[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
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Some related literature:
Adams, 1986
Pronophiline butterflies of the three Andean Cordilleras of Colombia
J. Linn. Soc. 87: 235-320, 59fgs
Bates, 1864; Bates, 1865
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama, collected by Osbert Salvin and F. du Cane Godman, Esqs.
Ent. mon. Mag. 1
(1): 1-6 (1864),
(2): 31-35 (1864),
(3): 55-59 (1864),
(4): 81-85 (1864),
(5): 113-116 (1864),
(6): 126-131 (1864),
(7): 161-164 (1864),
(8): 178-180 (1865),
(9): 202-205 (1865)
Butler, 1867
Revision of the Group of Lepidopterous Insects hitherto included in the Genus Pronophila of Westwood
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 (118)
: 266-268
Butler, 1868
A catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera of the family Satyridae in the collection of the British Museum
Cat. diurn. Lep. Satyridae Brit. Mus.
: 1-211, pl. 1-5
Butler, 1872
Descriptions of new Butterflies from Costa Rica
Cistula ent. 1
: 72-90
Butler & Druce, 1874
List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3)
: 330-370
Westwood, [1850]; Westwood, 1851
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846),
(1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847),
(1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848),
(1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848),
(1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849),
(1): 243-250 [?],
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850),
(2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851),
(2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Godman, 1905
Descriptions of some new species of Satyridae from South America
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1905 (1)
: 185-190, pl. 10
Grose-Smith, 1896
Description of a new Species of Satyrid Butterfly from Costa Rica
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18 (105)
: 241
Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1900
Rhopalocera Exotica, being Illustrations of New, Rare, and Unfigured Species of Butterflies
Rhop. Exot.
[1] 1: (Ornithoptera) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887),
[1] 2: (Ornithoptera) 3-4, pl. 2 (1892),
[1] 3: (Ornithoptera) [5-6] 1-2, pl. 3 (1900),
[1] 3: (Ornithoptera) 7-8, pl. 4 (1901),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 3-5,7-14, pl. 2-6 (1888),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 15-20, pl. 7-9 (1890),
[1] 1: (Papilio) 21-25, pl. 10-11 (1891),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 27-31, pl. 12-13 (1893),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 33-35, pl. 14 (1894),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 37-38, pl. 15 (1895),
[1] 2: (Papilio) 39-40, pl. 16 (1897),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 41-46, pl. 17-19 (1899),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 47-48, pl. 20 (1900),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 49-50, pl. 21 (1901),
[1] 3: (Papilio) 51-55, pl. 22-23 (1902),
[1] 1: (Delias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[1] 2: (Delias) 5-7, 9-11, pl. 2-3 (1893),
[1] 2: (Delias) 12-18, pl. 4-5 (1895),
[1] 2: (Delias) 20-22, pl. 6 (1896),
[1] 3: (Delias) 24-26, pl. 7 (1897),
[1] 3: (Delias) 28-35, pl. 8-9 (1901),
[1] 3: (Delias) 36-38, pl. 10 (1902),
[1] 1: (Pieridae) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888),
[1] 2: (Pinacopteryx) 1-4, pl. 1 (1893),
[1] 1: (Callosune) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[1] 3: (Huphina) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898),
[1] 3: (Huphina) [8],9-10, pl. 3 (1899),
[1] 1: (Elodina) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890),
