Narcosius colossus

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

Name

Narcosius colossus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869.

Type locality: Venezuela.

Typusː LT ♂ BMNH per Steinhauser, 1986.

Eudamus colossus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869: 172.
Astraptes colossus colossus Evans, [1952]ː 109.
Narcosius colossus colossus (Herrich-Schäffer); Steinhauser, 1986; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.52, IX.40; Lamas, 2004ː 36.

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Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869–70. Systematis Lepidopterorum, Hesperiina. Correspondenz-Blatt des zoologischer-mineralogische Verein in Regensburg. Vol. 23: 59–64, 67–77, 130–141, 163–172, 184–204; Vol. 24: 154–160. 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.
Steinhauser, 1986. A review of the skippers of the narcosius group of Species of the genus Astraptes Hubner (sensu Evans, 1952) and erection of a new genus. Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 104: 43 pp, 79 figs. PDF Reference page.