cicuta ; [NL4A, #1082]
Brazil(Amazonas) Menander cicuta cicuta ; [NL4A, #1082a]
M. c. gemma (Seitz, 1916)
Peru cicuta gemma (Seitz, 1916) (Tharops); , TL: Peru
Menander cicuta gemma ; [NL4A, #1082b]

Menander felsina (Hewitson, 1863)
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Lemonias felsina Hewitson, 1863; Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Lemonias III-IV): [36], pl. [18], f. 27-28, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Menander felsina ; [BCR2, (note)]; [NL4A, #1083]

Menander thalassicus Brévignon & Gallard, 1992
French Guiana. See [About maps] Menander thalassicus Brévignon & Gallard, 1992; , TL: French Guiana
Menander thalassicus ; [NL4A, #1084]

Menander aldasi Hall & Willmott, 1995
E.Ecuador. See [About maps] Menander aldasi Hall & Willmott, 1995; Trop. Lepid. 6 (2): 133, f. 3a-b, 8, TL: Ecuador, Pastaza, nr. Mera, 1200m
Menander aldasi ; [NL4A, #1085]


9.11.2011 (10)

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
[BCR2]
DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. II: Riodinidae
[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!
[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
[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


Some related literature:
Butler, 1867
A Monograph of the Genus Lemonias, with Descriptions of New Species in the Collection of the British Museum, including other forms sometimes placed in that Genus J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (36) : 213-229, pl. 6-7
Cramer, [1775]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
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)
Godman & Salvin, 1878
Description of new species of Central-American butterflies of the family Erycinidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (2) : 360-369
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
Hall, 2003
Phylogenetic reassessment of the five forewing radial-veined tribes of the Riodininae (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) Syst. Ent. 28 (1): 23-37
Hall, Harvey & Janzen, 2004
Life history of Calydna sturnula with a review of larval and pupal balloon setae in the Riodinidae Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 97 (2): 310-321
Hall & Willmott, 1995
Five new species and a new genus of riodinid from the cloud forest of eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) Trop. Lepid. 6 (2): 131-135
Hewitson, 1863; Hewitson, 1875
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)
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])
Stichel, 1910
Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains.) (Lep. Rhop.) Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2) : 9-103
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)


If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.