Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Sesioidea Castniidae Castniinae

• Telchin licus (Drury, 1773) -. See [maps]

  • Papilio licus Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: 30, pl. 16, f. 1

  • Castnia licus; Druce, 1883, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 26
  • Telchin licus; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55; González, 2003, Boll. centro invest. biol. 37 (3): 196, f. 3, 4c; González & Stüning, 2007, Ent. Zs. 117 (2): 92, f. 9-10

  Larva on Sacharum officinarum, Musa spp., Heliconia spp., Ichnosiphon spp. González, 2003, Boll. centro invest. biol. 37 (3): 198, Heliconia bihai, H. humilis, H. psittacorum, Renealmia bracteosa, less Costus sp., less Ischnosiphon arouma González & Cock, 2004, Zootaxa 762: 10-11

  • T. l. licus Brazil

    • Castnia licoides Boisduval, 1874; ; TL: Brazil, Santa Catharina

    • Telchin licus licus; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55a
    • lycus; Dalla Torre, 1913, (missp.)
  • T. l. albomaculata (Houlbert, 1917) Colombia, Peru

    • Castnia albomaculata Houlbert, 1917; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 13: 59, pl. 4, f. 4; TL: Peru; "Colombia"

    • Telchin licus albomaculata; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55b; González & Salazar, 2003, Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Manzales) 7: 51
  • T. l. chocoensis (Hopp, 1925) Colombia

    • licus chocoensis (Hopp, 1925); ; TL: Colombia
    • Castnia chocoensis Hopp, 1925

    • Telchin licus chocoensis; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55c
  • T. l. insularis (Houlbert, 1918) Trinidad

    • Castnia (Leucocastnia) insularis Houlbert, 1918; ; TL: Trinidad

    • Castnia licoides insularis; Lathy, 1922; Lathy, 1925; Rothschild, 1919
    • Castnia licoides ab. licoidella; Lathy, 1922; Lathy, 1925
    • Leucocastnia licus insularis; Cock, 2003
    • Castnia licus insularis; Kaye & Lamont, 1927
    • Telchin licus insularis; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55d; González & Cock, 2004, Zootaxa 762: 8, f. 9

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • Castnia licus; Potter, 1893
    • Castnia licus; Kaye, 1901
    • Castnia licus; Ballou, 1905
    • Castnia licus; Dyar, 1905, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 7 (2): (83-84)
    • Castnia licus; Urich, 1909
    • Castnia licus; Urich, 1915
    • Castnia licus; Wolcott, 1913
    • Castnia licus; Skinner, 1930
    • Castnia licus; Vesey-Fitzgerald, 1936
    • Castnia licus; Graf, 1942
    • Castnia licoides; Myers, 1931
    • Castnia licoides; Myers, 1935
    • Castnia licoides; Myers, 1938
    • Castnia licoides; Box, 1954
    • Castnia licoides; Cock, 1985
    • Castnia licoides; Des Vignes, 1987
  • T. l. laura (Druce, 1896) Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay

    • Castnia laura Druce, 1896; ; TL: Brazil (MT)

    • Telchin licus laura; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55e; Ríos & González, 2011, Zootaxa 3055: 51, f. 8
  • T. l. licoidella (Strand, 1913) Peru

    • ?Castnia licoides ab. licoidella Strand, 1913; ; TL: [Peru]

    • Telchin licus licoidella; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55f
  • T. l. pauperata (Strand, 1913) Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana

    • Castnia pauperata Strand, 1913; ; TL: Surinam
    • Castnia macularifascia Houlbert, 1917; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 13: 61; TL: French Guiana
      • = Telchin licus pauperata (Strand, 1913); Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55g
    • Castnia (Leucocastnia) sebai Houlbert, 1918; ; TL: Surinam
      • = Telchin licus pauperata (Strand, 1913); Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55g
    • Castnia licus licoides ab. oblitereta Dufrane, 1936; ; TL: Guyana
      • = Telchin licus pauperata (Strand, 1913); Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55g

    • obliterata; Miller, 1995, in Heppner, Atlas Neotrop. Lep.: (missp.)
    • Telchin licus pauperata; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55g
  • T. l. magdalena (Joicey & Talbot, 1925) Colombia

    • Castnia magdalena Joicey & Talbot, 1925; ; TL: Colombia

    • Telchin licus magdalena; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55h; González & Salazar, 2003, Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Manzales) 7: 51
  • T. l. microsticta (Rothschild, 1919) Nicaragua

    • Castnia microsticta Rothschild, 1919; ; TL: Nicaragua

    • Telchin licus microsticta; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55i
  • T. l. rubromaculata (Houlbert, 1917) Brazil, Bolivia

    • Castnia licoides var. rubromaculata Houlbert, 1917; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 13: 60; TL: Brazil (MT); Bolivia

    • Telchin licus rubromaculata; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55j
  • T. l. talboti (Lathy, 1922) Ecuador

    • Castnia talboti Lathy, 1922; ; TL: Ecuador

    • Telchin licus talboti; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55k
  • T. l. vorax Lamas, 1995 Peru

    • Telchin licus vorax Lamas, 1995; Revta peruana Ent. 37: #55l; TL: Peru
    • Castnia licoides peruviana Lathy, 1922; (preocc. Strand, 1913); TL: Peru
• Telchin syphax (Fabricius, 1775) Amazon Basin, Guianas, Colombia. See [maps]

  • Papilio syphax Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 480

  • Erythrocastnia syphax; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #56; González, 1999, Ciencia 7 (3): 233, f. 1E; González & Salazar, 2003, Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Manzales) 7: 51
  • Telchin syphax; González & Cock, 2004, Zootaxa 762: 13; González & Stüning, 2007, Ent. Zs. 117 (2): 92, f. 11
  • T. s. syphax Surinam

    • Papilio harmodius Cramer, [1779]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 49, pl. 223, f. C, D; TL: Surinam
    • Castnia pirrha Dalla Torre, 1913; (unavail. ICZN, Art. 11e); TL: [Surinam]
    • Erythrocastnia ab. interrupta Lathy, 1922

    • Erythrocastnia syphax syphax; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #56a
    • Telchin syphax syphax; González & Cock, 2004, Zootaxa 762: 13, f. 11
  • T. s. completa (Lathy, 1922) Brazil

    • Erythrocastnia syphax completa Lathy, 1922; ; TL: Brazil (Pa)

    • Erythrocastnia syphax completa; Lamas, 1995, Revta peruana Ent. 37: #56b

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