Elbella Evans, 1951
Elbella (Pyrrhopygini) ; [NL4A] , 26
Elbella adonis (Bell, 1931)
Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina (Misiones). See [maps ]
adonis (Bell, 1931) (Pyrrhopyge ); ; TL : Paraguay
Elbella azeta (Hewitson, [1866])
Guatemala, Panama, Peru, .... See [maps ]
E. a. azeta Brazil(Amazonas)
Elbella azeta azeta ; [NL4A] , #42a
E. a. gifordi Mielke, 1995 Brazil(Distrito Federal)
azeta gifordi Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Distrito Federal
Elbella azeta gifordi ; [NL4A] , #42b
Elbella biscuspis de Jong, 1983
Surinam. See [maps ]
biscuspis de Jong, 1983; ; TL : Surinam
Elbella biscuspis ; [NL4A] , #43
Elbella blanda Evans, 1951
Peru. See [maps ]
blanda Evans, 1951; ; TL : Peru
Elbella dulcinea (Plötz, 1879)
Colombia. See [maps ]
Elbella etna Evans, 1951
Brazil(Amazonas), Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (Santiago del Estero). See [maps ]
etna Evans, 1951; ; TL : Brazil, Amazonas
Elbella etna moda Evans, 1951; ; TL : Peru
Ebella etna moda ;
Elbella etna ; [NL4A] , #46
Elbella hegesippe (Mabille & Boullet, 1908)
Elbella hegesippe ; [NL4A] , #47
Elbella intersecta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
-. See [maps ]
Elbella intersecta ; [NL4A] , #48
E. i. intersecta Brazil(Pará), Peru, Brazil(Goiás)
Pyrrhopyga[sic] fluminis Butler, 1873; Cist. Ent. 1 (7) : 176 ; TL : Brazil, Pará
= Elbella intersecta intersecta ; [NL4A] , #48a
semidentata (Mabille, 1877) (Pyrrhopyga[sic] ); ; TL : Peru
= Elbella intersecta intersecta ; [NL4A] , #48a
tiribazus (Plötz, 1879) (Pyrrhopyga[sic] ); (nom. nud.)
= Elbella intersecta intersecta ; [NL4A] , #48a
intersecta ilona Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, Goiás
= Elbella intersecta intersecta ; [NL4A] , #48a
Elbella intersecta intersecta ; [NL4A] , #48a
E. i. losca Evans, 1951 Brazil(Mato Grosso)
intersecta losca Evans, 1951; ; TL : Brazil, Mato Grosso
E. i. paraensis Mielke, 1995 Brazil(Pará)
intersecta paraensis Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Pará
Elbella intersecta paraensis ; [NL4A] , #48c
E. i. peter Evans, 1951 Brazil(Pará)
intersecta peter Evans, 1951; ; TL : Brazil, Pará
Elbella intersecta peter ; [NL4A] , #48d
E. i. rufitegula Mielke, 1995 Brazil(Minas Gerais)
intersecta rufitegula Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Minas Gerais
Elbella intersecta rufitegula ; [NL4A] , #48e
E. i. strova Evans, 1951 Venezuela
intersecta strova Evans, 1951; ; TL : Venezuela
Elbella intersecta strova ; [NL4A] , #48f
Elbella iphinous (Latreille, [1924])
Brazil. See [maps ]
Hesperia iphinous Latreille, [1924]; ; TL : Brazil
Pyrrhopyga[sic] othello Plötz, 1879; Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (10-12) : 522 ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Mimoniades mimetes Mabille, 1909; ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Mimoniades othello var. nigrita J. Zikán, 1938; ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Mimoniades mimetes ; [BOW] : pl. 83, f. 40 (text)
Elbella iphinous ; [NL4A] , #49
Elbella lamprus (Hopffer, 1874)
-. See [maps ]
E. l. lamprus Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina (Misiones)
Pyrrhopyga[sic] menecrates Mabille, 1878; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 21 : 13 ; TL : "Peru"
= Elbella lamprus lamprus ; [NL4A] , #50a
margimmiscus (Hayward, 1935) (Pyrrhopyge ); ; TL : Argentina
= Elbella lamprus lamprus ; [NL4A] , #50a
Pyrrhopyge lampros ; Mabille, 1903, (missp.)
