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Pellicia Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

Pellicia Herrich-Schäffer, 1870; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 24: 159, TS: Pellicia dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer
Hemipteris Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 3[?]: 216, TS: Hemipteris fumida Mabille

= ; [NL4A, 52]

Peilicia ; Hayward, 1947, (missp.)
Pellicia ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 367
Pellicia (Pyrgini) ; [NL4A, 52]

Pellicia angra Evans, 1953

Mexico. See [About maps] Confused Pellicia
Pellicia angra Evans, 1953; , TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Pellicia angra, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Pellicia angra ; [NL4A, #931]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Pellicia angra (= Pallicia arina?); [NACL, #3926]

412x467 (~22Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

P. a. angra

Mexico Pellicia angra angra ; [NL4A, #931a]

P. a. axina Evans, 1953

Ecuador angra axina Evans, 1953; , TL: Ecuador
Pellicia angra axina ; [NL4A, #931b]

Pellicia arina Evans, 1953

Mexico. See [About maps] Glazed Pellicia
Pellicia arina Evans, 1953; , TL: Mexico, Veracruz
Pellicia arina, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Pellicia arina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pellicia arina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Pellicia arina ; [NACL, #3927]; [NL4A, #932]; [Opler]

Pellicia costimacula Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

-. See [About maps] Pellicia costimacula Herrich-Schäffer, 1870; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 24: 160, TL: [Brazil]
Pellicia costimacula ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 370, 3: pl. 88, f. 16-18; [BOW: pl. 84, f. 51]; [NL4A, #933]

P. c. costimacula

Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina Anastrus subviolaceus Mabille, 1883; , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #933a]

Achlyodes guilfordi Weeks, 1901; , TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #933a]

Pellicia hebe Hayward, [1940]; Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 43: (147-151), TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #933a]

cestimacula ; J. & R. G. Maza, 1985, (missp.)
Pellicia costimacula costimacula ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 161; [NL4A, #933a]

P. c. litoralis Biezanko & Mielke, 1973

Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul) costimacula litoralis Biezanko & Mielke, 1973; , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Pellicia costimacula litoralis ; [NL4A, #933b]

Pellicia demetrius (Plötz, 1882)

Brazil. See [About maps] Arteurotia demetrius Plötz, 1882; , TL: Brazil
Pellicia demetrius ; [NL4A, #934]

Pellicia dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

-. See [About maps] Morning Glory Pellicia
Pellicia dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 24: 160, TL: Mexico; Venezuela
Pellicia dimidiata, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Pellicia dimidiata dimidiata, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pellicia dimidiata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Pellicia dimidiata ; [BOW: pl. 84, f. 51 (text)]; [NL4A, #935]; [Opler]

P. d. dimidiata

Mexico, Venezuela, Surinam, Panama, Colombia Pellicia didia Möschler, 1877; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 340, pl. 4, f. 28, TL: Surinam

= ; [NL4A, #935a]

Pellicia corinna Plötz, 1882; Berl. ent. Z. 26 (2): 254 (repl. name), TL: Mexico,Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #935a]

Achlyodes nivonicus Plötz, 1884; Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 14, TL: Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #935a]

Pellicia bilinea Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 3[?]: 216, TL: Panama, Chiriqui

= Pellicia didia ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 371
= ; [NL4A, #935a]

Pamphila bobae Weeks, 1906; , TL: Venezuela

= ; [NL4A, #935a]

Pellicia hypsipyle Hayward, 1947; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #935a]

dimidata ; Mielke, 1973, (missp.)
Pellicia didia ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 371, 3: pl. 88, f. 19-23
Pellicia dimidiata dimidiata ; [NL4A, #935a]

P. d. meno (Mabille, 1889)

Panama, .?., Brazil(Minas Gerais) Arteurotia meno Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 3[?]: 239, Panama, Line of Railway
Pellicia brasiliensis Williams & Bell, 1939; , TL: Brazil(Minas Gerais)

= ; [NL4A, #935b]

Pellicia meno ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 372, 3: pl. 88, f. 24-25
Pellicia dimidiata meno ; [NL4A, #935b]

P. d. zamia Plötz, 1882

Argentina Pellicia zamia Plötz, 1882; , TL: S.Amer.
Pellicia subostrina Hayward, 1933; , TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #935c]

Pellicia hertha Hayward, [1940]; Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 43: (147-151), TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #935c]

Pellicia zamia ; [BOW: pl. 85, f. 1]
Pellicia dimidiata zamia ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 161; [NL4A, #935c]

