Nisoniades Hübner, [1819]
Nisoniodes ; Keferstein, 1874, (missp.)
Nissoniades ; Burmeister, 1878, (missp.)
Nisoniadas ; Gundlach, 1881, (missp.)
Nismiades ; Oslar, 1893, (missp.)
Nisioniades ; Skinner, 1898, (missp.)
Nominiades ; Brown, 1962, (missp.)
Nisomiades ; Ebert, 1968, (missp.)
Niconiades ; Lewis, 1973, (missp.)
Nishoniades ; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Nisoniades (?) ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 374
Nisoniades (Pyrgini) ; [NL4A] , 50
Nisoniades benda Evans, 1953
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Nisoniades benda Evans, 1953; ; TL : Ecuador
Nisoniades benda ; [NL4A] , #855
Nisoniades bessus (Möschler, 1877)
Surinam. See [maps ]
Pellicia bessus Möschler, 1877; ; TL : Surinam
Pellicia trigeminus Plötz, 1882; (nom. nud.); TL : Surinam
Pellicia sordidulus Mabille, 1903; (nom. nud.)
Nisoniades bessus ; [NL4A] , #856
Nisoniades bipuncta (Schaus, 1902)
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina), Argentina. See [maps ]
Pellicia bipuncta Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 430 ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Pellicia binotata Hayward, 1934; ; TL : Argentina
Pellicia nebula Bell, 1937; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
Nisoniades borra (Bell, 1947)
Colombia. See [maps ]
Pellicia borra Bell, 1947; ; TL : Colombia
Nisoniades borra ; [NL4A] , #858
Nisoniades brazia Evans, 1953
Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [maps ]
Nisoniades brazia Evans, 1953; ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Nisoniades brazia ; [NL4A] , #859
Nisoniades brunneata (Williams & Bell, 1939)
French Guiana. See [maps ]
Pellicia brunneata Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : French Guiana
Nisoniades brunneata ; [NL4A] , #860
Nisoniades castolus (Hewitson, 1878)
Mexico, .?., Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil. See [maps ]
Arteurotia castolus Hewitson, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4) : 347 ; TL : Brazil
Pellicia alternata Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : Colombia
Pellicia hesione Hayward, 1939; ; TL : Ecuador
Pellicia castalus ; Mabille, 1903, (missp.)
Nisoniades castolatus ; Monroe & Miller, 1967, (missp.)
Nisoniades castolus ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 161 ; [NL4A] , #861
Nisoniades cauca Evans, 1953
Colombia. See [maps ]
Nisoniades cauca Evans, 1953; ; TL : Colombia
Nisoniades cauca ; [NL4A] , #862
Nisoniades coca Steinhauser, 1989
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Nisoniades coca Steinhauser, 1989; ; TL : Ecuador
Nisoniades criton (Mabille, 1898)
Bolivia. See [maps ]
Pellicia criton Mabille, 1898; ; TL : Bolivia
Pellicia criton Mabille & Boullet, 1917; (preocc. Mabille, 1898)
Nisoniades criton ; [NL4A] , #864
Nisoniades ephora (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Guyanas, Peru, Brazil, Trinidad. See [maps ]
Pellicia ephora Herrich-Schäffer, 1870; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 24 : 160; TL : Nicaragua,Brazil
Pellicia perforata Plötz, 1882; (nom. nud.); TL : Nicaragua,Brazil
Pellicia tiphys Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 368 , 3 pl. 88 , f. 6-10; TL : Mexico, Veracruz/Guerrero/Oaxaca/Tabasco,Guatemala,Costa Rica,Panama,Colombia,Guyana
Pellicia peruana Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : Peru
Niconiades ephora ; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 14
Nisoniades ephora ; [NL4A] , #865
Nisoniades evansi Steinhauser, 1989
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Nisoniades evansi Steinhauser, 1989; ; TL : Ecuador
Nisoniades evansi ; [NL4A] , #866
Nisoniades godma Evans, 1953
Mexico, Nicaragua. See [maps ]
Nisoniades godma Evans, 1953; ; TL : Nicaragua
Nisoniades godma ; [NL4A] , #867
434x487 (~27Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Nisoniades guianae (Williams & Bell, 1939)
French Guiana. See [maps ]
Pellicia guianae Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : French Guiana
Nisoniades guianae ; [NL4A] , #868
Nisoniades haywardi (Williams & Bell, 1939)
Argentina. See [maps ]
Pellicia haywardi Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : Argentina
Pellicia hywardi ; Hayward, 1940, (missp.)
