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Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807

Mechanitis Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 284, TS: Papilio polymnia Linnaeus
Nereis Hübner, [1806]; Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: [1] (rej., preocc. Nereis Linnaeus, 1758), TS: Papilio polymnia Linnaeus

= ; [NL4A, 175]

Nereis Hübner, [1806]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : pl. [1]-[2], [5]-[8], [12], [15] (preocc. Nereis Linnaeus, 1758), TS: Papilio polymnia Linnaeus

= ; [NL4A, 175]

Hymenitis [Illiger], 1807; Allgem. Lit. Ztg. Halle [Jena] 1807 (No. 2): 1180, TS: Papilio polymnia Linnaeus

= ; [NL4A, 175]

Epimetes Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 77, TS: Papilio polymnia Linnaeus

= ; [NL4A, 175]

Mechanitis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]

Nerëis ; Mechanites ; Hübner, [1820], Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [2] (missp.) Epinetes ; Scudder, 1875, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10: 164 (missp.)

Mechanitis ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 18 Mechanitis (Mechanitidini) ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 3 Mechanitis (Mechanitini) ; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 44; [NL4A, 175] Mechanitis (Mechanitina) ; [Wahlberg]

Mechanitis lysimnia (Fabricius, 1793)

-. See [About maps] Papilio lysimnia Fabricius, 1793
Mechanitis lysimnia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Mechanitis lysimnia ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 95; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 46]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 3, pl. 4, f. 7-9; [NL4A, #68]

543x433 (~27Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

M. l. lysimnia

Brazil(Minas Gerais, ...), Uruguay lysimene (Godart, 1819) (Heliconia); (repl. name)

= ; [NL4A, #68a]

aurea (Moreira, 1881) (Heliconia); , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #68a]

ab. albescens Haensch, 1905; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais

= ; [NL4A, #68a]

Papilio castalia Larrañaga, 1923; (preocc. Fabricius, 1793), TL: Uruguay

= ; [NL4A, #68a]

Mechanitis lysimnia lysimnia ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 8; [NL4A, #68a]

M. l. nesaea Hübner, [1820]

Brazil(Bahia, ...) Mechanitis lysimnia ab. sulphurescens Haensch, 1905; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Bahia

= ; [NL4A, #68h]

Mechanitis nesaea ; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 50]
Mechanitis lysimnia nesaea ; [NL4A, #68h]

M. l. elisa (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])

Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil(Mato Grosso) lysimnia elisa (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) (Heliconia); , TL: Bolivia
Mechanitis elisa connectens Talbot, 1928; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso

= ; [NL4A, #68c]

Mechanitis elisa ; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 45 (text only)]
Mechanitis lysimnia elisa ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #68c]

M. l. macrinus Hewitson, 1860

Panama, Colombia, Ecuador Mechanitis macrinus Hewitson, [1860]; Ill. exot. Butts 2 (39): pl. 3 (1861), f. 11 , TL: New Granada
Mechanitis numerianus C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #68f]

Mechanitis macrinus blissi Fox, 1942; (hyb.), TL: Panama

= ; [NL4A, #68f]

Mechanitis macrinus ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 22, 3: pl. 1, f. 5-6; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 643; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 47]
Mechanitis lysimnia macrinus ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 9; [NL4A, #68f]

M. l. menecles Hewitson, 1860

Brazil(Amazonas, Acre) lysimnia menecles Hewitson, 1860; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Mechanitis elisa acreana d'Almeida, 1950; , TL: Brazil, Acre

= ; [NL4A, #68g]

Mechanitis lysimnia menecles ; [NL4A, #68g]

M. l. utemaia Reakirt, 1866

Honduras, Mexico Mechanitis utemaia Reakirt, 1866; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3): 241, TL: Honduras
Mechanitis doryssus f. utemaia ab. extrema Hoffmann, 1940; , TL: Mexico, Chiapas

= ; [NL4A, #68l]

Mechanitis lysimnia utemaia ; [NL4A, #68l]

