Pyrrhopyge pelota

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: Pyrrhopygina
Genus: Pyrrhopyge
Species: Pyrrhopyge pelota

Name

Pyrrhopyge pelota Plötz, 1879.

Type locality: "Brasil, Sello".

Syntype: ♂ ZMHU, images.

Synonymy

• Pyrrhopyga pelota [sic] Plötz, 1879: 535, pl.t, 1288.
• Pyrrhopyge pelota Plötz; Seitz, [1924] 840, pl.166a; Bell, 1931: 437, pl.36, fig.21 (genit); Evans, 1951: 10; Lamas, 2004: 29.

References

• Butterflies of America
• Bell, E.L. 1931. Studies in the Pyrrhopyginae, With Descriptions of Several New Species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 39(3): 417–480, pls. 34–39. 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. 
• Plötz, C. 1879. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Pyrrhopyga und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 40(10–12): 520–538. 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.