[1] 1: (Belenois) 1-4, pl. 1 (1892),
[1] 2: (Belenois) 5-8, pl. 2 (1892),
[1] 3: (Mylothris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1900),
[1] 1: (Ixias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888),
[1] 2: (Appias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1894),
[1] 1: (Pierinae) 5-7, pl. 2 (1889),
[1] 2: (Dismorphia) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896),
[1] 2: (Dismorphia) 5-9, 11-15, pl. 2-3 (1897),
[2] 1: (Asthipa) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 2: (Asthipa) 5-6, pl. 2 (1896),
[2] 2: (Ravadeba) 7, pl. 1 (1896),
[2] 2: (Mycalesis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895),
[2] 2: (Mycalesis) 5-12, pl. 2-3 (1896),
[2] 3: (Mycalesis) 13-18, pl. 4-5 (1902),
[2] 3: (Libythea) 1-2, pl. 1 (1902),
: (Ragadia-Argyronympha-Hypocysta) : 1-6, pl. [1] (1895),
[2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 1-5, pl. 1 (1893),
[2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 7-9, pl. 2 (1894),
[2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 10-14, pl. 3 (1895),
[2] 3: (Pedaliodes) 15-20, pl. 4-5, (Oxeoschistus) 1 (1900),
[2] 3: (Pronophila) 1-2, pl. 1, (Oxeoschistus) 2-3, pl. 1 (1900),
[2] 2: (Elymnias) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896),
[2] 3: (Elymnias) 5-6, pl. 2, (Bruasa) 6-7, pl. 1 (1897),
[2] 1: (Morpho) 1-2, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 3: (Morphotenaris-Hyantis) 1-3, pl. [1] (1898),
[2] 2: (Tenaris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1894),
[2] 2: (Tenaris) 9-11, pl. 3 (1895),
[2] 2: (Tenaris) 13-15, pl. 4 (1896),
[2] 3: (Tenaris) 17-18, pl. 5 (1898),
[2] 1: (Heliconius) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892),
[2] 1: (Acraea) 1-6, pl. 1-2 (1889),
[2] 1: (Acraea) 7-10, pl. 3 (1892),
[2] 2: (Acraea) 11-14, pl. 4 (1892),
[2] 2: (Acraea) 15-18, pl. 5 (1894),
[2] 3: (Acraea) 19-29, pl. 6-8, (Planema) 29-30, pl. [1] (1901),
[2] 1: (Cethosia) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 3: (Cirrhochroa) 1, pl. [1], (Cupha) 2-4, pl. [1] (1898),
[2] 2: (Terinos) 1-2, pl. 1 (1894),
[2] 1: (Thaleropis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891),
[2] 2: (Doleschallia) 1-3,5-7, pl. 1-2 (1893),
[2] 2: (Kallima) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892),
[2] 1: (Hypolimnas) 1-2, pl. 1 (1891),
[2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 3-4, pl. 2 (1897),
[2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 5-6, pl. 3 (1898),
[2] 1: (Euxanthe) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 1: (Hestina) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891),
[2] 1: (Cymothoe) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890),
[2] 3: (Limenitis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1899),
[2] 2: (Neptis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895),
[2] 3: (Neptis) 5-11, pl. 2-3 (1899),
[2] 3: (Neptis) 13-17, pl. 4-5 (1900),
[2] 1: (Euthalia-Tanaecia) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 1: (Euthalia) 5-10, pl. 2-3 (1891),
[2] 2: (Euthalia) 11-14, pl. 4 (1894),
[2] 3: (Euthalia) 15, pl. 5, (Dichorragia) 16, pl. 1 (1898),
[2] 1: (Apatura) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892),
[2] 1: (Euphaedra) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 1: (Euryphene) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) 1-2,[3-4] pl. 1-2 (1887),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) [5], pl. 3 (1888),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) 7-9, pl. 4 (1890),
[2] 1: (Charaxes) 11-13, pl. 5 (1891),
[2] 1: (Mynes) 1-2, pl. 1 (1888),
[2] 2: (Mynes) 3-6, pl. 2 (1894),
[2] 2: (Prothoe) 1-2, pl. 1 (1896),
[3] 3: (Erycinidae) 1-10, pl. 1-2 (1902),
[3] 2: (Dicallaneura-etc) 1-6, pl. 1 (1897),
