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Myscelus Hübner, [1819]

Myscelus Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 110, TS: Papilio nobilis Cramer
Agara Mabille & Boullet, 1908; Ann. Sci. nat., Zool. (9) 7: 172, 204, TS: Tamyris pardalina C. & R. Felder

= ; [NL4A, 25]

Myscelis ; Köhler, 1923, (missp.)
Myscellus ; Spitz, 1932, (missp.)
Milscellus ; Bell, 1946, (missp.)
Myseclus ; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Myscelus ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 264
Myscelus (Passovini) ; [NL4A, 25]

Myscelus amystis (Hewitson, 1867)

Bolivia. See [About maps] Myscleus amystis ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 61]
Myscelus amystis ; [NL4A, #11]

M. a. amystis (Hewitson, 1867)

Colombia, Trinidad amystis amystis (Hewitson, 1867) (Erycides); , TL: Colombia
rogersi Kaye, 1914; , TL: Trinidad

= ; [NL4A, #11a]

flavicollis Röber, 1925

= ; [NL4A, #11a]

amystus ; Remington, 1961, (missp.)
amyntis ; Stanford & Opler, 1993, (missp.)
Myscelus rogersi ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 67]
Myscelus amystis amystis ; [NL4A, #11a]

M. a. epigona Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Formosa, Chaco) orthrus Hewitson, 1877; , TL: [Brazil]

= ; [NL4A, #11c]

sothis (Mabille, 1883) (Pyrrhopyga[sic]); , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #11c]

orbius (Mabille, 1883) (Pyrrhopyga[sic]); , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #11c]

nobilis meridionalis Röber, 1925; , TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina

= ; [NL4A, #11c]

oethrus ; Watson, 1893, (missp.)
aethras ; Mabille, 1903, (missp.)
Myscelus amystis epigona ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 158; [NL4A, #11c]

M. a. hages Godman & Salvin, 1893

Mexico - Panama, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia? Myscelus hages Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 266, 3: pl. 24-26, TL: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Peru
Myscelus amystis hages, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Myscelus amystis hages, Butterflies of America [BOA]
hagae ; Mabille, 1903, (missp.)
Myscleus amystis hages ; Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 34, f. 13, 23
Myscelus amystis hages ; [NL4A, #11d]

459x494 (~29Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Larva on Trichilia americana, T. glabra, T. trifolia Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 17

M. a. distinctus Röber, 1925

Ecuador amystis distinctus Röber, 1925; , TL: Ecuador
Myscelus amystis distinctus ; [NL4A, #11b]

M. a. muttra Evans, 1951

Colombia amystis muttra Evans, 1951; , TL: Colombia
Myscelus amystis muttra ; [NL4A, #11e]

M. a. mysus Evans, 1951

Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Myscelus amystis mysus ; [NL4A, #11f]

Myscelus belti Godman & Salvin, 1879

Mexico - Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela?. See [About maps] Myscelus belti Godman & Salvin, 1879; Proc. zool. Soc. London 1879 (1): 153
Myscelus belti ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 265, 3: pl. 74, f. 21-23
Myscleus belti ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 65]
Myscelus belti ; Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 34, f. 14; [NL4A, #13]

521x526 (~37Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Larva on Guarea bullata, G. glabra, G. rhopalocarpa Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 17

Myscelus pegasus Mabille, 1903

Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador. See [About maps] Myscelus pegasus Mabille, 1903; , TL: French Guiana
pegassus ; J. Maza et al., 1991, (missp.)
Myscelus pegasus ; Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 35 (note); [NL4A, #18]

Myscelus perissodora Dyar, 1914

Mexico - Colombia. See [About maps] Myscelus perissodora Dyar, 1914; , TL: Mexico(Veracruz)
Myscelus perissodora, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Myscelus perissodora, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Myscelus pegasus perissodora ;
Myscelus perissodora ; Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 35; [NL4A, #19]

Larva on Guarea glabra Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 17

Myscelus pardalina (C. & R. Felder, [1867])

Colombia. See [About maps] Tamyris pardalina C. & R. Felder, [1867]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): 507, pl. 70, f. 5-6, TL: Colombia
Myscelus pardalina ; [BOW: pl. 88, f. 18 (text)]; [NL4A, #17]

