Polyctor

Polyctor Evans, 1953

Polyctor Evans, 1953; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 3: 9, 43; TS: Pirgus[sic] polyctor Prittwitz

Polyctor; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Polyctor (Pyrgini); [NL4A], 52

Polyctor cleta Evans, 1953

Mexico. See [maps]

Polyctor cleta Evans, 1953; ; TL: Mexico(Guerrero)

Polyctor cleta; [NL4A], #952; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]

498x518 (~30Kb) ♂ Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Polyctor enops (Godman & Salvin, [1894])

Mexico, Honduras. See [maps]

Cabares enops Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 338, 3: pl. 80, f. 27-28; TL: Mexico, Atoyac, Coatepec; Honduras

Polyctor enops; [BOW]: pl. 81, f. 18 (text); [NL4A], #953; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]

423x416 (~23Kb) ♀ Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Polyctor extensa (Mabille, 1891)

Peru. See [maps]

Pterygospidea extensa Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lxxi; TL: Hunyabamba

Polyctor extensa; [NL4A], #954; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Polyctor fera (Weeks, 1901)

-. See [maps]

Achlyodes fera Weeks, 1901; Proc. New England Zool. Club 2: 107; TL: Bolivia

Polyctor fera; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 22; [NL4A], #955; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

P. f. fera Bolivia

Pellicia diversa Williams & Bell, 1939; ; TL: Bolivia
- = ; [NL4A], #955a

Polyctor fera fera; [NL4A], #955a; [BOA]

P. f. falla Evans, 1953 Venezuela

fera falla Evans, 1953; ; TL: Venezuela

Polyctor fera falla; [NL4A], #955b; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [BOA]

Polyctor polyctor (Prittwitz, 1868)

Mexico - Brazil. See [maps]

Pirgus[sic] polyctor Prittwitz, 1868; Stettin ent. Ztg 29 (4-6): 186-287, pl. [3], f. 3a, 3b; TL: Brazil(Rio de Janeiro)

Pellicia polyctor; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 373, 3: pl. 88, f. 28-30
Polyctor polyctor; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 23; [NL4A], #956; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]

P. p. polyctor Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas), Peru, ...

Helias ithrana Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 519; TL: Peru; Brazil, Rio de Janeiro/Amazonas
- = ; [NL4A], #956a

Leucochitonea polyator; Köhler, 1923, (missp.)
Pellicia polyetor; Hayward, 1947, (missp.)
Pirgus[sic] polyotor; Prittwitz, 1868, (missp.)
Polyctor polyctor polyctor; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 161; [NL4A], #956a; [iNaturalist]

P. p. dagua Evans, 1953 Colombia, ...

polyctor dagua Evans, 1953; ; TL: Colombia

Polyctor polyctor dagua; [NL4A], #956b; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Polyctor tensa Evans, 1953

Brazil. See [maps]

Polyctor tensa Evans, 1953; ; TL: Brazil

Polyctor tensa; [NL4A], #957; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[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
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (2): 77-106, (3): 145-168
Butler, 1870
Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485-520
Evans, 1953
A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part III. Pyrginae Section 2. Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 3 : 1-246, pl. 26-53
Godman & Salvin, [1894]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Prittwitz, 1868
Lepidopterologisches Stettin ent. Ztg 29 (4-6): 185-200 (1868), (7-9): 244-248 (1868)
Weeks, 1901
Descriptions of some new butterflies of the genera Thecla, Euptychia, Telegonus and Achlyodes Proc. New England Zool. Club 2 : 101-108

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