Thenpea penthea

Echenais penthea from Exotische Schmetterlinge, 1888.

Papilio penthea from original description.

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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Nymphidiini
Subtribus: Nymphidiina
Genus: Thenpea
Species: Thenpea penthea

Note, see former Subspecies: (3) per Lamas, 2004.
A. p. auseris – A. p. nitelina – A. p. penthea

Name

Thenpea penthea (Cramer, 1777)

Type locality: Surinam.

Syntype: Unknown. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Papilio penthea Cramer, 1777: 75, pl.143 fig.E. (original combination)
• Hesperia pentheus [sic] (Cramer); Fabricius, 1793: 314.
• Anatole penthea (Cramer); Hübner, 1816: 24.
• Lemonias pentheus (Fabricius) [sic]; Hoffmannsegg, 1818: 100.
• Erycina pentheus [sic] (Cramer); Godart, 1819: 580.
• Calospila penthea (Cramer); Doubleday: 1847: 15.
• Echenais penthea (Cramer); Kirby, 1871: 325; Staudinger, 1888: 260, pl.92.
• Echenais penthea ethion Stichel, 1910: 36. Guyana. Images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 167.
• Adelotypa penthea (Cramer); Bridges, 1994: 362; Lamas, 2004: 167.
• Thenpea penthea (Cramer): Hall, 2018: 527.

• Lemonias auseris Hewitson, 1863
  • Type locality: Brazil, Belém.
    • Syntypes: BMNH. 2 females ♀.
• Echenais penthea penthides Stichel, 1910: 35 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 527)
  • Type locality: Brazil, Maçauari.
    • Lectotype: ZMHU. male ♂.
• Echenais penthea nitelina Stichel, 1910: 35-36. (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 527)
  • Type locality: Peru, Yurimaguas.
    • Holotype: ZMHU. female ♀.
• Echenais penthea echion Stichel, 1910: 36 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 527)
  • Type locality: Guyana, lower Cuyuni River, Kamaria-Matope Falls.
    • Lectotype: ZMHU. male ♂.
• Echenais penthea nilios Stichel, 1910: 36 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 527)
  • Type locality: Brazil, Óbidos.
    • Lectotype: ZMHU. male ♂.

References

Primary references

• Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Hall, J.P.W. 2018. A Monograph of the Nymphidiina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini) Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biology and Biogeography. The Entomological Society of Washington. 990pp. WorldCat. ISBN 978-0-692-98754-4. Reference page. 
• Hoffmannsegg, J.C., 1818. Entomologische Bemerkungen bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische Insekten... Zoologisches Magazin (Wiedemann's) 1(2): 49-109. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1816–1826. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg. Papilionoidea. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL 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. 
• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page. 

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