M. l. labotas Distant, 1876

Costa Rica Mechanitis labotas Distant, 1876; Proc. Ent. Soc. 1876: xii [12], TL: Costa Rica
Mechanitis labotas ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 21, 3: pl. 4, f. 1; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 642
Mechanitis lysimnia labotas ; [NL4A, #68d]; [BCR, 220 (note)]

M. l. ocona Druce, 1876

Peru lysimnia ocona Druce, 1876; , TL: Peru
vilcanota Röber, 1904; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #68i]

Mechanitis lysimnia ocona ; [NL4A, #68i]

M. l. limnaea Forbes, 1930

French Guiana lysimnia limnaea Forbes, 1930; , TL: French Guiana
Mechanitis mantineus f. forbesi Bryk, 1937; , TL: French Guiana

= ; [NL4A, #68e]

Mechanitis limnaea ;
Mechanitis lysimnia limnaea ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 7; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 44; [NL4A, #68e]

M. l. bipuncta Forbes, 1948

Venezuela Mechanitis lysimnia bipuncta Forbes, 1948; , TL: Venezuela
Mechanitis lysimnia bipuncta ; [NL4A, #68b]

M. l. solaria Forbes, 1948

Venezuela Mechanitis lysimnia solaria Forbes, 1948; , TL: Venezuela
Mechanitis lysimnia solaria ; [NL4A, #68k]

M. l. roqueensis Bryk, 1953

Peru Mechanitis lysimnia roqueensis Bryk, 1953; , TL: Peru
Mechanitis lysimnia roqueensis ; [NL4A, #68j]

M. l. ssp.

Colombia Mechanitis lysimnia ssp. ; Brown, MS, [NL4A, #68m]

M. l. ssp.

Colombia Mechanitis lysimnia ssp. ; Brown, MS, [NL4A, #68n]

M. l. ssp.

Peru Mechanitis lysimnia ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #68o]

Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860

-. See [About maps] Mechanitis mazaeus Hewitson, 1860; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
f. mazaeus
f. visenda Brown, 1977²; (nec Butler, 1877)
Mechanitis mazaeus ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 3, pl. 4, f. 10, pl. 5, f. 1-5; [NL4A, #69]

Larva on Solanum subnerme Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 44

M. m. mazaeus

Brazil(Amazonas, Acre) ab. nigroapicalis Haensch, 1905; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas

= ; [NL4A, #69a]

foxi d'Almeida, 1951; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Acre

= ; [NL4A, #69a]

Mechanitis mazaeus mazaeus ; [NL4A, #69a]

M. m. egaensis Bates, 1862

Brazil(Amazonas, Acre, ...) mazaeus egaensis Bates, 1862; , TL: Ega
obscura Butler, 1877; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas

= ; [NL4A, #69d]

egaensis contracta Riley, 1919; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Amazonas

= ; [NL4A, #69d]

egaensis obumbrata d'Almeida, 1951; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Acre

= ; [NL4A, #69d]

f. egaensis ;
Mechanitis mazaeus egaensis ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 1; [NL4A, #69d]

M. m. messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865

Colombia mazaeus messenoides C. & R. Felder, 1865; , TL: Nova Granada, Bogota
f. messenoides ;
Mechanitis messenoides ; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 49]; [EBW]
Mechanitis mazaeus messenoides ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 3; [NL4A, #69h]

M. m. deceptus Butler, 1873

Ecuador, Peru mazaeus deceptus Butler, 1873; , TL: [Ecuador] Cuenca. Bolivia, Rio Napoe
Mechanitis mazaeus simplex Bryk, 1953; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #69c]

Mechanitis mazaeus deceptus ; [NL4A, #69c]

M. m. fallax Butler, 1873

Colombia, Peru, Brazil(Amazonas) mazaeus fallax Butler, 1873; , TL: Bogota
Mechanitis polymnia var. plagifera Staudinger, 1885; , TL: Peru, Jurimaguas

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

Mechanitis mazaeus ab. lucifera Haensch, 1905; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

