Thespieus

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Genus: Thespieus
Species: T. abatira – T. abauna – T. argentina – T. aspernatus – T. caraca – T. castor – T. catochra – T. dalman – T. duidensis – T. ethemides – T. fassli – T. fulvangula – T. haywardi – T. hieroglyphica – T. himella – T. homochromus – T. inez – T. jora – T. lutetia – T. maacki – T. macareus – T. matucanae – T. opigena – T. othna – T. peruviae – T. pinda – T. tapayuna – T. thona – T. tihoneta – T. vividus – T. xarina – T. xarippe – T. zikani

Name

Thespieus Godman, 1900.

Type species: Hesperia dalman Latreille, [1824]ː 727, by Original Designation.

Synonymy

Thespieus Godman, 1900: 519; Evans, 1955: 414; Draudt, [1927]: 952; Hemming, 1967: 440; Bridges, 1994: IV.32; Lamas, 2004ː 81.

Mis-spellings

Thespicus Kaye, 1925.
Tespieus Zikán, 1928.
Thespeus Breyer, 1945
Thespius Nicolay, 1974
Thespias Murray, 2000
Thepieus Orellana, Warren & Mielke, 2002.

References

Bell, E.L. 1932. Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Roraima and Duida expeditions, with descriptions of new species. American Museum novitates 555: 1–16. PDF. Reference page.
Bell, E.L. 1938. A new genus and five new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1013: 1–11. PDF. Reference page.
Bell, E.L. 1942. New genera and new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1205: 1–9. PDF.Reference page.
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.
Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. 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.
Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. II. (Text) 782 pp. Text, Plates. Reference page.
Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. 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.
Latreille, P.A. 1819–1824. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle Entomologie. Tome Neuvième. H. Agasse, Paris. 793 pp. BHL; Suiteː 329–828 BHL. Reference page.
Nicolay, S.S., 1973. Descriptions of New Neotropical Hesperiidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27(4): 243-257. Reference page.

Links

Lepindex; Butterflies of America.