Nicephellus nicephorus

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Eudaminae
Tribus: Phocidini
Genus: Nicephellus
Species: Nicephellus nicephorus

Name

Nicephellus nicephorus (Hewitson, 1876)

Type localityː "Amazon".

Typusː ♂ BMNH, images.

Synonyms

• Eudamus nicephorus Hewitson, 1876ː 348.
• Telegonus dexo Mabille, 1888ː 169, fig.2. Panama, Chiriqui. Synonymy in Evans, 1952ː 145.
• Bungalotis nicephorus (Hewitson); Draudt, [1924]ː 872, Pl.172b.
• Dyscophellus nicephorus (Hewitson); Evans, [1952]ː 145; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.154, IX.22; Lamas, 2004ː 35; Lepindex.
• Nicephellus nicephorus (Hewitson); Austin, 2008ː 11, 14, Figs. 40-43, 114, 116, 129.

References

• Austin, G.T. 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on "night" skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae). Insecta Mundi 29: 1–36. PDF. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)18(106): 347–355. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P. 1888. Description de Lépidoptéres (Hespérides) nouveaux. Le Naturaliste (10)2(31): 146–148, 169-171, 180-181. Reference page.