Elbella margimiscus ; Hayward, 1948, (missp.)
Pyrrhopyge menecrates ; Watson, 1893, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 11 ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 248
Elbella lamprus lamprus ; [NL4A] , #50a
E. l. albociliata Mielke, 1995 Brazil(Santa Catarina)
lamprus albociliata Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
Elbella lamprus albociliata ; [NL4A] , #50b
Elbella lustra Evans, 1951
Colombia. See [maps ]
lustra Evans, 1951; ; TL : Colombia
Elbella luteizona (Mabille, 1877)
Brazil, Brazil(São Paulo). See [maps ]
Sarbia lateizona ; Kaye, 1915, (missp.)
Sarbia martyii ; Bell, 1934, (missp.)
Hegesippe luteizona ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 157
Sarbia martii ; [BOW] : pl. 86, f. 40 (text)
Sarbia luteizona ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 259
Elbella luteizona ; [NL4A] , #52
Elbella madeira Mielke, 1995
Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [maps ]
Elbella madeira Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Mato Grosso
Elbella mariae (Bell, 1931)
Brazil, Argentina (Misiones). See [maps ]
mariae (Bell, 1931) (Pyrrhopyge ); ; TL : Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Elbella mariae ; [BOW] : pl. 82, f. 41 (text); [NL4A] , #54
E. m. mariae Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul)
Elbella mariae mariae ; [NL4A] , #54a
E. m. molinai (Hayward, 1941) Brazil(Mato Grosso)
mariae molinai (Hayward, 1941) (Pyrrhopyge ); ; TL : Brazil, Mato Grosso
Elbella mariae molinai ; [NL4A] , #54b
Elbella merops (Bell, 1934)
Colombia. See [maps ]
merops (Bell, 1934) (Jemadia ); ; TL : Colombia
Elbella miodesmiata (Röber, 1925)
Mexico, Colombia. See [maps ]
miodesmiata (Röber, 1925) (Jemadia ); ; TL : Colombia
Elbella miodesmiata ; [NL4A] , #56
Elbella patrobas (Hewitson, 1857)
Panama, .... See [maps ]
622x614 (~47Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
E. p. patrobas Colombia
Myscelus patrobus ; Herrich-Schäffer, 1869, (missp.)
Elbella patroba ; DeVries, 1983, (missp.)
Elbella patrobas patrobas ; [NL4A] , #57a
E. p. amazonica Mielke, 1995 Brazil(Amazonas)
patrobas amazonica Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Amazonas
Elbella patrobas amazonica ; [NL4A] , #57b
E. p. evansi Mielke, 1995 Colombia
patrobas evansi Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Colombia
Elbella patrobas evansi ; [NL4A] , #57c
E. p. melanina (Mabille & Boullet, 1908) Peru
patrobas melanina (Mabille & Boullet, 1908) (Jemadia ); ; TL : Peru
Elbella patrobas melanina ; [NL4A] , #57d
E. p. mexicana Mielke, 1995 Mexico
Elbella patrobas mexicana Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Mexico, Chiapas
Elbella patrobas mexicana ; [NL4A] , #57e
E. p. tingo Mielke, 1995 Brazil(Rondônia)
patrobas tingo Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Rondônia
Elbella patrobas tingo ; [NL4A] , #57f
Elbella patroclus (Plötz, 1879)
-. See [maps ]
Pyrrhopyga[sic] patroclus Plötz, 1879; ; TL : Peru
Elbella patroclus ; [NL4A] , #58
E. p. patroclus Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina (Santiago del Estero)
umbrata (Mabille & Boullet, 1908) (Jemadia ); ; TL : Bolivia
= Elbella patroclus patroclus ; [NL4A] , #58a
Elbella umbrata ;
Elbella patroclus patroclus ; [NL4A] , #58a
E. p. acala Evans, 1951 Colombia
patroclus acala Evans, 1951; ; TL : Colombia
Elbella patroclus acala ; [NL4A] , #58b
Elbella rondonia Mielke, 1995
Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [maps ]
rondonia Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Brazil, Mato Grosso
Elbella scylla (Ménétriés, 1855)
Mexico - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia. See [maps ]
