Hesperopsis alpheus

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: Carcharodini
Genus: Hesperopsis
Species: Hesperopsis alpheus
Subspecies: H. a. alpheus –H. a. oricus

Name

Hesperopsis alpheus (Edwards), 1876.

Type locality: USA, New Mexico.

Typus: ♂ repository tbc.

Synonymy

♦ Thanaos alpheus Edwards, 1876: 206.
♦ Hesperopsis alphaeus [sic] Edwards; Dyar, 1905: 118. Mis-spelling.
♦ Pholisora alpheus (Edwards); Draudt, [1924]: 913, Pl.177 row i; Evans, 1953: 232.
♦ Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus (Edwards); Bridges, 1994: VIII.10, IX.31; Lamas, 2004: 49.

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. 
• Dyar, H.G., 1905. A Review of the Hesperiidae of the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 13(3): 111-142. BHL Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1876. Description of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the United States and British North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 5(3/4): 202-208. BHL 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. 

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