[3] 3: (Dicallaneura-etc) 7-11, pl. 2 (1901),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 1-4,[5-9] 1-5, pl. 1-2 (1887),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 11-17, 19-22, pl. 3-5 (1888),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23-25, 27-29, 31-33, pl. 6-8 (1889),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 35-48, pl. 9-11 (1890),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 49-51,53-64, pl. 12-15 (1891),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 65-68, pl. 16 (1892),
[3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [69-72] 57-60, pl. 17 (1892),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) [73-77] 61-65,79-84, pl. 18-19 (1892),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85-107, pl. 20-23 (1893),
[3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109-120, pl. 24-25 (1894),
[3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 121-125, pl. 26 (1900),
[3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 127-131, 133-141, pl. 27-29 (1901),
[3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143-146, pl. 30 (1902),
[3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 1-6, pl. 1 (1894),
[3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 7-13, 15-22, pl. 2-3 (1895),
[3] 2: (Thysonotis) 23-25, 27-31, pl. 1-2 (1895),
[3] 2: (Waigeum) 34-38, pl. 1 (1896),
[3] 2: (Thysonotis) 39-46, pl. 3-4 (1896),
[3] 2: (Holochila) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896),
[3] 2: (Holochila) 5-8, pl. 2 (1897),
[3] 2: (Pseudonotis) 1-3, pl. [1], (Epimastidia) 4-5, pl. [1], (Lampides) 5-8, pl. [1] (1897),
[3] 2: (Lampides) 9-10, pl. 2, (Thysonotis) 47, pl. 5 (1897),
[3] 3: (Holochila) 9-11, pl. 3 (1898),
[3] 3: (Arhopala) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898),
[3] 3: (Arhopala) 9-12, pl. 3, (Ilerda) 13, pl. [1], (Horaga) 14-15, pl. [1] (1902),
[3] 3: (Thysonotis) 47x,48-50, pl. 6 (1898),
[3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 23-26, pl. 4 (1898),
[3] 3: (Holochila) 13-15, pl. 4 (1899),
[3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 27-29, pl. 5, (Waigeum) [30], pl. 2 (1899),
[3] 3: (Holochila) 17-19, pl. 5 (1899),
[3] 3: (Thysonotis) 51-54, pl. 7 (1899),
[3] 3: (Jamides) 11-14, pl. 1 (1900),
[3] 3: (Hypolycaena-etc) 1-4, pl. [1] (1900),
[3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 31-33, pl. 6, (Thysonotis) 55-56, pl. 8 (1900),
[3]: (Additions-Corrections) 1-2,[3],vii-x
Hewitson, 1860
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [4]
: (Systematic Index) IV,
(Clerome): [1-2], pl. [1] (1863),
(Drusilla & Hyantis): [3-4], pl. [2] (1862),
(Dasyophthalma & Thaumantis): [5-6], pl. [3] (1862),
(Morpho I): [7-8], pl. [4] (1856),
(Pavonia I-II): [9-10], pl. [5-6] (1877),
(Opsiphanes): [11-12], pl. [7] (1873),
(Corades): [13-14], pl. [8] (1863),
(Pronophila): [15-16], pl. [9] (1857),
(Pronophila II): [17-18], pl. [10] (1860),
(Pronophila III-IV): [19-22], pl. [11-12] (1868),
(Pronophila V): [23-24], pl. [13] (1871),
(Pronophila VI-VII): [25-28], pl. [14-15] (1872),
(Pronophila VIII-IX): [29-32], pl. [16-17] (1874),
(Debis I): [33-34], pl. [18] (1862),
(Debis II-III): [35-38], pl. [19-20] (1863),
(Haetera): [39-40], pl. [21] (1860),
(Daedalma): [41-42], pl. [22] (1858),
(Euptychia & Ragadia): [43-44], pl. [23] (1862),
(Hypocista): [45-46], pl. [24] (1863),
(Mycalesis I-IV): [47-54], pl. [25-28] (1862),
(Mycalesis V-VI): [55-58], pl. [29-30] (1864),
(Mycalesis VII-VIII): [59-62], pl. [31-32] (1866),
(Mycalesis IX): [63-64], pl. [33] (1873),
(Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65-66], pl. [34] (1877),
(Idiomorphus): [67-68], pl. [35] (1865),
(Melanitis): [69-70], pl. [36] (1863),
(Taxila): [71-72], pl. [37] (1861),
(Taxila II): [73-74], pl. [38] (1862),
