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Lasaia Bates, [1868]

Lasaia Bates, [1868]; J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 9: 397, TS: Papilio meris Stoll
Talites Capronnier, 1874; Ann. Soc. ent. Belge 17: 20, TS: Papilio meris Stoll

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Lasaea Glaeser, 1887; Cat. etymol. Coleopt. Lepidopt.: 297 (unj. emend.)

= ; [NL4A, 154]

Lasaia (Erycininae) ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 454
Lasia ; Hemming, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl.: 246 (missp.)
Lasaia ; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 149-180
Lasaia (Riodinini) ; [NL4A, 154]

361x500 (~58Kb) Venezuela, Parai Tepui near Mount Roraima in the Gran Sabana, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Lasaia moeros Staudinger, 1888

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. See [About maps] Lasaia moeros Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (18): 257, TL: Chanchamayao, Peru
Lasaia rosamonda Weeks, 1900; Proc. New England Zool. Club 2: 45, TL: Cundinamarca, Bogota distr., Colombia

= ; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187; [NL4A, #619]

Lasaia rosamunda ; Weeks, 1905, Ill. diurnal Lepid. [1]: 9, pl. 5; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 1909
Lasaia moeros moeros ; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 159, f. 1, 8, 9
Lasaia moeros ; Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 48; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187; Stichel, 1930, Lep. Cat. 40: 438; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 14 (text only)]; [EBW]; [NL4A, #619]

Lasaia kennethi Weeks, 1901

Peru?, Bolivia. See [About maps] Lasaia kennethi Weeks, 1901; Proc. New England Zool. Club 2: 71, TL: Bolivia
Lasaia merita Godman, 1903; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1903: 541, pl. 22, f. 9, TL: La Paz, Coroico, 6500ft

= ; Stichel, 1930, Lep. Cat. 40: 438; [NL4A, #620]

Lasaia pura Seitz, 1917; Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 pl. 135, TL: [Bolivia]

= ; Stichel, 1930, Lep. Cat. 40: 438; [NL4A, #620]

Lasaia merita ; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 109; Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 48; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187
Lasaia moeros merita ; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5: pl. 135i
Lasaia kennethi ; Weeks, 1905, Ill. diurnal Lepid. [1]: 86, pl. 36; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 109
Lasaia moeros kennethi ; Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 48; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 692; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 161
Lasaia kennethi ; [NL4A, #620 (rev. stat.)]

Lasaia sessilis Schaus, 1890

Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala. See [About maps] Lasaia sessilis Schaus, 1890; Entom. Amer. 6 (1): 18, TL: Mexico, Veracruz, Coatepec
Lasaia sessilis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Lasaia sessilis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Lasaia sessilis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Lasaia meris var. sessilis ; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 109
Lasaia sessilis ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 707; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187 [in part]; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 164, f. 2, 10, 11; [BOW: pl. 20, f. 44]; [BCR2, 179]; [NL4A, #621]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Lasaia sessilis (= Lasaia maria maria); Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 692, pl. 142, f.

Lasaia maria Clench, 1972

-. See [About maps] Lasaia maria Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 164, f. 3, 12-15, TL: Ajijic, 5300ft, Jalisco, Mexico
Lasaia maria maria, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Lasaia maria maria, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Lasaia maria, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Lasaia maria ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #625]

L. m. maria

Mexico, Guatemala Lasaia maria maria ; [NL4A, #625a]

L. m. anna Clench, 1972

Mexico Lasaia maria anna Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 166, TL: Victoria [Tamaulipas], Mexico
Lasaia maria anna, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Lasaia maria anna, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Lasaia maria anna ; [NL4A, #625b]

Lasaia arsis Staudinger, 1888

Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Pará, Amazonas). See [About maps] Lasaia arsis Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (18): 257, (17): pl. 91 (1887), TL: Brazil(Amazonas)
Lasaia meris arsis ; Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 48; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 186; Stichel, 1930, Lep. Cat. 40: 436; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148
Lasaia arsis ; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 168, f. 4, 16, 17; [NL4A, #616]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Lasaia meris; Staudinger, 1888, in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (18): 257; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 108

Lasaia meris (Stoll, [1781])

