Megaleas

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: Hesperiinae
Genus: Megaleas
Species: M. cervelina – M. chocoensis – M. syrna

Name

Megaleas Godman, 1901

Typusː Hesperia syrna Godman & Salvin, 1879ː 155.

Synonymy

♦ Megaleas Godman, 1901ː 617; Draudt, in Seitz, [1924]ː 990; Evans, [1955]ː 223; Hemming, 1967ː 280; Bridges, 1994ː IV.17; Lamas, 2004ː 71.

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.
Costa, M., Viloria, A.L., Attal, S., Orellana, A.M. & Benmesbah M. 2019. Lepidoptera del Pantepui. Parte VI. Nuevos Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae) y Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae y Satyrinae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 124(1): 77–102. DOI: 10.32475/bsef_2055 Reference page.
Constantino, L.M. & Salazar-Escobar, J.A. 2012. Descripción de una nueva especie de Megaleas Godman, 1901 para Colombia.(Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Boletín Científico del Centro de Museos de Historia Natural 16(2): 246 - 249. Full article (PDF). 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.
Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O., 1879. Descriptions of new Species of Rhopalocera from Central and South America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879(1): 150-159, Pl.14. Reference page.
Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. II. (Text) 782 pp. Text, Plates. Reference page.
Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. 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.

Links

Lepindex; Butterflies of America