Polyctor polyctor

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Carcharodini
Genus: Polyctor
Species: Polyctor polyctor
Subspeciesː P. p. dagua P. p. polyctor

Name

Polyctor polyctor Prittwitz, 1868.

Type localityː Corcovado.

Typusː tbc

Synonymy

Pirgus polyotor (sic) Prittwitz, 1868ː 186, Figs 3a,3b.
Helias ithrana Butler, 1870ː 519. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004ː 52.
Leucochitonea polyator (Prittwitz); Köhler, 1923. Mis-spelling
Pellicia polyctor (Prittwitz); Draudt, [1924]ː 892, Pl.174 Row D.
Polyctor polyetor (Prittwitz); Hayward, 1947. Mis-spelling
Polyctor polyctor polyctor (Prittwitz); Evans, W.H., [1953]ː 43; Hemming, 1967ː 368; Bridges, 1994ː IV.26; Glassberg, 2017: 223.

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. 
  • Butler, A.G. 1870. Descriptions of some new Diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870: 485–520. 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. 
  • Glassberg, J., 2017. A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America 2nd Edn. Princeton University Press. 304pp; ill. Reference page. 
  • Hayward, K.J., 1947. Una especie y forma nuevas de Hesperidos argentinos (Lep. Rhop. Hesp.) Acta Zoologica Lilloana 3:253-255, 1 fig. 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. 
  • Köhler, P. 1923. Fauna argentina. Lepidoptera e collectione Alberto Breyer. 1 Teil. Rhopalocera. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 18(12)(Sonderheft):34 pp, 3 pls, 6 maps. 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. 
  • von Prittwitz, O. 1868. Lepidopterologisches. Entomologische Zeitung 29: 185–200 Reference page. 

Butterflies of America