Vettius Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Vettius (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A] , 83
Vettius argentus Freeman, 1969
Mexico. See [maps ]
Vettius argentus Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 24, pl. 8, f. 3-4, pl. 4, f. 3; TL : Santa Rosa, Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico
Vettius coryna argentus ;
Vettius argentus ; [NL4A] , #2251
Vettius artona (Hewitson, 1868)
Nicaragua - Brazil, Trinidad. See [maps ]
Hesperia artona ; Hewitson, 1876, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Hesperia VII): [111 ], pl. [56 ], f. 67-68
Carystus artona ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 586 , 3 pl. 102 , f. 16-18
Vettius artona ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 17; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 166 ; [NL4A] , #2252
Vettius arva Evans, 1955
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [maps ]
Vettius arva Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Hesperia arva Kirby, 1879; (nom. nud.)
Vettius chagres Nicolay, 1973
Panama. See [maps ]
Vettius chagres Nicolay, 1973; J. Lep. Soc. 27 (4) : 251, f. 21-24, 27, 27a, 32; TL : Colon (Santa Rita), Panama, 300m
Vettius chagres ; [NL4A] , #2254
Vettius coryna (Hewitson, [1866])
Mexico - Bolivia. See [maps ]
V. c. catargyra (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Venezuela, Colombia
Vettius coryna catargyra ; [NL4A] , #2255b
V. c. conka Evans, 1955 Guatemala
Vettius coryna conka Evans, 1955; ; TL : Guatemala
Vettius coryna conka ; [NL4A] , #2255c
Vettius crispa Evans, 1955
Brazil(Amazonas). See [maps ]
Vettius crispa Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, Amazonas
Vettius crispa ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 23 (text); [NL4A] , #2256
Vettius diana (Plötz, 1886)
-. See [maps ]
Hesperia diana Plötz, 1886; ; TL : Brazil, São Paulo
V. d. diana Brazil(São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul)
Carystus seitzi Draudt, 1923; ; TL : Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul)
= Vettius diana diana ; [NL4A] , #2257a
Carystus dion ; Draudt, 1923, (missp.)
Vettius diana diana ; [NL4A] , #2257a
V. d. felix Evans, 1955 Peru
diana felix Evans, 1955; ; TL : Peru
Vettius diana felix ; [NL4A] , #2257b
Vettius diversa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Nicaragua - Brazil. See [maps ]
Cobalus diversa Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
V. d. diversa
Vettius diversa diversa ; [NL4A] , #2258a
V. d. donga Evans, 1955 Peru
diversa donga Evans, 1955; ; TL : Peru
Vettius diversa donga ; [NL4A] , #2258b
V. d. drona Evans, 1955 Bolivia
diversa drona Evans, 1955; ; TL : Bolivia
Vettius diversa drona ; [NL4A] , #2258c
V. d. lyrcea (Plötz, 1882)
diversa lyrcea (Plötz, 1882) (Hesperia ); ; TL : "Brazil"
Vettius lyncea ; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
Vettius diversa lyrcea ; [NL4A] , #2258d
V. d. maeon (Mabille, 1891) Panama
Vettius maeon ;
Vettius diversa maeon ; [NL4A] , #2258e
Vettius drova Evans, 1955
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Vettius drova Evans, 1955; ; TL : Ecuador
Vettius fantasos (Cramer, [1780])
Surinam, Trinidad, Mexico - Brazil. See [maps ]
Papilio fantasos Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): pl. 300 , f. E, F; TL : Surinam
Papilio abebalus Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): pl. 365 , f. G, H; TL : "Guinea, Cap de Bonne Esperance"
Hesperia eucherus Plötz, 1882; ; TL : [Brazil]
Carystus fantosus ; Hübner, [1819], (missp.)
Hesperia abebalus ; Latreille, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 754
Hesperia fantasus ; Plötz, 1882, (missp.)