Pellicia hersilia Hayward, [1940]

Argentina, Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso). See [About maps] Pellicia hersilia Hayward, [1940]; Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 43: (147-151), TL: Argentina
Pellicia rubescens Plötz, 1882; (preocc. Möschler, 1877), TL: Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)

= ; [NL4A, #936]

Pellicia chapada Williams & Bell, 1939; , TL: Brazil(Mato Grosso)

= ; [NL4A, #936]

Pellicia chapada ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 161
Pellicia hersilia ; [NL4A, #936]

Pellicia klugi Williams & Bell, 1939

Peru. See [About maps] Pellicia klugi Williams & Bell, 1939; , TL: Peru
Pellicia klugi ; [NL4A, #937]

Pellicia najoides Hayward, 1933

Argentina. See [About maps] Pellicia najoides Hayward, 1933; , TL: Argentina
najaoides ; Evans, 1933, (missp.)
Pellicia najoides ; [NL4A, #938]

Pellicia ranta Evans, 1953

-. See [About maps] Pellicia ranta Evans, 1953; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Pellicia ranta ; [NL4A, #939]

P. r. ranta

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro) Pellicia ranta ranta ; [NL4A, #939a]

P. r. rancida Evans, 1953

Paraguay ranta rancida Evans, 1953; , TL: Paraguay
Pellicia ranta rancida ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 161; [NL4A, #939b]

Pellicia santana Williams & Bell, 1939

Peru. See [About maps] Pellicia santana Williams & Bell, 1939; , TL: Peru
Pellicia santana ; [NL4A, #940]

Pellicia simulator Williams & Bell, 1939

Peru. See [About maps] Pellicia simulator Williams & Bell, 1939; , TL: Peru
Pellicia simulator ; [NL4A, #941]

Pellicia theon Plötz, 1882

Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [About maps] Pellicia theon Plötz, 1882; , TL: S.Amer
Pellicia nema Williams & Bel, 1939; , TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso

= ; [NL4A, #942]

Pellicia theon ; [NL4A, #942]

Pellicia tonga Evans, 1953

Colombia. See [About maps] Pellicia tonga Evans, 1953; , TL: Colombia
Pellicia tonga ; [NL4A, #943]

Pellicia trax Evans, 1953

Ecuador. See [About maps] Pellicia trax Evans, 1953; , TL: Ecuador
Pellicia trax ; [NL4A, #944]

Pellicia tyana Plötz, 1882

-. See [About maps] Pellicia tyana Plötz, 1882; Stett. ent. Ztg 43: 255, TL: S.Amer.
Pellicia tyana ; [NL4A, #945]

P. t. tyana

Brazil, Ecuador Hemipteris fumida Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 3[?]: 216, TL: Brazil, Pará

= ; [NL4A, #945a]

Pellicia violacea Mabille, 1891; , TL: [Brazil]

= ; [NL4A, #945a]

Pellicia aeguatoria Williams & Bell, 1939; , TL: Ecuador

= ; [NL4A, #945a]

Pellicia tyana tyana ; [NL4A, #945a]

P. t. toza Evans, 1953

Colombia tyana toza Evans, 1953; , TL: Colombia
Pellicia tyana toza ; [NL4A, #945b]

Pellicia vecina Schaus, 1902

-. See [About maps] Pellicia vecina Schaus, 1902; , TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Pellicia vecina ; [NL4A, #946]

P. v. vecina

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul) Pellicia vecina cyanea Biezanko & Mielke, 1973; , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul

= ; [NL4A, #946a]

Pellicia vecina vecina ; [NL4A, #946a]

P. v. naja Steinhauser, 1989

Peru Pellicia vecina naja Steinhauser, 1989; , TL: Peru
Pellicia vecina naja ; [NL4A, #946b]

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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

[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:

Brown & Mielke, 1967

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

Godman & Salvin, [1894]

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

Hayward, [1940]

Three new Pellicia (Lep. Hesperiidae) Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 43: 147-151 (1939)

Möschler, 1877

Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 293-352, pls. 3-4.

Plötz, 1882

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

Plötz, 1884

Die Hesperiinen -- Gruppe der Achlyoden Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 37 (1884): 1-55

Additional information sources:

• Dr. Gustavo R. Canals; 62 Nº 339 Dto. 1 (1 y 2); La Plata B1904AGM; Buenos Aires - Argentina; e-mail: Gustavo Canals; Telefax: 54 221 422 3937

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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.