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Methona Doubleday, [1847]

Methona Doubleday, [1847]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 115, TS: Thiridia[sic] themisto Hübner
Gelotophye d'Almeida, 1940; Rev. Ent., Rio de Janeiro 11 (3): 760, TS: Thyridia mystica Zikán

= ; [NL4A, 174]

Methona, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Methona (Mechanitidini) ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 2
Methona (Mechanitini) ; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 45; [NL4A, 174]
Methona (Mechanitina) ; [Wahlberg]

Methona confusa Butler, 1873

-. See [About maps] Methona confusa Butler, 1873; , TL: "Tapajos, Peru", Brazil, Pará
?Thyridia confusa ; [BOW: pl. 48, f. 3]
Methona confusa ; [NL4A, #50]

M. c. confusa

Brazil(Pará) crameri (Aurivillius, 1882) (Thyridia); , TL: Brazil

= ; [NL4A, #50a]

Methona confusa confusa ; [NL4A, #50a]

M. c. psamathe Godman & Salvin, 1898

Ecuador, N.Peru confusa psamathe Godman & Salvin, 1898; , TL: Ecuador, Gualaquiza
Thyridia confusa denigrata Talbot, 1932; , TL: N.Peru, Charape 4000ft

= ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #50b]

Methona confusa psamathe ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #50b]

M. c. ssp.

Panama Methona confusa ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #50c]

M. c. ssp.

Panama Methona confusa ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #50d]

Methona curvifascia Weymer, 1883

Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil(Amazonas). See [About maps] Methona curvifascia Weymer, 1883; , TL: [Colombia]
inferna Srnka, 1884; (nom. nud.), TL: Brazil(Amazonas)

= ; [NL4A, #51]

Methona curvifascia ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 2, pl. 15, f. 3; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #51]

Methona grandior (Forbes, 1944)

-. See [About maps] grandior (Forbes, 1944) (Thyridia); , TL: St. Laurent, French Guiana
Methona grandior ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 2, pl. 15, f. 4; [NL4A, #52]

M. g. grandior

Guianas Methona grandior grandior ; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 45; [NL4A, #52a]

M. g. incana (Forbes, 1944)

Ecuador grandior incana (Forbes, 1944) (Thyridia); , TL: Ecuador, Puyo, Rio Pastaza
Methona grandior incana ; [EcuL]; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 15, f. 4, cover, f. 3; [NL4A, #52b]

M. g. ssp.

Brazil(Acre) Methona grandior ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #52c]

Methona maxima (Forbes, 1944)

-. See [About maps] maxima (Forbes, 1944) (Thyridia); , TL: Bolivia
Methona maxima ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: 2, pl. 15, f. 6; [NL4A, #53]

M. m. maxima

Bolivia Methona maxima maxima ; Lamas, 1999, Butterflies of the world, 3: pl. 15, f. 6; [NL4A, #53a]

M. m. nigerrima (Forbes, 1944)

Peru maxima nigerrima (Forbes, 1944) (Thyridia); , TL: Peru
Methona maxima nigerrima ; [NL4A, #53b]

Methona megisto C. & R. Felder, 1860

Guianas, Brazil(Amazonas). See [About maps] Methona megisto C. & R. Felder, 1860; , TL: "Brazil, Bahia"
Thyridia mystica Zikán, 1931; Ent. Rundsch. 48: 102 (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #54]

Methona mystica Zikán, 1934; , TL: Brazil, Amazonas

= ; [NL4A, #54]

Aprotopos[sic] psidii ab. minor Dufrane, 1948; , TL: French Guiana

= ; [NL4A, #54]

Methona megisto ; Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 45; [NL4A, #54]

Larva on Brunfelsia Brevignon, 2003, Lambillionea 103 (1): 45

Methona singularis (Staudinger, [1884])

Brazil(Bahia). See [About maps] singularis (Staudinger, [1884]) (Thyridia); , TL: [Brazil, Bahia]
Thyridia themisto felderorum Bryk, 1953; , TL: Brazil, Bahia

= ; [NL4A, #55]

Methona singularis ; [NL4A, #55]

Methona themisto (Hübner, 1818)

-. See [About maps] Thiridia[sic] themisto Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 28 (post 22nd December 1818), : pl. [29] (1814 - 1818), f. 163-164, TL: Brazil
Methona themisto, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Thyridia themisto ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 94
?Thyridia themiste ; [BOW: pl. 48, f. 3 (text only) (??spell. )]
Methona themisto ; [NL4A, #56]

M. t. themisto

Thyridia themisto Hübner, 1816; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #56a]

Methona themisto themisto ; [NL4A, #56a]

M. t. ssp.

Brazil(São Paulo) Methona themisto ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #56b]

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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.

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[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

[JLS]

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

[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

Some related literature:

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

Doubleday, [1847]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): xii + 1-250, pls. 1-30

Hübner, 1818

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (post 22nd December 1818), pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)

Lamas, 1999

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

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