Nisoniades haywardi ; [NL4A] , #869
Nisoniades hecale (Hayward, 1940)
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Pellicia hecale Hayward, 1940; ; TL : Ecuador
Nisoniades hecales ; Murray, 2000, (missp.)
Nisoniades hecale ; [NL4A] , #870
Nisoniades hesperia (Hayward, 1939)
Paraguay. See [maps ]
Pellicia hesperia Hayward, 1939; ; TL : Paraguay
Nisoniades hesperia ; [NL4A] , #871
Nisoniades hora (Hayward, 1939)
Ecuador. See [maps ]
Pellicia hora Hayward, 1939; ; TL : Ecuador
Pellicia heliodora Hayward, 1939; ; TL : Ecuador
Nisoniades heliodore ; Evans, 1953, (missp.)
Nisoniades hora ; [NL4A] , #872
Nisoniades indistincta (Williams & Bell, 1939)
Colombia. See [maps ]
Pellicia indistincta Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : Colombia
Nisoniades indistincta ; [NL4A] , #873
Nisoniades lata Steinhauser, 1989
Colombia. See [maps ]
Nisoniades lata Steinhauser, 1989; ; TL : Colombia
Nisoniades laurentina (Williams & Bell, 1939)
Mexico, ..?.., French Guiana. See [maps ]
Pellicia laurentina Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : French Guiana
Nisoniades laurentina ; [NL4A] , #875
Nisoniades macarius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Venezuela, Peru, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina. See [maps ]
Pellicia macarius Herrich-Schäffer, 1870; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 24 : 160; TL : Venezuela,Surinam
Pellicia albangula Herrich-Schäffer, 1870; CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg 24 : 160; TL : Guatemala
Hellas[sic] gonoptila Burmeister, 1878; ; TL : Argentina
Nisoniades angulosus Mabille, 1895; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
Pellicia ruda Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL : French Guiana; Brazil, Pará; Argentina
Pellicia rhamses Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL : Panama,Peru,Brazil, Pará
Pellicia stratyllis Hayward, 1934; (nom. nud.); TL : Argentina
Pellicia macareus ; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 369 , 3 pl. 88 , f. 11 (missp.)
Pellicia genoptila ; Hayward, 1939, (missp.)
Nisoniades rhameses ; Hayward, 1973, (missp.)
Nisoniades macarius ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 161 ; [NL4A] , #876
Nisoniades maura (Mabille & Boullet, 1917)
Brazil(Santa Catarina), .... See [maps ]
Pellicia maura Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL : Brazil
Achlyodes gambrus Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
Nisoniades maura ; [NL4A] , #877
Nisoniades mimas (Cramer, [1775])
Surinam, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Guyana. See [maps ]
Papilio mimas Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 83 , pl. 32 , f. E, F; TL : Surinam
Papilio bromius Stoll, [1787]; Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 37 , pl. 8 , f. 1, 1A; TL : Surinam
Achlyodes orsus Mabille, 1889; ; TL : Venezuela
Pellicia inca Lindsey, 1925; ; TL : Peru
Pellicia potera Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : Colombia
Pellicia pollardi Williams & Bell, 1940; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 66 (2) : 123, f. 3; TL : Guyana
Papilio bromus ; Stoll, 1790, (missp.)
Nisoniades mimias ; Mielke, 1973, (missp.)
