Myscelus amystis

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: Passovini
Genus: Myscelus
Species: Myscelus amystis
Subspecies: (per Evans, 1951)
M. a. amystis – M. a. distinctus – M. a. epigona – M. a. hages – M. a. muttra – M. a. mysus

Name

Myscelus amystis (Hewitson, 1867)

Type locality: Colombia.

Holotype: BMNH?

Synonymy

• Pyrrhopyga amystis Hewitson, 1867: text, Fig.28, 29
• Myscelus rogersi Kaye, 1913: 582. Trinidad. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 25.
• Myscelus flavicollis Röber, 1925. No location. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 25.
• Myscelus amystis (Hewitson); Seitz, [1924]: 848; Evans, 1951: 73.
• Myscelus amystus (sic) Remington, 1961. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 25.
• Myscelus amyntis (sic) Stanford & Opler, 1993. Mis-spelling. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 25.

References

• 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. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 
• Kaye, W.J., 1913. Additions and corrections to my catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad (1904). Transactions of the entomological Society of London 61(3): 545-585, pl.30. 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. 
• Seitz, A. 1910–1924. Die Amerikanischen Tagfalter. in Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 5: 3–1139, pls 1–194. Alfred Kernan, Stuttgart. Reference page.