Porphyrogenes ferruginea

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: Eudaminae
Tribus: Phocidini
Genus: Porphyrogenes
Species: Porphyrogenes ferruginea

Name

Porphyrogenes ferruginea (Plötz, 1883)

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia.

Lectotype: ZMB. male ♂. (lectotype designated by Austin & Mielke 2008: 4).

Synonyms

• Phareas ferruginea Plötz, 1883ː 451 (reinstated status).
• Phareas cervinus Plötz, 1883, new synonymy. TL: unknown, becomes Bahia [Brazil] with neotype designation; original type apparently lost, male neotype herein designated is the lectotype of Phareas ferruginea Plötz, 1883 in ZMB.
• =Porphyrogenes despecta despecta Butler: Evans 1952ː 159; Lamas, 2004ː39.
• Porphyrogenes ferruginea Plötz; Li er al, 2019ː 14.

References

• Austin, G. T. & Mielke, O.H.H. 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America. Insecta Mundi 44: 1–56. PDF. 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. 
• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 
• Plötz, C., 1883. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Phareas Westw. und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 1883:44: 451-456. Reference page.