Mechanitis mazaeus ab. phasianita Haensch, 1905; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

Mechanitis visenda elevata Riley, 1919; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

lorigae[sic] Fernández, 1928; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

Mechanitis egaensis septentrionalis Apolinar, 1928; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

Mechanitis mazaeus williamsi Fox, 1941; (hyb.), TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #69e]

f. plagifera ;
f. fallax ;
Mechanitis mazaeus fallax ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 10; [NL4A, #69e]

M. m. pannifera Butler, 1877

Guianas, E.Venezula, Brazil(Amazonas, Pará, ...) mazaeus pannifera Butler, 1877; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas; Pará
Mechanitis pannifera ; [BOW: pl. 47, f. 1 (text only)]
Mechanitis mazaeus pannifera ; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 44, f. 10-14 (larva,pupa); [NL4A, #69i]

M. m. visenda Butler, 1877

Brazil(Pará) mazaeus visenda Butler, 1877; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Mechanitis mazaeus visenda ; [NL4A, #69k]

M. m. beebei Forbes, 1948

Venezuela mazaeus beebei Forbes, 1948; , TL: Venezuela
Mechanitis mazaeus beebei ; [NL4A, #69b]

M. m. pothetoides d'Almeida, 1951

Brazil(Rondônia) mazaeus pothetoides d'Almeida, 1951; , TL: Brazil(Rondônia)
Mechanitis mazaeus pothetoides ; [NL4A, #69j]

M. m. holmgreni Bryk, 1953

Bolivia, Peru Mechanitis mazaeus holmgreni Bryk, 1953; , TL: Peru
Mechanitis messenoides ballucatus Fox, 1967; , TL: Bolivia

= ; [NL4A, #69f]

Mechanitis mazaeus holmgreni ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 2; [NL4A, #69f]

M. m. lanei Fox, 1967

Brazil(Pará) Mechanitis mazaeus lanei Fox, 1967; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Mechanitis mazaeus lanei ; [NL4A, #69g]

M. m. ssp.

Ecuador Mechanitis mazaeus ssp. ; Brown, MS, [NL4A, #69l]

M. m. ssp.

Brazil(Rondônia) Mechanitis mazaeus ssp. ; Brown, MS, [NL4A, #69m]

Mechanitis menapis Hewitson, [1856]

-. See [About maps] Mechanitis menapis Hewitson, [1856]; , TL: New Granada
Mechanitis menapis ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 3, pl. 5, f. 4-7; [NL4A, #70]

M. m. menapis

Colombia Mechanitis franis Reakirt, 1868; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #70a]

Mechanitis menapis var. peruana Hopffer, 1879; , TL: ["Bolivia"]

= ; [NL4A, #70a]

Mechanitis franis ; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 45 (text only)]
Mechanitis menapis menapis ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 4; [NL4A, #70a]

M. m. doryssus Bates, 1864

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama Mechanitis doryssus Bates, 1864; Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (2): 33, TL: Guatemala
Mechanitis doryssus f. saturata ab. escalantei Hoffmann, 1940; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero

= ; [NL4A, #70d]

Mechanitis menapis doryssus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Mechanitis menapis doryssus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Mechanitis doryssus ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 21, 3: pl. 1, f. 9-10, pl. 4, f. 2; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 642
Mechanitis polymnia doryssus ; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 44]
Mechanitis lysimnia doryssus ; [BCR, 220]
Mechanitis menapis doryssus ; [NL4A, #70d]

Larva on Solanum [BCR]

M. m. mantineus Hewitson, 1869

Ecuador (W.Andes) menapis mantineus Hewitson, 1869; , TL: Ecuador [Angus (= Rio Angas)]
Mechanitis mantineus ; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 48]; [EBW]
Mechanitis menapis mantineus ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 5; [NL4A, #70e]

M. m. saturata Godman, 1901

Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica Mechanitis saturata Godman, [1901]; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 642, TL: Costa Rica
Mechanitis doryssus var. saturatus Staudinger, MS
Mechanitis menapis saturata ; [BCR, 221]; [NL4A, #70g]