(Sospita): [75-76], pl. [39] (1861),
(Sospita II): [77-78], pl. [40] (1862),
(Dodona Sospita): [79-80], pl. [41] (1866),
(Mesosemia I): [81-82], pl. [42] (1857),
(Mesosemia II-III): [83-86], pl. [43-44] (1858),
(Mesosemia IV-VI): [87-92], pl. [45-47] (1859),
(Mesosemia VII-VIII): [93-96], pl. [48-49] (1860),
(Mesosemia IX-X): [97-100], pl. [50-51] (1870),
(Mesosemia XI): [101-102], pl. [52] (1871),
(Mesosemia XII): [103-104], pl. [53] (1873),
(Eurygona I-II): [105-108], pl. [54-55] (1853),
(Eurygona III-IV): [109-112], pl. [56-57] (1855),
(Eurygona V-VII): [113-118], pl. [58-60] (1856),
(Eurygona VIII): [119-120], pl. [61] (1860),
(Eurygona IX): [121-122], pl. [62] (1870),
(Eurygona X): [123-124], pl. [63] (1872)
Hewitson, 1862
On Pronophila, a Genus of Diurnal Lepidoptera; with Figures of the new Species, and reference to all those which have been previously figured or described
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1
: 1-17, pl. 1-6
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Pyrcz, 1999
The E. Krüger collection of pronophiline butterflies, Part 1: Introduction, genera Altopedaliodes to LymanopodaLambillionea, 99 (2)
: 221-240
Pyrcz, 1999
The E. Krüger collection of pronophiline butterflies, Part 2: genera Manerebia to ThiemeiaLambillionea, 99 (3)
: 351-376
Pyrcz, 2004
Pronophiline butterflies of the highlands of Chachapoyas in northern Peru: faunal survey, diversity and distribution patterns (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
Genus 15 (4)
: 455-622
Pyrcz & Fratello, 2005
Cloud forest butterfly fauna of the Pantepui - poor or poorly known? Description of new species and records of new genera of Pronophilina: Eretris agata and Oxeoschistus romeo (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
J. Lep. Soc. 59
: 200-211
Pyrcz & Rodríguez, 2007
Mariposas de la tribu Pronophilini en la Cordillera Occidental de Colombia (Lepdioptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
SHILAP Revta lepid, 35 (140)
: 455-489
Pyrcz & Viloria, 2007
Erebiine and pronophiline butterflies of the Serranía del Tamá, Venezuela-Colombia border (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Tropical Lepidoptera 15(1-2)
: 18-52
Pyrcz & Nakamura in Pyrcz, Zubek, Boyer, Nakamura, Waclawik & Florczyk, 2020; Pyrcz in Pyrcz, Zubek, Boyer, Nakamura, Waclawik & Florczyk, 2020; Pyrcz, Zubek, Boyer, Nakamura, Waclawik & Florczyk, 2020
Revisional notes on the cloud forest butterfly genus Oxeoschistus Butler in Central America (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Neotrop. Ent. 49 (3)
: 392-411
[EcuL]; Racheli & Racheli, 2001
An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae)
Frag. ent. 33 (2)
: 213-380
Salvin, 1871
Description of new species of butterflies from tropical America
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 4 (21)
4 (21): 163-181 (1869),
7 (42): 412-416 (1871)
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1876
Neue Lepidopteren des südamerikanischen Faunengebietes
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 25 (1)
: 89-124
Thieme, 1907
Monographische Bearbeitung der Gattungen Lasiophila Felder, Daedalma Hew., Catargynnis Röber, Oxeschistus Butl., Pronophila Westw., Corades Doubld. Hew.
Berl. ent. Z. 51 (2/3)
: 99-234, pl. 1-3 (3-5)
Viloria & Costa, 2022
A new subspecies of Oxeoschistus puerta (Westwood, 1851), from the Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Anartia 34
: 18-27
Viloria, Pyrcz & Orellana, 2010
A survey of the Neotropical montane butterflies of the subtribe Pronophilina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Venezuelan Cordillera de la Costa
Zootaxa. 2622
: 1-41
[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1
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