Niconiades bromius ; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 13
Nisoniades mimas ; [NL4A] , #878
Nisoniades montana (Williams & Bell, 1939)
Venezuela. See [maps ]
Pellicia montana Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL : Venezuela
Nisoniades montana ; [NL4A] , #879
Nisoniades nyctineme (Butler, 1877)
Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil(Pará). See [maps ]
Nisoniades panama Evans, 1953
Panama. See [maps ]
Nisoniades panama Evans, 1953; ; TL : Panama
Nisoniades panama ; [NL4A] , #881
Nisoniades remo Evans, 1953
Panama. See [maps ]
Nisoniades remo Evans, 1953; ; TL : Panama
Nisoniades rimana (Bell, 1942)
Venezuela. See [maps ]
Pellicia rimana Bell, 1942; ; TL : Venezuela
Nisoniades rimana ; [NL4A] , #883
Nisoniades rubescens (Möschler, 1877)
Mexico, , Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina. See [maps ]
Purplish Black Skipper
Pellicia rubescens Möschler, 1877; ; TL : Surinam,Brazil
Pellicia bromias Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 370 , 3 pl. 88 , f. 13-15; TL : Mexico, Guerrero/Veracruz/Tabasco,Guatemala,Costa Rica,Panama
Achlyodes triangulus Mabille, 1898; ; TL : Bolivia
Pellicia bromias var. clara Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL : French Guiana,Brazil,Argentina
Pellicia bromias var. nigra Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL : Brazil,Argentina,Colombia,Guyana,Bolivia
Pellicia bronnias ; J. & W. Zikán, 1968, (missp.)
Nisoniades triangularus ; Miller & Brown, 1983, (missp.)
Niconiades bromias ; [BOW] : pl. 84, f. 14 (text)
Nisoniades rubescens ; [NACL] , 3925; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4) : 329 , f. 19; [NL4A] , #884; [Opler ]
Nisoniades supra Steinhauser, 1989
Peru. See [maps ]
Nisoniades supra Steinhauser, 1989; ; TL : Peru
Nisoniades supra ; [NL4A] , #885
Nisoniades suprapanama Steinhauser, 1989
Colombia. See [maps ]
Nisoniades suprapanama Steinhauser, 1989; ; TL : Colombia
Nisoniades suprapanama ; [NL4A] , #886
Nisoniades torta Steinhauser, 1989
Panama. See [maps ]
Nisoniades torta Steinhauser, 1989; ; TL : Panama
Nisoniades torta ; [NL4A] , #887
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Nisoniades hero Hall, 1939; (nom. nud.); TL : Guyana
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References:
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[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
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[Opler] Opler & Warren, 2003 (April)
Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
Some related literature:
Austin, 1997
Notes on Hesperiidae in northern Guatemala, with description of new taxa
J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4)
: 316 -332
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, 1877
On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by James W. H. Trail, Esq. during the years 1873 to 1875
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2)
: 105 -156, pl. 3
Cramer, [1775]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 1
(1-7): 1 -132, pl. 1 -84 (1775),
(8): 133 -155, pl. 85 -96 (1776)
Godman & Salvin, [1894]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901)
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop.
2 : 1 -782,
3 : pl. 1 -112
Hewitson, 1878
Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (4)
: 340 -348
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826]
Verz. bek. Schmett.
(1): [1 -3], 4 -16 (1816),
(2): 17 -32 (1819),
(3): 33 -48 (1819),
(4): 49 -64 (1819),
(5): 65 -80 (1819),
(6): 81 -96 (1819),
(7): 97 -112 (1819),
(8): 113 -128 (1819),
(9): 129 -144 (1819),
(10): 145 -160 (1819),
(11): 161 -176 (1819),
(12): 177 -192 (1820),
(13): 193 -208 (1820),
(14): 209 -224 (1821),
(15): 225 -240 (1821),
(16): 241 -256 (1821),
(17): 257 -272 (1823),
(18): 273 -288 (1823),
(19): 289 -304 (1823),
(20): 305 -320 (1825),
(21): 321 -336 (1825),
(22): 337 -352 (1825),
(23-27): 353 -431 ([1825])
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Plötz, 1879
Hesperiina Herr. Sch.
Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (4-6)
: 175 -180
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262)
: 383 -460
Stoll, [1787]
Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen
Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen
(1): 1 -42, pl. 1 -8 (1787),
(2-5): 43 -184, pl. 9 -42 (1790)
Williams & Bell, 1940
New Neotropical Hesperiidae and Notes on Others
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 66 (2)
: 121-140
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