Larva on Solanum hispidum, S. torvum [BCR]

M. m. occasiva Fox, 1967

Colombia Mechanitis menapis occasiva Fox, 1967; , TL: Colombia
Mechanitis menapis occasiva ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 6; [NL4A, #70f]

M. m. caribensis Fox, 1967

Venezuela Mechanitis menapis caribensis Fox, 1967; , TL: Venezuela, Caracas, Berg Avila, 1000m
Mechanitis menapis caribensis ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 5, f. 7 (paratype); [NL4A, #70b]

M. m. dariensis Brown, 1977

Panama Mechanitis menapis dariensis Brown, 1977; , TL: Panama
Mechanitis menapis dariensis ; [NL4A, #70c]

M. m. ssp.

Colombia Mechanitis menapis ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #70h]

Mechanitis polymnia (Linnaeus, 1758)

-. See [About maps] Papilio polymnia Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 466, TL: "America meridionali" [Surinam]
Mechanitis polymnia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Mechanitis polymnia ; [BOW: pl. 47, f. 1]; [EBW]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 3, pl. 4, f. 3-6; [NL4A, #71]

490x433 (~30Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

M. p. polymnia

Surinam, Brazil(Pará, ...) Papilio mopsus Linnaeus, 1758; , TL: "Indiis"

= ; [NL4A, #71a]

plagigera Butler, 1877; , TL: Brazil, Pará

= ; [NL4A, #71a]

Mechanitis polymnia polymnia ; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 44, f. 5-9 (larva); [NL4A, #71a]

M. p. isthmia Bates, 1863

Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica Mechanitis isthmia Bates, 1863; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1863: pl. 29, f. 1, TL: Panama
?californica Reakirt, 1865; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 4: 223
californica Reakirt, [1866]; , TL: "California"

= ; [NL4A, #71j]

Mechanitis ovata Distant, 1876; Proc. Ent. Soc. 1876: xi [11], TL: Costa Rica

= ; [NL4A, #71j]

Mechanitis isthmica ; Bates, 1853, (missp.)
Mechanitis isthmia ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 20; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 642
Machanitis isthmicus ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 3: pl. 1, f. 11-12
Mechanitis californica ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 33
Mechanitis polymnia isthmia ; [BCR, 221]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 4; [NL4A, #71j]

Larva on Solanum [BCR]

M. p. chimborazona Bates, 1864

Ecuador polymnia chimborazona Bates, 1864; , TL: Ecuador, Chimborazo
Mechanitis polymnia chimborazona ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. back, f. 4; [NL4A, #71g]

M. p. lycidice Bates, 1864

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras Mechanitis lycidice Bates, 1864; Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (2): 33, TL: Guatemala
Mechanitis doryssa Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 31 (preocc. Bates, 1864), TL: Honduras,Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #71l]

Mechanitis lycidice f. arcana Haensch, 1909; , TL: Honduras

= ; [NL4A, #71l]

Mechanitis polymnia lycidice, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Mechanitis polymnia lycidice, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Mechanitis lycidice ; Godman & Salvin, [1879], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 19, 3: pl. 1, f. 7-8; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 642; [BOW: pl. 46, f. 45]; [EBW]
Mechanitis polymnia lycidice ; [NL4A, #71l]

M. p. veritabilis Butler, 1873

Colombia, Venezuela polymnia veritabilis Butler, 1873; , TL: Colombia,Venezuela
Mechanitis polymnia veritabilis Butler, 1873
Mechanitis polymnia veritabilis ; [NL4A, #71o]

M. p. dorissides Staudinger, [1884]

Peru polymnia dorissides Staudinger, [1884]; , TL: [Peru] Yurimaguas
Mechanitis doryssides ; Staudinger, 1885, (missp.)
Mechanitis polymnia doryssides[sic] ; [EcuL]
Mechanitis polymnia dorissides ; [NL4A, #71h]

