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Sarota Westwood, [1851]

Sarota Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 424, TS: Papilio chrysus Stoll
Sarota (Erycininae) ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 437
Sarota (Sarotini) ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 1-21
Sarota (Helicopini) ; Hall, Harvey & Janzen, 2004, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 97 (2): 316; [NL4A, 160]

Sarota subtessellata (Schaus, 1913)

Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia, W.Ecuador?. See [About maps] Charis subtessellata Schaus, 1913; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3) : 351, pl. 53, f. 11, TL: Carrillo, Costa Rica
Sarota subtessellata ; [BCR2, 202]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6, f. 5a-d (a-b holotype), 25a-b; [NL4A, #812]

Sarota chrysus (Stoll, [1782])

Mexico - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso, SE.Brazil), Guianas, Trinidad. See [About maps] Papilio chrysus Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 178, pl. 380, f. D, E, TL: Surinam
Charis chrysus f. polypoecila Stichel, 1910; Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2) : 27, TL: Bugaba, Panama

= ; [NL4A, #813]

Helicopis dematria Doubleday, 1847; nom. nud., TL: Honduras

= ; [NL4A, #813]

Sarota dematria Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 424, pl. 71, f. 10, TL: Honduras

= ; [NL4A, #813]

Sarota chrysus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Sarota chrysus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Sarota chrysus dematria ;
Anteros chrysus ; Bates, 1868, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9 (39): 435
Anteros dematria ; Bates, 1868, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9 (39): 435
Charis chrysus ; [BOW: pl. 71, f. 32]
Sarota chrysus ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 435; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 703; [BCR2, 201]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6, f. 6a-f, 26; [NL4A, #813]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota dematria (= Sarota neglecta); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113; [BCR2, 202]
Sarota chrysus (= Sarota neglecta); [EBW]

407x482 (~30Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Sarota neglecta Stichel, 1910

Costa Rica - Ecuador, NW.Venezuela. See [About maps] Sarota chrysus neglecta Stichel, 1910; Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2) : 27, TL: Rio San Juan, W.Colombia
Charis chrysus neglecta f. alacer Stichel, 1929; Dt. Ent. Z. 1929 (3): 205, TL: Rio Dagua, W.Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #814]

Sarota neglecta ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6, f. 7a-d, 27; [NL4A, #814]

Sarota chocoensis Hall, 1998

Panama - Ecuador. See [About maps] Sarota chocoensis Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 7, f. 8a-d, 28, TL: Ecuador, El Oro, Zaruma
Sarota chocoensis ; [NL4A, #815]

Sarota turrialbensis (Schaus, 1913)

Costa Rica. See [About maps] Charis turrialbensis Schaus, 1913; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3) : 352, pl. 53, f. 13, TL: Turrialba, 5800 ft, Costa Rica
Sarota turrialbensis ; [BCR2, 203]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 7, f. 9a-b; [NL4A, #816]

Sarota craspediodonta (Dyar, 1918)

Mexico, Guatemala. See [About maps] Charis craspediodonta Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 335, TL: Presidio, Mexico
Sarota craspediodonata[sic?] ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9, f. 10a-c, c-d (f.type)
Sarota craspediodonta ; [NL4A, #817]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota craspediodonata[sic?] (= Sarota acanthoides); D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053

368x407 (~21Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Sarota spicata (Staudinger, [1888])

Colombia - Peru, W.Brazil. See [About maps] Anteros acanthoides var. spicata Staudinger, [1888]; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (18): 252, TL: Pebas, Peru
Sarota spicata ; [BCR2, 200]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9, f. 11a-d; [NL4A, #818]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota spicata (= Sarota sp. nr. willmotti); [BCR2: pl. 15, 11]

Sarota willmotti Hall, 1998

Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazon). See [About maps] Sarota willmotti Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9, f. 12a-d, 31, TL: Ecuador, Napo, Rio Napo, Limoncocha, 240m
Sarota willmotti ; [NL4A, #819]

Sarota acanthoides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])