Mexico - Amazon, Surinam. See [About maps] Papilio meris Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 146, pl. 366, f. B, C, TL: Surinam
Lasaia meris meris ; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 186 (part); Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 682, pl. 135 g
Lasaia meris ; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 455; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 707; Kaye, 1904, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904: 187; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 108; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 169; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 14-15]; [NL4A, #615]

Lasaia pseudomeris Clench, 1972

Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Amazonas. See [About maps] Lasaia pseudomeris Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 170, f. 5, 18-19, TL: Chiquitos [San José de Chiquitos, Santa Cruz], Bolivia
Lasaia pseudomeris ; [BCR2, 180]; [NL4A, #624]

Lasaia sula Staudinger, 1888

-. See [About maps] Blue Metalmark
Lasaia narses var. sula Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (18): 257, TL: Sand Pedro Sula, Honduras
Lasaia sula sula, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Lasaia sula sula, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Lasaia sula, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Lasaia sula ; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 171; [NACL, #4397]; [NAB, 526]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #617]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Lasaia sula (= Lasaia maria maria); Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 186, (B): pl. 26 (1911), f. 49; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 692
?Lasaia sula (= Lasaia maria maria); Hoffman, 1941, Sobret. Ann. Inst. Biol. Mexico, D.F. I (Papilionoidea): 697

L. s. sula

W.Mexico - Costa Rica, Honduras Lasaia sula sula ; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 173, f. 24-25
Lasaisa sula sula ; [BCR2, 180]
Lasaia sula sula ; [NL4A, #617a]

Larva on Albizia sp. [BCR2]

L. s. peninsularis Clench, 1972

S.Texas - Mexico (Yucatan) Lasaia sula peninsularis Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 172, f. 7, 20-23, TL: Pisté, Yucatán, Mexico
Lasaia sula peninsularis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Lasaia sula peninsularis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Lasaia sula peninsularis ; [NACL, #4397a]; [NL4A, #617b]

Misidentified/misapplied:

sula; auth., not Staudinger, 1888
narses; auth., not Staudinger, 1888
Lasaia sessilis; auth., not Schaus, 1890

Lasaia aerugo Clench, 1972

Peru. See [About maps] Lasaia aerugo Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 173, f. 26-27, TL: Peru, Cajamarca, Llangua, Rio Llangua
Lasaia aerugo ; Hall & Lamas, 2001, Rev. per. Ent. 42: 14 (note); [NL4A, #622]

Lasaia maritima Hall & Lamas, 2001

Peru (Piura, La Libertad). See [About maps] Lasaia maritima Hall & Lamas, 2001; Rev. per. Ent. 42: 13, f. 4a-b (m), TL: Peru, Piura, Cerro Illescas, Reventazon, 50, 06°07'S 80°59'W
Lasaia maritima ; [NL4A, #623]

Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, 1809)

-. See [About maps] Erycina agesilas Latreille, 1809; : 396, pl. 25, f. 7-8, TL: "les bords de la rivičre des Amazones, dans la province de Jaen de Bracamorros" [?Jaen de Bracamorros, Peru]
Lasaia agesilas, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Lasaia agesilas ; [EBW]; [BCR2, 179]; [NL4A, #618]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Lasaia meris; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 455 (part); auth.

L. a. agesilas

Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, British Guiana, Brasil (Amazonas) Narses Metalmark
Lasaia narses Staudinger, 1888; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (18): 257, TL: [Peru]

= ; [NL4A, #618a]

Lasaia agesilas narses ; Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 48; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 692, pl. 135 h
Lasaia agesilas agesilas ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 175, f. 30-31, 36-37; [NL4A, #618a]

L. a. esmeralda Clench, 1972

Paraguay, Brazil (Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Parana) Lasaia agesilas esmeralda Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 174, f. 32-33, TL: Villa Rica [Villarica], Paraguay

= Lasaia agesilas agesilas ; [NL4A, #618a]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Lasaia agesilas agesilas; Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 48; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 692

L. a. callaina Clench, 1972

Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica Lasaia agesilas callaina Clench, 1972; J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 177, f. 6, 28-29, 34-35, TL: Cd. Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Lasaia agesilas callaina, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Lasaia agesilas callaina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Lasaia agesilas callaina ; [BCR2, 179 (note)]; [NL4A, #618b]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Lasaia sessilis; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 692, pl. 135, i

