Sophista plinius

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Carcharodini
Genus: Sophista
Species: Sophista plinius

Name

Sophista plinius Plötz, 1882

Type locality: Brazil.

Holotype: ZMB. male ♂.

Synonymy

★Sophista plinius Plötz, 1882ː 265; Siewert et al., 2016ː 532, Figs. 5–8, 27–34, 60, 67–69.
★Sophista aristoteles plinius Plötz; Evans, [1953]ː 42; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.180, IX.63; Lamas, 2004ː 55.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL 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. 1882. Einige Hesperiinen-Gattung und deren Arten. Parts 1 & 2. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 26(1): 71–82; 26(2): 253–266. Reference page.
Siewert, R.R., Zacca, T., Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. 2016. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Sophista Plötz, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with description of a new species from north-east Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(3): 526–540. PDF DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12378. Reference page.