[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
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[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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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)
Bates, 1865
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Bates, 1866
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama
Ent. mon. Mag. 3
(27): 49-52 (1866),
(28): 85-88 (1866),
(30): 133-136 (1866),
(31): 152-157 (1866)
Boisduval, 1870
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Considérations Lépid. Guatemala
: 1-100
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, 1875
On some new Species of Butterflies from Tropical America
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 15 (87)
: 222-225
Butler & Druce, 1872
Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Costa Rica
Cistula ent. 1 (5)
: 95-118
Orellana & Costa in Costa, Viloria, Attal & Orellana, 2014
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Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques)
Uitl. Kapellen 1
(1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775),
(8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
Torre, 1951
A New Butterfly from Cuba (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 53 (6)
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Doubleday, [1849]; Westwood, 1850
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)
Druce, 1874
Descriptions of Fifteen new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly from South America
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1874 (1)
: 155-160
Druce, 1874
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera chiefly from tropical America
Cistula ent. 1 (10)
: 285-290
Druce, 1876
List of the Butterflies of Peru, with descriptions of new species. With some notes by Edward Bartlett
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876 (1)
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Druce, 1877
A revision of the lepidopterous genus PaphiaProc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3)
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R. Felder, 1869
Diagnosen neuer von dem K. K. Oberlieutenant H. v. Hedemann in Mexico in den Jahren 1865-1867 gesammelter Lepidopteren. Erste Folge
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19
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C. & R. Felder, 1861
Lepidoptera nova Columbiae
Wien. ent. Monats. 5
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(4): 97-111
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Specimen faunae lepidopterologicae riparum fluminis Negro superioris in Brasilia septentrionali
Wien. ent. Monats. 6
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(4): 109-126,
(6): 175-192,
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Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
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Godart, 1819; Godart, [1824]
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(1): 3-328 (1819),
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Godman & Salvin, 1884
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Godman & Salvin, 1894
Descriptions of new Species of Rhopalocera from Mexico and Central America
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: 95-98
Godman & Salvin, 1897
Descriptions of New Species of Central and South American Rhopalocera
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 (2)
: 241-248
Hall, 1929
New forms of Nymphalidae (Rhopalocera) in the collection of the British Museum
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: 130-134
Hall, 1935
New forms of Nymphalinae and Ithomiinae
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: 221-227, pl. ?1, ?6
Hewitson, 1869
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [3]
: (Systematic Index) III,
(Callithea): [1-2], pl. [1] (1857),
(Callithea Agrias II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870),
(Epicalia & Myscelia I): [5-6], pl. [3] (1851),
(Epicalia II): [7-8], pl. [4] (1852),
(Timetes): [9-10], pl. [5] (1852),
(Neptis): [11-12], pl. [6] (1868),
(Limenitis I-II): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1859),
(Heterochroa): [17-18], pl. [9] (1867),
(Diadema): [19-20], pl. [10] (1863),
(Diadema II): [21-22], pl. [11] (1865),
(Diadema III): [23-24], pl. [12] (1868),
(Amechania): [25-26], pl. [13] (1861),
(Romaleosoma): [27-28], pl. [14] (1864),
(Romaleosoma II-III): [29-32], pl. [15-16] (1865),
(Romaleosoma IV): [33-34], pl. [17] (1866),
(Euryphene): [35-36], pl. [18] (1864),
(Euryphene II): [37-38], pl. [19] (1865),
(Euryphene III Aterica): [39-40], pl. [20] (1865),
(Euryphene IV): [41-42], pl. [21] (1865),
(Aterica & Euryphene V-VI): [43-46], pl. [22-23] (1866),
(Euryphene VII): [47-48], pl. [24] (1871),
(Euryphene VIII & Aterica): [49-50], pl. [25] (1871),
(Euryphene IX): [51-52], pl. [26] (1874),
(Aterica & Harma): [53-54], pl. [27] (1866),
(Harma): [55-56], pl. [28] (1864),
(Harma II): [57-58], pl. [29] (1866),
(Harma III-IV): [59-60], pl. [30-31] (1869),
(Harma V-VI & Euryphene X): [61-62], pl. [32-33] (1874),
(Adolias): [63-64], pl. [34] (1861),
(Adolias II): [65-66], pl. [35] (1862),
(Adolias III): [67-68], pl. [36] (1863),
(Adolias IV): [69-70], pl. [37] (1875),
(Agrias): [71-72], pl. [38] (1860),
(Agrias & Nymphalis): [73-74], pl. [39] (1855),
(Agrias & Siderone): [75-76], pl. [40] (1854),
(Prepona): [77-78], pl. [41] (1859),
(Prepona II & Agrias): [79-80], pl. [42] (1876),
(Pandora & Prepona): [81-82], pl. [43] (1854),
(Apatura): [83-84], pl. [44] (1869),
(Nymphalis): [85-86], pl. [45] (1854),
(Nymphalis II): [87-88], pl. [46] (1859),
(Charaxes III): [89-90], pl. [47] (1863),
(Charaxes IV): [91-92], pl. [48] (1874),
(Charaxes V): [93-94], pl. [49] (1876),
(Paphia II): [95-96], pl. [50] (1869),
(Paphia & Siderone): [97-98], pl. [51] (1856),
(Siderone): [99-100], pl. [52] (1860),
(Zeuxidia & Aemona): [101-102], pl. [53] (1868),
: iv
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
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Hopffer, 1874
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Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 3 [1824-] 1825 [-1831]
Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 3
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: pl. [70-100], f. 401-582 (1824),
: pl. [101-103], f. 583-600 (1825)
Geyer, 1832
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832
Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4
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Johnson & Comstock, 1941
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Joicey & Talbot, 1922
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[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
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Muyshondt, 1975
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Möschler, 1877
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Prittwitz, 1865
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[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
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Rothschild, 1897
On some new butterflies and moths
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(3): 507-513
Salvin, 1869
Description of new species of butterflies from tropical America
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 4 (21)
4 (21): 163-181 (1869),
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[EBW]; Smart, 1976
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Staudinger, 1897
Neue südamerikanische Tagfalter
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[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1
Weymer, 1907
Exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2)
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