M. p. pardalina

Colombia, Ecuador aurora (Röber, 1925) (Agara); , TL: Ecuador

= ; [NL4A, #17a]

Myscelus pardalina pardalina ; [NL4A, #17a]

M. p. guarea Evans, 1951

Brazil(Pará) Myscelus pardalina guarea Evans, 1951; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Myscelus pardalina guarea ; [NL4A, #17b]

Larva on Guarea trichilioides Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 35

Myscelus epimachia Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Peru, Bolivia, S.Brazil, .... See [About maps] Myscelus epimachia ; [NL4A, #15]

M. e. epimachia

epinaechia ; Mabille, 1903, (missp.)
Myscleus epimachia epimachia ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 158
Myscelus epimachia epimachia ; [NL4A, #15a]

M. e. edix Evans, 1951

Paraguay epimachia edix Evans, 1951; , TL: Paraguay
Myscelus epimachia edix ; [NL4A, #15b]

M. e. verina Evans, 1951

Ecuador epimachia verina Evans, 1951; , TL: Ecuador
Myscelus epimachia verina ; [NL4A, #15c]

Myscelus phoronis (Hewitson, 1867)

Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. See [About maps] Erycides phoronis Hewitson, 1867; , TL: Colombia
Myscelus phoronis ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 66]; [NL4A, #20]

M. p. phoronis

Colombia foronis ; Kaye, 1915, (missp.)
Myscelus phoronis phoronis ; [NL4A, #20a]

M. p. caucanus Staudinger, 1888

Colombia, Venezuela Myseclus phoronis var. caucanus Staudinger, 1888; , TL: Colombia
Pyrrhopyga[sic] persela Mabille, 1891; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #20b]

Myscelus phoronis caucanus ; [NL4A, #20b]

Myscelus nobilis (Cramer, [1777])

Surinam, Bolivia, Peru. See [About maps] Papilio nobilis Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 17, pl. 108, f. A, B, TL: Surinam
Papilio salus Fabricius, 1781; (repl. name), TL: Surinam

= ; [NL4A, #16]

illustris Mabille, 1903; , TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #16]

Myscelus illustris ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 64]
Myscelus nobilis ; [NL4A, #16]

Myscelus assaricus (Cramer, [1779])

Guianas. See [About maps] Papilio assaricus Cramer, [1779]; , TL: Surinam
Myscelus assaricus ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 62]; [NL4A, #12]

M. a. assaricus

Surinam janthibaris (Butler, [1870]) (Papilio); (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #12a]

alsarius ; Fabricius, 1793, (missp.)
alfarius ; Latreille, [1824], (missp.)
assaracus ; Verloren, 1837, (missp.)
Myscelus assaricus assaricus ; [NL4A, #12a]

M. a. mapirica (Strand, 1921)

Bolivia assaricus mapirica (Strand, 1921) (Agara); , TL: Bolivia
Myscelus assaricus mapirica ; [NL4A, #12b]

M. a. michaeli Nicolay, 1975

Mexico, Panama Myscelus assaricus michaeli ; [NL4A, #12c]

Myscelus draudti Riley, 1926

Bolivia. See [About maps] Myscelus draudti Riley, 1926; , TL: Bolivia
Myscelus draudti ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 63]; [NL4A, #14]

Myscelus santhilarius (Latreille, [1824])

Guianas - Brazil, Amazon. See [About maps] Hesperia santhilarius Latreille, [1824]; , TL: Brazil
sct. hilairii ; Perty, 1833, (missp.)
st. hilarius ; Herrich-Schäffer, 1869, (missp.)
Myscelus santhilarius ; [BOW: pl. 84, f. 1]; [NL4A, #21]

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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.

[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

[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

[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

[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

Burns & Janzen, 2001

Biodiversity of Pyrrhopygine skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) in the area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1): 15-43

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" - Zoolog. 2 (2). Lepidoptera 1. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (3): Heft (3), 379-548, pls. 48-74

Godman & Salvin, 1879

Descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera from Central and South America Proc. zool. Soc. London 1879 (1): 150-155, pl. 15 ?14

Godman & Salvin, [1893]

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

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

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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