M. p. casabranca Haensch, 1905

Brazil(Minas Gerais) polymnia casabranca Haensch, 1905; , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Mechanitis polymnia casabranca ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 95; [NL4A, #71e]

M. p. eurydice Haensch, 1905

Peru polymnia eurydice Haensch, 1905; , TL: Peru
Mechanitis lycidice f. argentea Prüffer, 1922; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #71i]

Mechanitis polymnia eurydice ; [NL4A, #71i]

M. p. caucaensis Haensch, 1909

Colombia polymnia caucaensis Haensch, 1909; , TL: Colombia
Mechanitis polymnia f. caucaënsis Haensch, 1909
Mechanitis polymnia caucaensis ; [NL4A, #71f]

M. p. werneri Hering, 1925

Colombia polymnia werneri Hering, 1925; , TL: Colombia
Mechanitis polymnia werneri ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 6; [NL4A, #71p]

M. p. angustifascia Talbot, 1928

Peru, Brazil(Mato Grosso, Acre, ...) polymnia angustifascia Talbot, 1928; , TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
travassosi d'Almeida, 1951; (hyb.), TL: Brazil, Acre

= ; [NL4A, #71b]

Mechanitis polymnia angustifascia ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. cover, f. 5; [NL4A, #71b]

M. p. apicenotata Zikán, 1941

Brazil(Amazonas) polymnia apicenotata Zikán, 1941; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Mechanitis polymnia sancti-gabrielis Bryk, 1953; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas

= ; [NL4A, #71c]

Mechanitis polymnia apicenotata ; [NL4A, #71c]

M. p. mauensis Forbes, 1948

Brazil(Pará) polymnia mauensis Forbes, 1948; , TL: Brazil, Pará
Mechanitis polymnia mauensis ; [NL4A, #71m]

M. p. proceriformis Bryk, 1953

Peru Mechanitis polymnia proceriformis Bryk, 1953; , TL: Peru
Mechanitis polymnia proceriformis ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 3; [NL4A, #71n]

M. p. bolivarensis Fox, 1967

Venezuela polymnia bolivarensis Fox, 1967; , TL: Venezuela
Mechanitis polymnia bolivarensis ; [NL4A, #71d]

M. p. kayei Fox, 1967

Trinidad Mechanitis polymnia kayei Fox, 1967; , TL: Trinidad, Port of Spain?
Mechanitis polymnia kayei ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 4, f. 5; [NL4A, #71k]

M. p. ssp.

Colombia Mechanitis polymnia ssp. ; Brown, MS, [NL4A, #71q]

M. p. ssp.

Colombia Mechanitis polymnia ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #71r]

M. p. ssp.

Peru Mechanitis polymnia ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #71s]

M. p. ssp.

Peru Mechanitis polymnia ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #71t]

M. p. ssp.

Ecuador Mechanitis polymnia ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #71u]

M. p. ssp.

Brazil Mechanitis polymnia ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #71v]

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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

[BCR]

DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae

[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

[EcuL]

Tommaso & Luigi Racheli, 2001; An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae); Fragmenta entomologica 33 (2): 213-380

[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

[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

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Bates, 1864

New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama, collected by Osbert Salvin and F. du Cane Godman, Esqs. Ent. mon. Mag. 1 (1): 1-6 (1864), (2): 31-35 (1864), (3): 55-59 (1864), (4): 81-85 (1864), (5): 113-116 (1864), (6): 126-131 (1864), (7): 161-164 (1864), (8): 178-180 (1865), (9): 202-205 (1865)

Boisduval, 1870

Considerations sur des Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 100pp

Brevignon, 2003

Inventaire des Ithomiinae de Guyane Française (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) Lambillionea 103 (1): 41-58

Brown & Mielke, 1967

Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 77-106

Distant, 1876

Remarks on the Rhopalocera of Costa Rica Proc. Ent. Soc. 1876: 10-14

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

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

Godman & Salvin, [1879]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-112

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

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

Hewitson, [1860]

