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Achalarus Scudder, 1872

Achalarus Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 71, TS: Papilio lycidas Smith
Murgaria Watson, 1893; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 19, 37, TS: Telegonus albociliatus Mabille

= ; [NL4A, 30]

Achlarus ; Dyar, 1902, (missp.) Achalaurus ; Skinner, 1911, (missp.) Alchalarus ; Sell, 1916, (missp.) Achalaraus ; Field, 1938, (missp.) Achalurus ; R. G. Maza, 1976, (missp.) Achalaris ; Bridges, 1984, (missp.)

Murgaria ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 332 Achalarus (Eudamini) ; [NL4A, 30]

Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, [1832])

New England - Texas, C.America. See [About maps] Hoary Edge
Proteides lyciades Geyer, [1832]; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 10, : pl. [108] (1826), f. 621-622 (repl. name), TL: [USA(Georgia)]
Papilio lycidas Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 39, pl. 20 (preocc. Papilio lycidas Cramer, [1777])
Proteides lyciades Hübner, [1819]; (nom. nud.)
Achalarus hedysarum Scudder, 1889; (nom. nud.?)
Achalarus lyciades, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Achalarus lyciades, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Achalarus lyciades, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Achalarus lyciades, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]

Goniuris[sic] lysidas ; Butler, 1870, (missp.) Hesperia lycidias ; Burmeister, 1875, (missp.) Eudamus lysidus ; Maynard, 1901, (missp.) Achalarus lycidas ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 57

Achalarus hydsarum ; Lindsey et al., 1931, (missp.) Achalarus lycides ; Watson, 1946, (missp.) Achalarus lyciodes ; Gerberg & Arnett, 1989, (missp.) Achalarus lyciades ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 1]; [NACL, #3904]; [NL4A, #166]; [Opler]

Larva on Desmodium, Baptisia, Lespedeza [NAB]

Achalarus casica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

SE.Arizona, SW.New Mexico, Texas, Mexico. See [About maps] Desert Cloudywing Mexican Hoary Edge
Eudamus casica Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Eudamus epigena Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 493, TL: Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #165]

Myscelus epigona Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 59 (missp.?)
orestes (W. H. Edwards, 1877) (Eudamus); (nom. nud.)

= Thorybes epigona[sic] Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 58
= ; [NL4A, #165]

Thorybes epigona Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Achalarus casica, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Achalarus casica, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Achalarus casica, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Achalarus casica, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Thorybes epigona ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 58
Eudamus epigina ; W. H. Edwards, 1884, (missp.)
Rhabdoides epigona ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 332, 3: pl. 80, f. 9-11
Achalarus casica ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 1 (text), pl. 80, f. 3 (text)]; [NACL, #3905]; [NL4A, #165]; [Opler]

Achalarus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)

Mexico - Colombia. See [About maps] Skinner's Cloudywing
Telegonus albociliatus Mabille, 1877; Petites Nouvelles ent. 2: 162, TL: Colombia,Panama,Guatemala
Achalarus albociliatus albociliatus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Achalarus albociliatus albociliatus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Achalarus albociliatus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Achalarus albociliatus, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Murgaria albociliata ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 333, 3: pl. 80, f. 12-14; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 737
Achalarus albociliatus ; [NACL, #3906]; [BOW: pl. 80, f. 3]; [NL4A, #164]; [Opler]

525x546 (~29Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

A. a. albociliatus

Colombia, Panama, Guatemala Achalarus albociliatus albociliatus ; [NL4A, #164a]

A. a. leuchophrys (Mabille, 1898)

Colombia, Panama Murgaria leucophrys Mabille, 1897; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (1897) 66: 183, TL: Colombia; Panama
Murgaria leucophrys ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 635; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 737
Achalarus albociliatus leuchophrys ; [NL4A, #164b]

A. a. nocera (Plötz, 1882)

Colombia, Venezuela albociliatus nocera (Plötz, 1882) (Aethilla); , TL: Colombia
Telegonus mithras Mabille, 1888; , TL: Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #164c]

Achalarus albociliatus nocera ; [NL4A, #164c]

Achalarus tehuacana (Draudt, 1922)

Mexico. See [About maps] Rhabdoides tehuacana Draudt, 1922; , TL: Mexico(Puebla)
Achalarus tehuacana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Achalarus tehuacana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Achalarus tehuacana ; [NL4A, #167]

Achalarus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)

Arizona, Texas, Panama, Mexico. See [About maps] Coyote Cloudywing Coyote Skipper
Aethilla toxeus Plötz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 258, TL: Mexico
Eudamus coyote Skinner, 1892; Can. Ent. 24: 164, TL: Texas

= ; [NL4A, #168]

Murgaria albociliata var. nigrociliata Mabille & Boullet, 1912; , TL: Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #168]

Achalarus toxeus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Achalarus toxeus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Achalarus toxeus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Thorybes coyote ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 58
Achalarus negrociliata ; dos Passos, 1964, (missp.)
Achalarus toxeus ; [NACL, #3907]; [NL4A, #168]; [Opler]

Larva on Pithecellobium flexicaule [NAB]

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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

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[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

[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:

Butler, 1870

Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 485-520

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

Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]

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

Geyer, [1832]

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826), pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831), [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)

Mabille, 1897

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

Plötz, 1882

Einige Hesperiinen -- Gattungen und deren Arten Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 253-266

Scudder, 1872

A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83

Watson, 1893

A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 3-133, pls 1-3

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