Venezuela - Peru, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso), Guianas. See [About maps] Nymphidium acanthoides Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II) 1: 55, 1 (3): pl. 13, f. 49-50, TL: Surinam
Charis acanthoides ; [BOW: pl. 71, f. 32 (text only)]
Sarota acanthoides ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 11, f. 13a-d, 32; [NL4A, #820]

Sarota harveyi Hall, 1998

S.Peru, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rondonia). See [About maps] Sarota harveyi Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 11, f. 14a-d, 33, TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Alto Rio Arinos, Diamantino 14°13'S 56°12'W, 350-400m
Sarota harveyi ; [NL4A, #821]

Sarota psaros Godman & Salvin, [1886]

-. See [About maps] Sarota psaros Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 437, TL: Calabon, Vera Paz, Guatemala
Anteros psaros Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 3: pl. 43, f. 14-15
Sarota psaros ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 15a-j, 34; [NL4A, #822]

S. p. psaros

Mexico - Panama, Guiana Sarota psaros psaros ; [BCR2, 201]; [NL4A, #822a]

S. p. albidisca (Lathy, 1932)

E.Peru Charis psaros albidisca Lathy, 1932; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (10) 9 : 70, TL: Chanchamayo, Peru
Sarota psaros albidisca ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 15e-f; [NL4A, #822b]

S. p. psaronius (Stichel, 1911)

SE.Brazil Charis psaros psaronius Stichel, 1911; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (B): 250, TL: Leopoldina, Espirito Santo, SE. Brazil
Sarota psaros psaronius ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 15g-j; [NL4A, #822c]

Sarota chloropunctata Hall, 1998

Ecuador (Choco). See [About maps] Sarota chloropunctata Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 24a-b, 35, TL: Ecuador, Carchi nr. Lita ridge to E of Rio Baboso, 900m
Sarota chloropunctata ; [NL4A, #823]

Sarota estrada Schaus, 1928

-. See [About maps] Sarota estrada Schaus, 1928; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 30 (3) : 48, TL: Cayuga, Guatemala; Guatemala City
Sarota estrada estrada, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Sarota estrada estrada, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Sarota estrada ; [BCR2, 200]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 14, . 16a-h, 36a-b; [NL4A, #824]

S. e. estrada

Mexico - Costa Rica Sarota estrada estrada ; [NL4A, #824a]

S. e. sabanilla Hall, 1998

S.Ecuador Sarota estrada sabanilla Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 14, f. 16e-h, 36b, TL: Ecuador Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora-Loja rd., nr Sabanilla, Quebrada San Ramon, 1700m
Sarota estrada sabanilla ; [NL4A, #824b]

Sarota gamelia Godman & Salvin, [1886]

Honduras - Ecuador, Venezuela - Peru, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso, SE.Brazil), Guianas, Trinidad. See [About maps] Sarota gamelia Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 436, TL: Bugaba, Panama
Charis gamelia ; [BOW: pl. 71, f. 33 (text only)]
Sarota gamelia ; [BCR2, 199]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 15, f. 17a-f, 37; [NL4A, #825]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota gamelia (= Sarota myrtea); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113

S. g. gamelia

Panama Sarota gamelia gamelia ; [NL4A, #825a]

S. g. alba Hall, 1998

Peru Sarota gamelia alba Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 16?, TL: Peru
Sarota ?sp. ; D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053
Sarota gamelia alba ; [NL4A, #825b]

Sarota acantus (Stoll, 1782)

Costa Rica - Amazonas. See [About maps] Papilio acantus Stoll, 1782
Sarota acantus ; [BCR2, 200]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 16?; [NL4A, #826]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota acanthus[sic] (= Sarota gyas); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113
Sarota acantus (= Sarota completa); D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053
Sarota acantus (= Sarota myrtea); [BCR2: 16 & 18]

Sarota miranda Brévignon, 1998

Colombia - Bolivia, Brazil (Amazon), Guianas, Trinidad. See [About maps] Sarota miranda Brévignon, 1998; Lambillionea 98: 313, f. 45-48, TL: Lac des Américains, Matoury, French Guiana
Sarota miranda ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 17, f. 19a-d, 39; [NL4A, #827]

Sarota gyas (Cramer, [1775])

Colombia - Peru, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso). See [About maps] Papilio gyas Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1: (3) 45, pl. 28, f. F,G, TL: Bartica, Guyana
Charis gyadis Hübner, [1819]; (emend.)