Carystus fantastos ; R. G. Maza, 1976, (missp.)
Vettius euchera ; Poole, 1996, (missp.)
Carystus fantasos ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 586 , 3 pl. 102 , f. 15
Vettius fantasos ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 21; [Opler ]; [NL4A] , #2260
485x492 (~25Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Vettius fuldai (Bell, 1930)
Colombia, Brazil(Espírito Santo), ...?. See [maps ]
Euroto fuldai Bell, 1930; ; TL : Colombia
Vettius yalta Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, Espírito Santo
Phlebodes fuldia ; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
Vettius fuldai ; [NL4A] , #2261
Vettius jabesa (Butler, 1870)
Brazil(Pará). See [maps ]
Vettius klugi (Bell, 1941)
Peru. See [maps ]
Carystus klugi Bell, 1941; ; TL : Peru
Carystus klygi ; Bell, 1944, (missp.)
Vettius klugi ; [NL4A] , #2263
Vettius lafrenaye (Latreille, [1824])
Panama - Brazil. See [maps ]
Hesperia lafrenaye Latreille, [1824]; ; TL : Brazil
V. l. lafrenaye Brazil
Cobalus disjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; ; TL : ?
= Vettius lafrenaye lafrenaye ; [NL4A] , #2264a
Hesperia aloeus Plötz, 1882; (nom. nud.)
= Vettius lafrenaye lafrenaye ; [NL4A] , #2264a
Goniloba lafrenayii[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Westwood, 1852
lafrenayi[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Prittwitz, 1868
Carystus lafresnayi[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Mabille, 1878
Hesperia lefrenayi[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Plötz, 1882
Vettius lafresnayi[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 590 , 3 pl. 102 , f. 30-32
Vettius lafresnayei[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Riley, 1926
Hesperia alocus[sic, recte aloeus ] ; Bell, 1946
Vettius lafrensnayi[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; J. & W. Zikán, 1968
Vettius lafresnaye[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Lamas, 1981
Vettius lafresneyii[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Maza & Bezaury, 1992
Vettius lafresneyi[sic, recte lafrenaye ] ; Maza & Bezaury, 1992
Vettius lafrenaye lafrenaye ; [NL4A] , #2264a
V. l. pica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Cobalus pica Hübner, [1819]; (nom. nud.)
= Vettius lafrenaye pica ; [NL4A] , #2264b
Vettius lucretius (Latreille, [1824])
Brazil. See [maps ]
Hesperia lucretius Latreille, [1824]; ; TL : Brazil
Carystus lapithes Geyer, 1832; ; TL : "East Indies"
Hesperia hilda Plötz, 1886; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
Carystus lapithis ; Geyer, [1832], (missp.)
Carystus lucretilus ; Kirby, 1902, (missp.)
Vettius lucretius ; [NL4A] , #2265
Vettius marcus (Fabricius, 1787)
Panama - Brazil, Guianas, Trinidad. See [maps ]
Hesperia marcus ; Latreille, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 753
Cobalus marcus ; Hübner, Zutr. ex. Schmett. : f. 725-726
Carystus marcus ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 584 , 3 pl. 102 , f. 10
Vettius marcus ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 24, 25; [NL4A] , #2266
V. m. marcus French Guiana, Brazil
Vettius phyllides Röber, 1925; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
= Vettius marcus marcus ; [NL4A] , #2266a
V. m. aurelius (Plötz, 1882) C.America, Venezuela, Brazil
Vettius monacha (Plötz, 1882)
Brazil(Pará), Surinam. See [maps ]
Hesperia monacha Plötz, 1882; ; TL : Brazil, Pará
Proteides monacha Möschler, 1883; (preocc. Plötz, 1882); TL : Surinam
Vettius monacha ; [NL4A] , #2267
Vettius onaca Evans, 1955
Guatemala. See [maps ]
Vettius onaca Evans, 1955; ; TL : Guatemala
Vettius anaca ; Raguso & Llorente, 1991, (missp.)
