Carystoides Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Carystoides ; Kaye, 1921, (missp.)
Carystoidis ; Kaye, 1921, (missp.)
Castoides ; Meerman & Moomsma, 1993, (missp.)
Carystoides (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A] , 63
The basoches species-group
Freeman, 1969 also lists Carystoides lota Hewitson inthis "basoches complex", but that is now apparently in Argon ?
Carystoides basoches (Latreille, [1824])
C.America, Trinidad, Brazil (Amazonas), Surinam, Peru. See [maps ]
Hesperia basoches Latreille, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 747 ; TL : Brazil
Proteides brinoides Möschler, 1877; ; TL : Surinam
Carystus argyrocoryne Mabille, 1878; ; TL : Brazil
Proteides philodamus Mabille, 1883; ; TL : Peru
Carystus hebon Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (17): cxvi ; TL : "Massauary"
Goniloba basochesii ; Westwood, 1852, (missp.)
Proteides erinoides ; Kirby, 1877, (missp.)
Carystoides basochesi ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 611 , 3 pl. 104 , f. 8-11 (missp.)
Carystoides argyocoryne ; Hayward, 1950, (missp.)
Carystoides philodamas ; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
Carystoides basochis[sic] ; [BOW] : pl. 81, f. 27 (missp.)
Carystoides bazoches ; Brown, 1987, (missp.)
Carystoides basoches basoches ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 166
Carystoides basoches ; Freeman, 1969, J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 32 (note); [NL4A] , #1423
733x579 (~48Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
597x575 (~37Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Carystoides noseda (Hewitson, 1866)
Trinidad, Brazil. See [maps ]
Hesperia noseda Hewitson, 1866; ; TL : Brazil, Pará
Cobalus combusta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Hesperia replana Plötz, 1882; ; TL : Brazil
Carystoides certima (Hewitson, [1866])
Venezuela. See [maps ]
Carystoides yenna Evans, 1955
French Guiana. See [maps ]
Carystoides yenna Evans, 1955; ; TL : French Guiana
The lebbaeus species-group
Carystoides lebbaeus (Hewitson, 1876)
-. See [maps ]
C. l. lebbaeus Panama
Themesion lebboeus ; Mabille, 1904, (missp.)
Carystoides lebbaeus lebbaeus ; [NL4A] , #1429a
C. l. benchos (Weeks, 1909) Bolivia
C. l. cundina Evans, 1955 Colombia
lebbaeus cundina Evans, 1955; ; TL : Colombia
Carystoides manta Evans, 1955
Colombia. See [maps ]
Carystoides manta Evans, 1955; ; TL : Colombia
Carystoides balza Evans, 1955
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Carystoides balza Evans, 1955; ; TL : Ecuador
Carystoides lila Evans, 1955
Colombia. See [maps ]
Carystoides lila Evans, 1955; ; TL : Colombia
Carystoides hondura Evans, 1955
Honduras. See [maps ]
Carystoides hondura Evans, 1955; ; TL : Honduras
Carystoides escalantei Freeman, 1969
Mexico. See [maps ]
Carystoides escalantei Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 33, pl. 11, f. 1-2, pl. 12, f. 1; TL : Villa Juárez, Puebla, Mexico
Carystoides escalantei ; [NL4A] , #1426
Carystoides abrahami Freeman, 1969
Mexico. See [maps ]
Carystoides abrahami ; [NL4A] , #1420
Carystoides floresi Freeman, 1969
Mexico. See [maps ]
Carystoides floresi Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 35, pl. 11, f. 5-8, pl. 12, f. 3; TL : 7 miles S of Valles (jungle section fo the grounds of Hotel Covadonga), San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Carystoides floresi ; [NL4A] , #1427
Carystoides mexicana Freeman, 1969
Mexico. See [maps ]
Carystoides mexicana Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 37, pl. 11, f. 9-11, pl. 12, f. 4; TL : 7 miles S of Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Carystoides mexicana ; [NL4A] , #1433
Carystoides alda (Plötz, 1882)
Brazil. See [maps ]
Hesperia alda Plötz, 1882; ; TL : Brazil
Carystoides alda ; [NL4A] , #1421
Carystoides cathaea (Hewitson, 1866)
Brazil(Amazonas), Bolivia. See [maps ]
Hesperia cathaea Hewitson, 1866
Proteides radiatus Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lxxxv ; TL : "San Paulo"
Nisoniades bolivianus Weeks, 1905; (nom. nud.)
f. boliviana Draudt, 1923; ; TL : Bolivia
Carystoides cathaea ; [BOW] : pl. 81, f. 27 (text); [NL4A] , #1424
Carystoides maroma (Möschler, 1877)
Guianas, Surinam. See [maps ]
Caristus[sic] maroma Möschler, 1877; ; TL : Surinam
valentina (Plötz, 1882) (Hesperia ); ; TL : Surinam
Carystoides marona ; Mielke & Casagrande, 1992, (missp.)
Carystoides maroma ; [BOW] : pl. 81, f. 28; [NL4A] , #1432
Carystoides sicania (Hewitson, 1876)
-. See [maps ]
Hesperia sicania Hewitson, 1876; ; TL : Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)
Carystoides sicania ; [NL4A] , #1435
C. s. sicania Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)
Carystoides sicaria ; Brown & Freitas, 2000, (missp.)
Carystoides sicania sicania ; [NL4A] , #1435a
C. s. orbius (Godman, [1901]) Nicaragua
Carystoides orbius ;
Carystoides sicania orbius ; [NL4A] , #1435b
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Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera
J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2)
(2): 77 -106,
(3): 145 -168
Freeman, 1969
Records, new species, and new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico
J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 62pp
Latreille, [1824]
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes
Encyclopédie Méthodique 9
(1): 3 -328 (1819),
(2): 329 -828 ([1824])
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, [1866]
Descriptions of new Hesperidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 (6)
: 479 -501
Hewitson, 1876
Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (106)
: 347 -355
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3)
Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35
(16): lix -lxxxviii,
(17): cvi -cxxi,
(18): clxviii -clxxxvii
Weeks, 1909
New South American Butterflies
Ent. News 20 (6)
: 263 -264
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