Vettius argentus Freeman, 1969
Mexico. See [maps ]
Vettius artona (Hewitson, 1868)
Nicaragua - Brazil, Trinidad. See [maps ]
Carystus artona ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 586 , 3 : pl. 102 , f. 16-18
Hesperia artona ; Hewitson, 1876, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Hesperia VII): [111 ], pl. [56 ], f. 67-68
Vettius artona ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 17; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 166 ; [NL4A] , #2252; [LepIndex ] ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ] ; [BAMONA ]
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 coryna (Hewitson, [1866])
Mexico - Bolivia. See [maps ]
V. c. catargyra (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Venezuela, Colombia
V. c. conka Evans, 1955 Guatemala
Vettius coryna conka Evans, 1955; ; TL : Guatemala
Vettius crispa Evans, 1955
Brazil(Amazonas). See [maps ]
Vettius crispa Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, Amazonas
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)
Carystus dion ; Draudt, 1923, (missp.)
Vettius diana diana ; [NL4A] , #2257a
V. d. felix Evans, 1955 Peru
diana felix Evans, 1955; ; TL : Peru
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
V. d. drona Evans, 1955 Bolivia
diversa drona Evans, 1955; ; TL : Bolivia
V. d. lyrcea (Plötz, 1882)
diversa lyrcea (Plötz, 1882) (Hesperia ); ; TL : "Brazil"
Vettius diversa lyrcea ; [NL4A] , #2258d; [LepIndex ]; [CoL ]
Vettius lyncea ; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
V. d. maeon (Mabille, 1891) Panama
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 fantasos ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 586 , 3 : pl. 102 , f. 15
Carystus fantastos ; R. G. Maza, 1976, (missp.)
Carystus fantosus ; Hübner, [1819], (missp.)
Hesperia abebalus ; Latreille, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 754
Hesperia fantasus ; Plötz, 1882, (missp.)
Vettius euchera ; Poole, 1996, (missp.)
Vettius fantasos ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 21; [Opler ]; [NL4A] , #2260; [LepIndex ] ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ] ; [BAMONA ]
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
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; [LepIndex ] ; [CoL ]
Vettius lafrenaye (Latreille, [1824])
Panama - Brazil. See [maps ]
Hesperia lafrenaye Latreille, [1824]; ; TL : Brazil
V. l. lafrenaye Brazil
Cobalus disjuncta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; ; TL : ?
Hesperia aloeus Plötz, 1882; (nom. nud.)
Carystus lafresnayi[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Mabille, 1878
Goniloba lafrenayii[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Westwood, 1852
Hesperia alocus[sic, aloeus ] ; Bell, 1946
Hesperia lefrenayi[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Plötz, 1882
Vettius lafrenaye lafrenaye ; [NL4A] , #2264a; [iNaturalist ]
Vettius lafrensnayi[sic, lafrenaye ] ; J. & W. Zikán, 1968
Vettius lafresnaye[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Lamas, 1981
Vettius lafresnayei[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Riley, 1926
Vettius lafresnayi[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 590 , 3 : pl. 102 , f. 30-32
Vettius lafresneyi[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Maza & Bezaury, 1992
Vettius lafresneyii[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Maza & Bezaury, 1992
lafrenayi[sic, lafrenaye ] ; Prittwitz, 1868
V. l. pica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
lafrenaye pica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Cobalus )
Cobalus pica Hübner, [1819]; (nom. nud.)
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; [LepIndex ] ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ]
Vettius marcus (Fabricius, 1787)
Panama - Brazil, Guianas, Trinidad. See [maps ]
Carystus marcus ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2 : 584 , 3 : pl. 102 , f. 10
Cobalus marcus ; Hübner, Zutr. ex. Schmett. : f. 725-726
Hesperia marcus ; Latreille, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 753
Vettius marcus ; [BOW] : pl. 88, f. 24, 25; [NL4A] , #2266; [LepIndex ] ; [CoL ] ; [iNaturalist ] ; [BAMONA ]
V. m. marcus French Guiana, Brazil
Vettius phyllides Röber, 1925; ; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
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 onaca Evans, 1955
Guatemala. See [maps ]
Vettius onaca Evans, 1955; ; TL : Guatemala
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
V. p. prona Evans, 1955 Brazil(São Paulo)
phyllus prona Evans, 1955; ; TL : Brazil, São Paulo
V. p. pura Evans, 1955 Peru
phyllus pura Evans, 1955; ; TL : Peru
V. p. yunga Evans, 1955 Bolivia
phyllus yunga Evans, 1955; ; TL : Bolivia
Vettius ploetzii (Capronnier, 1874)
-. See [maps ]
ploetzii (Capronnier, 1874) (Goniloba ); ; TL : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
V. p. ploetzii Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)
Hesperia ploetzi ; Plötz, 1882, (missp.)
Vettius ploetzii ploetzii ; [NL4A] , #2270a; [iNaturalist ]
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 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 umbrata (Erschoff, 1876) Brazil?
Hesperia (Pamphila?) umbrata Erschoff, 1876; ; TL : Brazil?
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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
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[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
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum ; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
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[Opler] Opler & Warren, 2003
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[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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
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)
: 1 -62
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 -741 (?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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