Lasaia oileus Godman, 1903

British Honduras, Panama, Trinidad, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil (Para, Sao Paulo), Paraguay. See [About maps] Lasaia oileus Godman, 1903; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1903: 541, pl. 22, f. 11
Lasaia oileus ; Mengel, 1905, Cat. Erycin.: 109; Stichel, 1910, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 187; Kaye, 1914, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914: 563; Seitz, 1917, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 693, pl. 135, h; Stichel, 1931, Lep. Cat. 40: 439 (1930); Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 148; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 179, f. 38-39; [BOW: pl. 74, f. 16]; [BCR2, 180]; [NL4A, #626]

Lasaia incoides (Schaus, 1902)

Argentina, Paraguay, SE.Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay?. See [About maps] Charis incoides Schaus, 1902; , TL: "Peru" [error]
Lasaia scotina Stichel, 1910; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 188 (footnote), TL: Rio Grande do Sul

= ; Hall & Willmott, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (2), Suppl. 1: 23; [NL4A, #627]

f. privata (Köhler, 1923) (Nelone); , TL: Argentina

= ; [NL4A, #627]

Lasaia scotina ; Stichel, 1931, Lep. Cat. 40: 439 (1930); Zikán, 1952, Dusenia 3: 44; Clench, 1972, J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 179, f. 40-41
?Nelone incoides ; [BOW: pl. 76, f. 15 (text only)]
?Emesis incoides ; [EBW]
Exoplisia incoides ; Bridges, 1994
Lasaia incoides ; Hall & Willmott, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (2), Suppl. 1: 23, f. 10a-b; [NL4A, #627]

Lasaia cutisca Hall & Willmott, 1998

Ecuador, Colombia?, Peru?, Bolivia?. See [About maps] Lasaia cutisca Hall & Willmott, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (2), Suppl. 1: 23, f. 3a-d, 9a-b, TL: Ecuador, Sucumbios, nr. La Bonita, Rio Sucie, 1800m
Lasaia cutisca ; [NL4A, #628]

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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

[BCR2]

DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. II: Riodinidae

[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

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[JLS]

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

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[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.

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

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

Clench, 1972

A review of the genus Lasaia (Riodinidae) J. Res. Lepid. 10 (2): 149-180

Godman, 1903

Notes on some Central American and South American Erycinidae, with descriptions of new species Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1903: 529-550

Godman & Salvin, [1886]

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

Godman & Salvin, [1901]

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

Hall & Lamas, 2001

Five new riodinid species from northwestern dry forest and northeastern Andean cloud forest habitats in Peru (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) Rev. per. Ent. 42: 9-19

Hall & Willmott, 1998

A Contribution to Riodinid Systematics. Three new species of Riodini from the cloud forests of Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) Trop. Lepid. 9 (2), Suppl. 1: 22-26

Hemming, 1967

Generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl.: -

Hoffman, 1941

Catalogo sistematico y zoogeografico de los Lepidopteros Mexicanos Sobret. Ann. Inst. Biol. Mexico, D.F. I (Papilionoidea): 640-739

Kaye, 1904

A catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904: 159-224

Kaye, 1914

Additions and corrections to my catalogue of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad (1904) Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914: 545-585

Schaus, 1890

New species of Mexican Lepidoptera Entom. Amer. 6 (1): 18-20

Seitz, 1917

Die amerikanischen Tagfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde, 5 : 1-48 (1907), 49-72 (1908), 73-160 (1909), 161-200 (1910), 241-344 (1912), 345-456 (1913), 457-480 (1914), 481-536 (1915), 537-664 (1916), 665-720 (1917), 745-768 (1919), 721-744,769-816 (1920), 817-856 (1921), 857-912,937-944 (1922), 913-936,945-1000 (1923), 1001-1141 (1924)

Staudinger, 1888

Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)

Stichel, 1910

Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains.) (Lep. Rhop.) Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 9-103

Stichel, 1910

Fam. Riodinidae. Allgemeines. Subfam. Riodininae. in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 1-238, pl. 1-23 (1910), (B): 239-452, pl. 24-27 (1911)

Stichel, 1930; Stichel, 1931

Riodinidae Lep. Cat. 38: 1-112 (1930), 40: 113-544 (1930), 41: 545-720 (1930), 44: 721-795 (1931)

Stoll, [1781]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

Weeks, 1905

Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera with descriptions [1] Ill. diurnal Lepid. [1]: xii + 117pp, 45pls

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