Vettius onaca ; [NL4A] , #2268
576x476 (~28Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Vettius phyllus (Cramer, [1777])
Panama - Brazil, Trinidad. See [maps ]
V. p. phyllus Surinam, Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas), French Guiana
Hesperia laurea Hewitson, 1868; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2) : 28; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; French Guiana
= Vettius phyllus phyllus ; [NL4A] , #2269a
Vettius massimii J. Zikán, 1938; ; TL : Brazil, Amazonas
= Vettius phyllus phyllus ; [NL4A] , #2269a
V. p. prona Evans, 1955 Brazil(São Paulo)
phyllus prona Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, São Paulo
Vettius phyllus prona ; [NL4A] , #2269b
V. p. pura Evans, 1955 Peru
phyllus pura Evans, 1955; ; TL : Peru
Vettius phyllus pura ; [NL4A] , #2269c
V. p. yunga Evans, 1955 Bolivia
phyllus yunga Evans, 1955; ; TL : Bolivia
Vettius phyllus yunga ; [NL4A] , #2269d
Vettius ploetzii (Capronnier, 1874)
-. See [maps ]
ploetzii (Capronnier, 1874) (Goniloba ); ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Vettius ploetzii ; [NL4A] , #2270
V. p. ploetzii Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)
Hesperia ploetzi ; Plötz, 1882, (missp.)
Vettius ploetzii ploetzii ; [NL4A] , #2270a
V. p. morretesi Mielke, 1992 Brazil(Paraná)
ploetzii morretesi Mielke, 1992; ; TL : Brazil(Paraná)
Vettius ploetzii morretesi ; [NL4A] , #2270b
Vettius richardi (Weeks, 1906)
Venezuela. See [maps ]
Vettius richardi ; [NL4A] , #2271
Vettius tertianus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Brazil(Pará), Surinam, Costa Rica?. See [maps ]
Cobalus tertianus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Hesperia peninsularis Plötz, 1882; ; TL : Brazil, Pará
Hesperia zola Plötz, 1882; ; TL : Surinam
Hesperia warra Plötz, 1882; ; TL : Surinam
Pamphila warra Möschler, 1883; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 32 : 327 (preocc. Plötz, 1882); TL : Surinam
Pampihla zola Möschler, 1883; (preocc. Plötz, 1882); TL : Surinam
Vettius triangularis (Hübner, [1831])
Brazil. See [maps ]
Cobalus triangularis Hübner, [1831]; (Geyer, 1831?); TL : Brazil
Cobalus triangularis Hübner, [1819]; (nom. nud.)
Cobalus triangulum Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; ; TL : ?
Vettius triangularis ; [NL4A] , #2273
Vettius umbrata (Erschoff, 1876) Brazil?
Hesperia (Pamphila?) umbrata Erschoff, 1876; ; TL : Brazil?
