Zera zera

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Achlyodidini
Genus: Zera
Species: Zera zera
Subspecies: Z. z. difficilis Z. z. zera

Name

Zera zera (Butler, 1870).

Type Locality: Venezuela.

Holotype: male, BMNH, coll. Druce; images.

Synonymy

  • Achylodes zera Butler, 1870: 514.
  • Pterygospidea latreilliana Mabille, 1876: LV, Brazil.
  • Achylodes balma (Herrich-Schaffer MS.); Plötz, 1884: 20.
  • =Pythonides paterculus Herrich-Schäffer; Draudt, in Seitz, [1924]: 887, Pl.173 Row d.
  • Zera zera (Butler); Evans, [1953]: 13; 108.
  • Zera zera zera (Butler); Bridges, 1994: IX.75.

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. 
  • Mabille, P. 1876. Diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d'Hespérides. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 5(6): 9-11; 25-27; 54-57; 152-153; 197–202. Reference page. 
  • Plötz, C. 1884. Die Hesperiinen-Gruppe der Achyloden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 37: 1–55. BHL Open access Reference page. 
  • Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 

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