Illustrations of new species of exoctic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (1857-1861) Ill. exot. Butts 2 (21): [31-32],[45-46],[55-56], pl. [16],[23],[28] (1857), (22): [47-48],[117-120], pl. [24],[59-60] (1857), (23): [51-52],[63-64],[79-80], pl. [26],[32],[40] (1857), (24): [15-16],[43-44],[99-100], pl. [8],[22],[50] (1857), (25): [25-26],[57-58],[115-116], pl. [13],[29],[58] (1858), (26): [1-2],[33-34],[101-102], pl. [1],[17],[51] (1858), (27): [17-18],[23-24],[85-86], pl. [9],[12],[43] (1858), (28): [59-62],[103-104], pl. [30-31],[52] (1858), (29): [65-68],[105-106], pl. [33-34],[53] (1859), (30): [3-4],[35-36],[53-54], pl. [2],[18],[27] (1859), (31): [41-42],[55-56],[107-108], pl. [21],[38],[54] (1859), (32): [73-74],[93-94],[109-110], pl. [37],[47],[55] (1859), (33): [81-84],[111-112], pl. [41-42],[56] (1859), (34): [71-72],[77-78],[95-96], pl. [36],[39],[48] (1860), (35): [27-28],[97-98],[113-114], pl. [14],[49],[57] (1860), (36): [19-22],[29-30], pl. [10-11],[15] (1860), (37): [7-8],[89-92], pl. [4],[45-46] (1861), (38): [9-12],[37-38], pl. [5-6],[19] (1861), (39): [5-6],[39-40],[87-88], pl. [3],[20],[44] (1861), (40): [13-14],[49-50],[69-70],[121-124], pl. [7],[25],[35] (1861)

Hübner, [1806]

Tentamen determinationis digestionis alque denominationis singlarum stripium Lepidopterorum, peritisad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum, a Jacob Hübner Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: -

Hübner, [1806]

Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 1 (1806 - [1819]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-4] (1807), [5-12] (1807-1809), [13-36] (1823-1824), pl. [1-2], [5-8], [12], [15], [29], [47] (1806), pl. [9], [11], [17], [21], [25-27], [32], [35], [43-44], [56], [60], [79], [102], [104], [116], [141], [148], [150-151], [155], [159], [200] (1807), pl. [19], [39], [57], [73], [82], [114], [157], [167], [170], [173], [187] (1807), pl. [3], [31], [37], [46], [54], [58], [62], [76], [84], [92], [95], [105], [112-113], [117], [137-138], [146], [154], [158], [180], [209] (1808), pl. [16], [28], [65], [89], [142], [160], [162], [166], [182], [188], [193] (1809), pl. [4], [22], [42], [53], [61], [88], [90], [97], [100], [107], [110], [118], [120], [140], [143], [149], [161], [171], [178], [184], [196], [202] (1809), pl. [10], [18], [30], [41], [51], [80], [144], [172], [189] (1810), pl. [36], [70], [87], [91], [101], [124], [129], [177], [183], [207], [210] (1811), pl. [20], [38], [45], [55], [85], [98], [103], [108], [136], [139], [152-153], [156], [163], [179], [186], [190], [205-206] (1812), pl. [13-14], [40], [48], [50], [67], [74], [86], [119], [121], [130], [135], [175-176], [197-199], [204-204], [212] (1813), pl. [72], [75], [77-78], [83], [93], [109], [111], [115], [128], [131], [165], [174], [194] (1813), pl. [24], [49], [52], [63-64], [66], [68-69], [71], [81], [123], [145], [181], [192] (1814), pl. [126], [132-134], [168] (1815), pl. [23], [96], [122], [125], [169], [195] (1816), pl. [33], [99], [127], [187], [185], [213] (1817), pl. [59], [106], [147], [164], [208], [211] (1818), pl. [34], [94], [191], [201] (1819), (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1819 - April 1823)

Hübner, [1820]

Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)

Lamas, 1999

Nymphalidae II. Ithomiinae Butterflies of the world, 3: 17pp, 16pls

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Reakirt, 1866

Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3): 238-249

Scudder, 1875

Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10: 91-293

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