Hesperia meskei

Hesperia meskei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Hesperia
Species: Hesperia meskei
Subspecies: H. m. meskei H. m. pinocayo H. m. straton

Name

Hesperia meskei Edwards, 1877.

Type localityː USA, Texas, Bastrop County.

Typusː HT ♀ CMNH, images.

Synonymy

Pamphila meskei Edwards, 1877ː 58.
Ochlodes meskei Edwards; Draudt, 1924ː 934.
Hesperia meskei Edwards; Evans, [1955]ː 323.
Hesperia meskei meskei Edwards; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.142, IX.31.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page. 
  • Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
  • Edwards, W.H., 1877. Description of a New Species of Hesperian From Texas. The Canadian Entomologist 9ː 58-59. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
  • Gatrelle, R.R., Minno, M.C. & Grkovich, A. 2003. A subspecific assessment of the genus Hesperia (Hesperiinae) in Eastern North America (Part I: the South); New Subspecies of Hesperia metea, Hesperia sassacus and Hesperia meskei. The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 4(3): 1–7. PDF. Reference page. 

Butterflies of America