Melanopyge hoffmanni

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: Pyrrhopyginae
Tribus: Pyrrhopygini
Subtribus: Apyrrothrixina
Genus: Melanopyge
Species: Melanopyge hoffmanni

Name

Melanopyge hoffmanni Freeman, 1977.

Type Locality: Mexico, Tab.

Types: ♂,♀ AMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Pyrrhopyge hoffmanni Freeman, 1977: 89, figs 3,4,7.
• Melanopyge hoffmanni (Freeman), Mielke, 2002: 223; Lamas, 2004; 27.

References

• Freeman, H.A. 1977. Six New Species of Hesperiidae from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 31(2): 89–99. 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. 
• 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. 
• Mielke, O.H.H. 2002. Pyrrhopyginae: gêneros novos e revalidados (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19(1): 217–228. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

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