Echenais thelephus

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Genus: Echenais
Species: Echenais thelephus
Subspecies: (2) per Lamas, 2004.
E. t. meridionalis – E. t. thelephus

Papilio thelephus from original description.

Lemonias maculata alphaea from original description

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

Name

Echenais thelephus (Cramer, [1775]).

Type locality: "West Indies".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio thelephus Cramer, [1775]: 103, pl.66 figs E,F.
• Hesperia telephus (sic) (Cramer); Fabricius, 1793: 304.
• Erycina telephus (sic) (Cramer); Godart, [1824]: 587.
• Mesene telephus (sic) (Cramer); Doubleday, 1847: 7.
• Nymphidium thelephus (Cramer); Scudder, 1875: 230.
• Lemonias maculata alphaea Hübner, [1806]: pl.37. BoA photos
• Echenais alphaea Hübner, [1819]: 19.
• Erycina timandra Godart, [1824]: 585; Synonymy in Stichel, 1911: 295.
• Mesene timandra (Godart); Westwood, 1851: 442.
• Elaphrotis telephus (sic) (Cramer); Stichel, 1911: 295.
• Echenais thelephus (Cramer); Bridges, 1994: VIII.460; Lamas, 2004: 163.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL 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. 
• May, S.J., 1972. A New Species of Lemonias (Lepidoptera: Nemeobiidae) from Trinidad. Entomologist. 105: 257-259, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. Amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293.Reference page. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page. 

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