Vettius umbrata ; [NL4A] , #2274
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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
Butler, 1870
Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4)
: 485 -520
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 2
(9-16): 1 -152, pl. 97 -192 (1777)
Cramer, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 4
(25-26a): 1 -28, pl. 289 -304 (1780),
: 247-252 (index)
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus
Mantissa Insectorum 2
: 1 -382
C. & R. Felder, [1867]
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1 -136, pl. 1 -21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137 -378, pl. 22 -47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379 -536, pl. 48 -74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537 -548, pl. 75 -120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121 -140, (erklärung) 1 -10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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, [1900]; 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, 1873; Hewitson, 1876
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [5]
: (Systematic Index) V ,
(Anteros): [1 -2], pl. [1 ] (1867),
(Erycina & Necyria): [3 -4], pl. [2 ] (1870),
(Erycina Symmachia &c): [5 -6], pl. [3 ] (1875),
(Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7 -8], pl. [4 ] (1872),
(Calydna): [9 -10], pl. [5 ] (1854),
(Calydna II): [11 -12], pl. [6 ] (1859),
(Theope): [13 -14], pl. [7 ] (1860),
(Symmachia): [15 -16], pl. [8 ] (1867),
(Symmachia & Charis II): [17 -18], pl. [9 ] (1871),
(Charis): [19 -20], pl. [10 ] (1866),
(Emesis): [21 -22], pl. [11 ] (1872),
(Nymphidium I): [23 -24], pl. [12 ] (1853),
(Nymphidium II-III): [25 -28], pl. [13 -14] (1865),
(Nymphidium IV): [29 -30], pl. [15 ] (1871),
(Lemonias I): [31 -32], pl. [16 ] (1853),
(Lemonias II): [33 -34], pl. [17 ] (1858),
(Lemonias III-IV): [35 -38], pl. [18 -19] (1863),
(Lemonias V): [39 -40], pl. [20 ] (1872),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [41 -42], pl. [21 ] (1875),
(Lemonias & Baeotis): [43 -44], pl. [22 ] (1874),
(Pachythone & Cremna): [45 -46], pl. [23 ] (1873),
(Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47 -48], pl. [24 ] (1870),
(Limnas I-II): [49 -52], pl. [25 -26] (1853),
(Limnas & Panara): [53 -54], pl. [27 ] (1875),
(Limnas &c): [55 -56], pl. [28 ] (1876),
(Limnas & Ithomeis): [57 -58], pl. [29 ] (1870),
(Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59 -60], pl. [30 ] (1871),
(Hermathena &c): [61 -62], pl. [31 ] (1875),
(Ogyris): [63 -64], pl. [32 ] (1853),
(Pentila & Liptena): [65 -66], pl. [33 ] (1866),
(Pentila & Liptena II): [67 -68], pl. [34 ] (1873),
(Lycaena): [69 -70], pl. [35 ] (1876),
(Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71 -74], pl. [36 -37] (1857),
(Pyrrhopyga): [75 -76], pl. [38 ] (1869),
(Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77 -80], pl. [39 -40] (1871),
(Pyrrhopyga IV): [81 -82], pl. [41 ] (1873),
(Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83 -84], pl. [42 ] (1875),
(Ismene I-II): [85 -88], pl. [43 -44] (1867),
(Eudamus): [89 -90], pl. [45 ] (1873),
(Eudamus II-III): [91 -94], pl. [46 -47] (1875),
(Chaetocneme): [95 -96], pl. [48 ] (1874),
(Hesperia I-II): [97 -100], pl. [49 -50] (1867),
(Hesperia III): [101 -102], pl. [51 ] (1868),
(Hesperia IV): [103 -104], pl. [52 ] (1869),
(Hesperia V): [105 -106], pl. [53 ] (1872),
(Hesperia V*-VI): [107 -110], pl. [54 -55] (1873),
(Hesperia VII): [111 -112], pl. [56 ] (1876),
(Leucochitonea): [113 -114], pl. [57 ] (1869),
(Leucochitonea II): [115 -116], pl. [58 ] (1875),
(Pterygospidea): [117 -118], pl. [59 ] (1873),
(Cyclopides): [119 -120], pl. [60 ] (1874),
(Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121 -122], pl. [61 ] (1874)
Hewitson, [1866]
Descriptions of new Hesperidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2 (6)
: 479 -501
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (2)
Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (2): [2] + pp. 25 (from sp. 7 hypaepa)-56
[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
Möschler, 1883
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam. V
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 32
: 303 -362, pl. 17 -18
Nicolay, 1973
Descriptions of new Neotropical Hesperiidae
J. Lep. Soc. 27 (4) : 243-257, 35fgs
Plötz, 1882
Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten
Stettin ent. Ztg 43
(7-9): 314 -344,
(10-12): 436 -456
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, 1906
New species of butterflies
Ent. News 17 (6)
: 195 -204
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