= ; [NL4A, #828]

Sarota gyas ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 436; [BCR2, 199]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 17, f. 20a-e, 40; [NL4A, #828]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Charis gyas (= Sarota acantus); [BOW: pl. 71, f. 33]
Sarota gyas (= Sarota acantus or miranda); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113
Sarota gyas (= Sarota acantus); D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053; [BCR2: front cov.]

Larva on (mosses and liverworts, Lejuniaceae) [BCR2]

Sarota myrtea Godman & Salvin, [1886]

Mexico - Ecuador, Venezuela - Argentina. See [About maps] Sarota myrtea Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 437, TL: Cubilguitz, Vera Paz, Guatemala
Sarota myrtea, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Sarota myrtea, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Sarota myrtea ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 703
Charis myrtea ; [BOW: pl. 71, f. 33 (text only)]
Sarota myrtea ; [BCR2, 199]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 17, f. 21a-f, 41; [NL4A, #829]

Sarota lasciva (Stichel, 1911)

Colombia - Peru, Brazil (Amazon), Guianas. See [About maps] Charis gyas f. lasciva Stichel, 1911; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (B): 250, TL: Manaus, C.Brazil
Charis acanthus flavicincta Lathy, 1932; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (10) 9 : 70, TL: San Ramon, C. Peru

= ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18; [NL4A, #830]

Sarota flavicincta atlantica Brévignon & Gallard, 1998; Lambillionea 98 (2): 313, f. 41-44, TL: Matoury, French Guiana

= ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18; [NL4A, #830]

Sarota lasciva ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18, f. 22a-d, 42; [NL4A, #830]

Sarota completa Hall, 1998

S.Venezuela - Bolivia, W.Brazil. See [About maps] Sarota completa Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18, f. 23a-d, 43, TL: Brazil, Amazonas, Ega
Sarota completa ; [NL4A, #831]

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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

[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

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[John Shuey]

e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org

[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:

Bates, 1868

A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9 (38): 367-372 (1867), (39): 373-436 (1868), (40): 437-459 (1868)

Brévignon & Gallard, 1998

Inventaire des Riodinidae de Guyane Francaise. IV-Riodininae: Symmachini, Charitini, Helicopini. Description de nouveaux taxa (Lepidoptera) Lambillionea 98 (2): 304-320

Cramer, [1775]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)

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)

Dyar, 1918

Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 335-372

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

Hall, 1998

A review of the genus Sarota Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 1-21

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

Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]

Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Rhopalocera (Tagfalter) Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II) 1 (1-2): pl. [1-10], f. 1-22 (1850), 1 (3): pl. 11-14, f. 23-60 (1853), 1 (4): pl. 15-18, f. 61-78 (1855), 1 (5): pl. [19-22], f. 79-94 (1856), 1 (?6): pl. [23-24], f. 95-102 (1858), 1: 1-52 (1856), 1: 53-84 (1858), 2: pl. [25-28], f. 103-123 (1869)

Lathy, 1932

New species and races of Erycinidae (Lepidoptera) Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (10) 9 : 65-74

Schaus, 1913

New Species of Rhopalocera from Costa Rica Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3) : 339-367, pl. 50-54

Schaus, 1928

New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 30 (3) : 46-58

Staudinger, [1888]

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, 1910

Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains.) (Lep. Rhop.) Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2) : 9-103

Stichel, 1911

Fam. Riodinidae. Allgemeines. Subfam. Riodininae. in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 1-238, pl. 1-23 (1910), (B): 239-452, pl. 24-27 (1911)

Stichel, 1929

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Riodinidenfauna Südamerikas. X. (Lep. Rhop.) Dt. Ent. Z. 1929 (3): 199-208

Stoll, [1782]

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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