Pyrrhopyge scylla ; Watson, 1893, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 11 ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 249 , 3 pl. 73 , f. 5-6
Elbella scylla ; [BOW] : pl. 82, f. 41; Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1) : 26, f. 8, 20; [NL4A] , #60
543x572 (~29Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Larva on
Banisteriopsis muricata ,
Byrsonima crassifolia ,
Heteropterys laurifolia ,
Hiraea reclinata ,
Combretum farinosum ,
Terminalia catappa Burns & Janzen, 2001, J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1) : 16
Elbella theseus (Bell, 1934)
Brazil. See [maps ]
theseus (Bell, 1934) (Jemadia ); ; TL : Brazil
Elbella viriditas (Skinner, 1920)
-. See [maps ]
viriditas (Skinner, 1920) (Pyrrhopyge ); ; TL : "Honduras" [error]
Pyrrhopyge viriditas ;
Elbella viriditas ; [NL4A] , #62
E. v. viriditas Paraguay
carriae (Bell, 1931) (Pyrrhopyge ); ; TL : Paraguay
= Elbella viriditas viriditas ; [NL4A] , #62a
Elbella viriditas viriditas ; [NL4A] , #62a
E. v. boliviana Mielke, 1995 Bolivia
viriditas boliviana Mielke, 1995; ; TL : Bolivia
Elbella viriditas boliviana ; [NL4A] , #62b
E. v. chia Evans, 1951 Brazil(Amazonas)
viriditas chia Evans, 1951; ; TL : Brazil, Amazonas
Elbella viriditas chia ; [NL4A] , #62c
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References:
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[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
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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:
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
Burns & Janzen, 2001
Biodiversity of Pyrrhopygine skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae) in the area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
J. Lep. Soc. 55 (1) : 15-43
Butler, 1873
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera
Cist. Ent. 1 (7)
: 151 -177
Evans, 1951
A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part I. Introduction and group A Pyrrhopyginae
Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 1 : 92pp
Godman & Salvin, [1893]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901)
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop.
2 : 1 -782,
3 : pl. 1 -112
Hewitson, 1857
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
Hopffer, 1874
Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia
Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12)
: 329 -371
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1877
Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux du groupe des Hespérides
Petites Nouvelles ent.
9 (179): 161 -162 (1877),
9 (180): 165 -166 (1877),
10 (188): 197 -198 (1878),
10 (189): 201 -202 (1878),
10 (190): 205 (1878),
10 (196): 229 -230 (1878),
10 (199): 242 (1878),
10 (204): 261 (1878)
Mabille, 1878
Catalogue des Hespérides du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Bruxelles
Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 21
: 12 -44
Mabille & Boullet, 1908
Essai de Revision de la Famille des Hespérides
Ann. Sci. nat. Zool. (9) 7
: 167-207
Ménétriés, 1855
Enumeratio corporum animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropilitanae. Classis Insectorum, Ordo Lepidopterorum
Cat. lep. Petersb.
1 : 1 -66, pl. 1 -6, (supplement) 67 -112 (1855),
2 : 67 -97,99 -144, pl. 7 -14 (1857),
3 : 145 -161, pl. 15 -18 (1863)
Plötz, 1879
Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Pyrrhopyga und ihre Arten
Stettin Ent. Ztg 40 (10-12)
: 520 -538
Watson, 1893
A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae , with a revision of the genera
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1)
: 3 -133, pl. 1 -3
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