Heliopetes americanus bellatrix

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Pyrgini
Genus: Heliopetes
Subgenus: Heliopyrgus
Species: Heliopetes americanus
Subspeciesː Heliopetes americanus bellatrix

Name

Heliopetes americanus bellatrix Plötz, 1884.

Type localityː "Buenos Ayres".

Typusː ♂ ZMHU, images.

Synonymy

♦ Pyrgus bellatrix Plötz, 1884ː 15.
♦ Hesperia americanus [forma] bellatrix (Plötz); Draudt, [1924]ː 919, Pl.179 Row b.
♦ Hesperia bellatriz (Plötz); Spitz, 1932. Mis-spelling.
♦ Pyrgus americanus bellatrix Plötz; Evans, [1953]ː 222.
♦ Heliopyrgus americanus bellatrix (Plötz); Bridges, 1994ː VIII.28, IX.30; Lamas, 2004ː 49.
♦ Heliopetes americanus bellatrix (Plötz); Li et al, 2019ː 91.

References

• 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. 
• 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. 
• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C., 1884. System der Schmetterlinge. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein(e) für Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen (in Greifswald) 15: 155, 1-46. Reference page. 

Links

Butterflies of America