Hesperopsis alpheus oricus

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: Hesperopsis alpheus oricus

Name

Hesperopsis alpheus oricus (Edwards), 1879.

Type locality: USA, “Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada” per Austin (1998): 629. Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (50): 629

Typus: ♂ CMNH.

Synonymy

♦ Pholisora oricus Edwards, 1879: 51;
♦ Hesperopsis arizonensis Mabille & Boullet, 1917: 100. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 49.
♦=Pholisora alpheus Draudt, [1924]:; Evans, 1953: 232.
♦ Hesperopsis alpheus oricus (Edwards); Bridges, 1994: VIII.164, 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.
Edwards, W.H., 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Butterflies Collected by Mr. H.K. Morisson, in Nevada, 1878 also, Remarks on Some Errors of Synonymy and Arrangement. The Canadian Entomologist 11: 49-56. 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.
Mabille, P. & Boullet, E. 1917. Descriptions d'Hespérides nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1917(1): 54–60; (2) 97-101. Reference page.

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