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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