Nyctelius nyctelius

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: Nyctelius
Species: Nyctelius nyctelius
Subspecies: N. n. agari –N. n. nyctelius

Name

Nyctelius nyctelius Latreille, [1824]

Type localityː Brazil

Typusː BMNH

Synonymy

Hesperia nyctelius Latreille, [1824]: 746]
Hesperia ares Felder, 1862: 477
Goniloba coscinia Herrich-Schäffer, 1865. Cuba.
Pamphila nyctelis [sic] Butler, 1870. Mis-spelling.
Hesperia aegialea Plötz, 1883: 51
Nyctelius nyctelius Hayward, 1948: 99; Hemming, 1967; 315
Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius Hayward; Evans, [1955]: 414; Bridges, 1994: IX.42

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.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1-56. Reference page.
Dillon, L.S. 1947. Some New Subspecies of Butterflies from Dominica, B.W.I. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 97: 97–102 Reference page.
Felder, C. 1862. Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der kk Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macrolepidopteren. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 12(1): 473–496. Reference page.
Hayward, K.J. 1948. Three new genera for neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 5: 97–102. Reference page.
Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1819–1824. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle Entomologie. Tome Neuvième. H. Agasse, Paris. 793 pp. BHL; Suiteː 329–828 BHL. Reference page.
Plötz, C. 1882–83. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut. und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 1882: 43: 314–344, 436-456; 1883: 44: 26–64, 44: 195–233. Reference page.