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Metacharis Butler, 1867

Metacharis Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 3 : 174, TS: Hesperia ptolomaeus Fabricius
Metacharis (Erycininae) ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 453
Metacharis (Riodinini) ; [NL4A, 151]

Metacharis ptolomaeus (Fabricius, 1793)

Brazil(Amazonas). See [About maps] Hesperia ptolomaeus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 319, TL: "Indiis"
Charis sylvestra Ménétriés, 1855; Cat. lep. Petersb. 1: pl. 3, f. 6, TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #463]

Metacharis ptolomaeus ; [BOW: pl. 76, f. 2]; [NL4A, #463]

Metacharis lucius (Fabricius, 1793)

Guianas, Surinam, Brazil(Pará). See [About maps] Hesperia lucius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 320, TL: "Indiis"
Papilio agrius Dalman, 1823; Analecta Entomologica: 46, TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #464]

Nymphidium nicaste Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]; , TL: Surinam

= ; [NL4A, #464]

Metacharis batesii Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 3 : 175, TL: Brazil, Pará

= ; [NL4A, #464]

Metacharis lucius ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 147; [BOW: pl. 76, f. 1]; [NL4A, #464]

Metacharis regalis Butler, 1867

-. See [About maps] Metacharis regalis Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 3 : 175, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Metacharis regalis ; [EBW]; [NL4A, #465]

M. r. regalis

Brazil(Amazonas), Bolivia Lemonias auria Druce, 1904; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 (1) : 487, pl. 34, f. 4, TL: Bolivia, La Paz

= ; [NL4A, #465a]

Metacharis regalis regalis ; [NL4A, #465a]

M. r. indissimilis Weeks, 1901

Colombia, Peru Metacharis indissimilis Weeks, 1901; Trans. am. ent. Soc. 27 : 358, TL: Colombia
Metacharis rabulana Stichel, 1910; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #465b]

Metacharis regalis indissimilis ; [NL4A, #465b]

Metacharis cuparina Bates, 1868

Colombia - Peru, Brazil(Pará). See [About maps] Metacharis cuparina Bates, 1868; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Metacharis cuparina ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 147; [NL4A, #466]

Metacharis nigrella Bates, 1868

Venezuela - Peru, Brazil(Pará). See [About maps] Metacharis nigrella Bates, 1868; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Metacharis nigrella ; [BOW: pl. 76, f. 1 (text only)]; [NL4A, #467]

Metacharis victrix (Hewitson, 1870)

Costa Rica, Nicaragua - Colombia, W.Ecuador. See [About maps] Charis victrix Hewitson, 1870; Equat. Lepid. Buckley (4): 50, TL: Ecuador
Metacharis cuparina f. umbrata Stichel, 1929; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #468]

Metacharis victrix ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 454
Metacharis umbrata ; [BCR2, 163]
Metacharis victrix ; [BCR2, 163]; [NL4A, #468]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Metacharis nigrella; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 3: pl. 44, f. 9-12

Larva on Heisteria sp. [BCR2]

Metacharis syloes Hewitson, 1877

Ecuador. See [About maps] Metacharis syloes Hewitson, 1877; , TL: Ecuador
Metacharis syloes ; [NL4A, #469]

Metacharis xanthocraspedum Stichel, 1910

Colombia. See [About maps] Metacharis xanthocraspedum Stichel, 1910; , TL: Colombia
Metacharis xanthocraspedum ; [NL4A, #470]

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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

[BCR2]

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

[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

[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)

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

Some related literature:

Brown & Mielke, 1967

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

Butler, 1867

Description of a new genus of diurnal lepidoptera belonging to the family Erycinidae; with characters of two new species Ent. mon. Mag. 3 : 174-176

Dalman, 1823

Analecta Entomologica. Holimae. Typis Lindhianis Analecta Entomologica: vii + 104pp + [105-108]

Druce, 1904

Descriptions of some new species of butterflies belonging to the family Erycinidae from tropical South America Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 (1) : 481-489, pl. 33-34

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

Hewitson, 1870

Equatorial Lepidoptera collected by Mr Buckley Equat. Lepid. Buckley (1): 1-16, (2): 17-32, (3): 33-48, (4): 49-80 (1870), (5): 81-96 (1877)

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)

Weeks, 1901

Description of nine new Bolivian butterflies Trans. am. ent. Soc. 27 : 353-360

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