Chlorostrymon simaethis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Chlorostrymon
Species: Chlorostrymon simaethis

Name

Chlorostrymon simaethis (Drury, 1773)

Type locality: St. Kitts.

Holotype: not located

Synonyms

Papilio simaethis Drury, 1770: pl. 1, fig. 3; text 1773: 3.
Thecla simaethis (Drury); Kirby, 1871: 398; Dewitz, 1877: 233, pl. 1; Godman & Salvin, 1879-1901: 720, pl. 81; Moeschler, 1889: 301; Stahl, 1882 :93; Gundlach, 1887: 622; Draudt, 1919: 798, pl. 158f; Barnes & Benjamin, 1923: 17; Hall, 1925: 188; 1936: 276; Kaye, 1926: 462; Holland, 1931: 232; Wolcott, 1936: 403; Hoffman, 1941: 716; Schweizer & Webster Kay, 1941: 19; Comstock & Huntington, 1943: 58, 73; 1961: 54; 1963: 190; Beatty, 1944: 157; Comstock, 1944: 488; Avinoff & Shoumatoff 1946: 284; Zikán & Zikán, 1968: 57; Hayward, 1973: 157.
Thecla sarita Skinner, 1895: 112; 1898: 48; Barnes & McDunnough, 1917: 3; Barnes & Benjamin, 1923: 17; McDunnough, 1938: 24; Stallings & Turner, 1947: 40. [The last make sarita a subspecies of simaethis].
Thecla lycus Skinner, 1898: 48. [takes authorship of lycus Hubner; Skinner, 1898: 48. A misspelling, mis-attribution of author, not licus Hubner 1807: pl. 150, not lydus Hubner 1818: 75, no. 753]; Dyar, 1903: 36; Draudt, 1931: 798; Barnes & McDunnough, 1917: 13; [all follow Skinner, in error]; Barnes & Benjamin, 1923: 17; Comstock & Huntington, 1958-64 [1963]: 190. [Both cite Skinner, 1898 as an error].
Mitoura simaethis (Drury); Dyar, 1903: 38.
Tmolus simaethis (Drury); Kaye, 1914: 567.
Strymon simaethis (Drury); Barnes & McDunnough, 1917: 13; Bates, 1935: 194; McDunnough, 1938: 24; Stallings & Turner, 1947: 40; Klots, 1951: 139; Ziegler, 1961: 22; Lipes, 1961: 56; dos Passos, 1964: 56; Lewis, 1974: 67.
Chalybs simaethis (Drury); Kaye, 1921: 103; Barcant, 1970: 251.
Thecla simaethis jago Comstock & Huntington, 1943. Synonymised in Lamas, 2004: 124.
Chlorostrymon simaethis (Drury); Clench, 1961: 189; 1964: 248; 1976: 269; 1977: 192; dos Passos 1970: 27; Brown & Heineman, 1971: 230; Emmel & Emmel, 1973: 51; Riley, 1975: 100; Thorne, 1975: 277; Ross, 1976: 188; Nicolay, 1980: 253; Miller & Brown, 1981: 99; 1983: 54; Pyle, 1981: 465; Schwartz & Jimenez, 1982: 8; Garth & Tilden, 1986: 189; Opler & Krizek, 1986: 89; Scott, 1986: 359; Llorente-Bousquets et al, 1986: 25; Schwartz, 1989.
Chlorostrymon simaethis rosario Nicolay, 1980. Synonymised in Lamas, 2004: 124.
- Type locality: La Kenedy, Pichincha, Ecuador (2800 m).
  - Holotype: AME. male ♂. V.1969.
Chlorostrymon chileana Johnson, 1989: 141, figs 3C, 3D, 5I, 6O. Synonymised in Lamas, 2004: 124.

References

Drury, D. 1770–1782. Illustrations of Natural History London, White. Vol.l (1770): xxviii+130+[2]pp, 50+1 pls, 4 figs; Vol.2 (1773): vii+90pp, 50 pls; Vol.3 (1782): vii+76pp, 50 pls. Vol.1; Vol.2; Vol.3. Reference page.
Johnson, K. 1989. Revision of Chlorostrymon Clench and description of two new austral neotropical species (Lycaenidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 43(2): 120-146.
Johnson, K. 1990. High Andean Chlorostrymon (Lycaenidae) and a new species from Mt. Larancagua, Chile. J. Lepid. Soc. 44(3):188-193.
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.
Nicolay 1980. The genus Chlorostrymon and a new subspecies of C. simaethis. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 34(2): 253–256. full article (PDF). Reference page.

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