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Pompeius Evans, 1955

Pompeius Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 301, 335, TS: Hesperia pompeius Latreille
Pompeius, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Pompieus ; DeVries, 1983, (missp.)
Pompeius (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 78]

Pompeius amblyspila (Mabille, 1897)

Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil(Roraima). See [About maps] Pamphila amblyspila Mabille, 1897; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (1897) 66: 217, TL: Bolivia
Pamphila crassinota Mabille, 1897; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (1897) 66: 217, TL: Bolivia

= Pompeius dares (Plötz, 1883); auth.
= ; [NL4A, #2009]

Pamphila vesana Weeks, 1901; Proc. New England Zool. Club 2: 80, TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #2009]

Pamphila mengeli Weeks, 1906; , TL: Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #2009]

Chaerephon lindseyi Bell, 1932; Amer. Mus. Novit. 555: 4, TL: Brazil, Roraima

= ; [NL4A, #2009]

Pompeius amblyspila ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 166; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 318 (note); [NL4A, #2009]

Pompeius dares (Plötz, 1883)

Brazil - Mexico. See [About maps] Hesperia dares Plötz, 1883
Pompeius dares, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Pompeius dares, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pompeius dares ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 31]; [NL4A, #2010]

391x493 (~22Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Pompeius darina Evans, 1955

Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [About maps] Pompeius darina Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 338, TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
Pompeius darina ; [NL4A, #2011]

Pompeius pompeius (Latreille, [1824])

Mexico - Brazil. See [About maps] Hesperia pompeius Latreille, [1824]; in Godart, Ency. méth. 9 (2): 765, TL: Brazil
Talides athenion Hübner, [1819]; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #2012]

Talides athenion Hübner, [1825]

= ; [NL4A, #2012]

Hesperia judas Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 54, TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

= ; [NL4A, #2012]

Pamphila lagon Mabille, 1891; Bul. Soc. Ent. Belg. 4 (16): ?182

= ?Poanes zachaeus (Plötz, 1883); [NL4A, #1995]

Pompeius pompeius, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Pompeius pompeius, Butterflies of America [BOA]

athemon ; Weeks, 1905, (missp.) sthenion ; Schaefer & Breyer, 1945, (missp.) pompieus ; DeVries, 1983, (missp.) atenion ; Andrade, 2002, (missp.)

Thymelicus athenion ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 481, 3: pl. 93, f. 17 Pompeius athenion ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 29] Pompeius pompeius ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 166; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 318 (note); [NL4A, #2012]

419x494 (~24Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Pompeius postpuncta (Draudt, 1923)

Bolivia. See [About maps] Lerema postpuncta Draudt, 1923; , TL: Bolivia
Pompeius postpuncta ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 166; [NL4A, #2013]

Pompeius verna (Edwards, 1862)

E.USA. See [About maps] Little Glassywing
Pamphila verna Edwards, 1862; Proc. Philad. Acad. Sci., 1: 57, TL: Illinois
Pamphila pottawattomie Worthington, 1880; , TL: Illinois

= ; [NL4A, #2014]

Hesperia vetulina Plötz, 1883; Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 58

= ; [NL4A, #2014]

Pamphila sigida Mabille, 1891; , TL: "Australia"

= ; [NL4A, #2014]

Pompeius verna, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
varna ; Kirby, 1880, (missp.)
pottawottomie ; Kirby, 1881, (missp.)
velutina ; Draudt, 1923, (missp.)
Euphyes verna ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 53
Polites verna ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 37]
Pompeius verna ; [NACL, #4048]; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 318 (note); [Opler]; [NL4A, #2014]

Larva on Tridens flavus [NAB]

P. v. verna

Pompeius verna verna ; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 318 (note)

P. v. sequoyah (Freeman, 1942)

Polites verna sequoyah Freeman, 1942; Ent. News. 53 (4): (103-106), TL: Hope Hill Farm, Faulkner Co., Arkansas

= Pompeius verna ; [NL4A, #2014]

Pompeius verna sequoyah, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Pompeius verna sequoyah, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pompeius verna sequoyah ; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 318 (note)

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly 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

[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

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[John Shuey]

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

[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:

Austin, 1997

Notes on Hesperiidae in northern Guatemala, with description of new taxa J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 316-332

Bell, 1932

Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Roraima and Duida Expeditions, with descriptions of new species Amer. Mus. Novit. 555: 1-16

Brown & Mielke, 1967

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

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp

Edwards, 1862

Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. (2) Proc. Philad. Acad. Sci., 1: 54-58

Evans, 1955

A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88

Freeman, 1942

Notes on some North American Hesperiidae with description of a new race of Polites verna (Edwards) Ent. News. 53 (4): 103-106

Godman & Salvin, [1900]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Latreille, [1824]

Encylopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes in Godart, Ency. méth. 9 (2): 329-828

Mabille, 1897

Description de Lépidoptčres nouveaux Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (1897) 66: 182-231 [?1898]

Plötz, 1883

Die Hesperiinen -- Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. (3) & (4) Stett. ent. Ztg 44 (1-3): 26-64, (4-6): 195-233

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