Opoptera

Opoptera Aurivillius, 1882

Opoptera Aurivillius, 1882; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (n.s.) 19 (5): 75; TS: Caligo syme Hübner
Mimoblepia Casagrande, 1982; Revta bras. Ent. 26 (3/4): 356; TS: Opsiphanes staudingeri Godman & Salvin
- = Opoptera; Penz, 2007, Syst. Ent. 32: 679; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 1; [Wahlberg, 2023 (implied)]

Mimoblepia; [NHM-BMW]
Mimoblepia (Brassolina); [NL4A], 203
Opoptera; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Opoptera (Brassolina); [NL4A], 203; Penz, 2007, Syst. Ent. 32: 679
Opoptera (Brassolini); Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 6; [Wahlberg, 2023]

The aorsa species-group

group Aorsa (Opoptera); Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 9

Opoptera staudingeri (Godman & Salvin, 1894)

-. See [maps]

Opsiphanes staudingeri Godman & Salvin, 1894; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (80): 95; TL: Panama, Chiriqui

Mimoblepia staudingeri; Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4) : 149; [NL4A], #468
Opoptera staudingeri; [BCR]: 252, pl. 43; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 12; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Opsiphanes (Opoptera) staudingeri; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293, pl. 63 b
Opsiphanes staudingeri; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 665, 3: pl. 107, f. 17-18

O. s. staudingeri Panama

Mimoblepia staudingeri staudingeri; [NL4A], #468a
Opoptera staudingeri staudingeri; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

O. s. mexicana Maza & Maza, 1989 Mexico

Opoptera staudingeri mexicana Maza & Maza, 1989; Rev. Soc. Mex. Lep. 13: (25-28) ; TL: Mexico, Chiapas

Mimoblepia staudingeri mexicana; [NL4A], #468b
Opoptera staudingeri mexicana; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Opoptera aorsa (Godart, [1824])

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, ...). See [maps]

Morpho aorsa Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 447; TL: Brazil

Opoptera aorsa; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 29, f. 12; Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4) : 149; [NL4A], #469; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 11; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]
Opsiphanes (Opoptera) aorsa; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292

O. a. aorsa Brazil(Espírito Santo, ...)

Opoptera aorsa litura Fruhstorfer, 1907; Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 144; TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
- = ; [NL4A], #469a

Opoptera aorsa aorsa; [NL4A], #469a; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Opoptera aorsa litura; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Opsiphanes aorsa aorsa; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292, pl. 63 a
Opsiphanes aorsa litura; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292

Opoptera hilaris Stichel, 1901

Ecuador, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso). See [maps]

Opoptera aorsa hilaris Stichel, 1901; Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413; TL: E.Ecuador, Aguamo, 370m
Opoptera aorsa hilara Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4): 489; TL: E.Ecuador

Opoptera aorsa hilara; [EcuL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Opoptera aorsa hilaris; [NL4A], #469d; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [iNaturalist]
Opoptera hilaris; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 12
Opsiphanes aorsa hilara; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292

O. h. fuscata Stichel, 1908 Brazil(Amazonas)

Opoptera aorsa fuscata Stichel, 1908; Berl. ent. Z. 52 (3): 175; TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Opsiphanes aorsina Stichel, 1932; (nom. nud.)
- = Opoptera aorsa fuscata; [NL4A], #469c

Opoptera aorsa fuscata; [NL4A], #469c; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Opoptera hilaris fuscata; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 12
Opsiphanes aorsa fuscata; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292

O. h. colombiana (Rothschild, 1916) Colombia

Opsiphanes aorsa colombiana Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3): 310; TL: Colombia

Opoptera aorsa colombiana; [NL4A], #469b; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Opoptera arsippe (Hopffer, 1874)

Peru. See [maps]

Opsiphanes arsippe Hopffer, 1874; Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12): 358; TL: Peru

Opoptera arsippe arsippe; [NL4A], #470a; [Wahlberg, 2023]
Opoptera arsippe; [NL4A], #470; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 13; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BOA]
Opsiphanes (Opoptera) arsippe; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292
Opsiphanes arsippe arsippe; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 292

Opoptera bracteolata Stichel, 1901

Bolivia. See [maps]

Opoptera arsippe bracteolata Stichel, 1901; Insekten-Börse 18 (52): 413; TL: Bolivia
Opsiphanes adippe Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4): 490 (Stgr. i. l.?)
- = Opoptera arsippe bracteolata; [NL4A], #470b (nom. nud.)

Opoptera arsippe bracteolata; [NL4A], #470b; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [BOA]
Opoptera bracteolata; [BOW]: pl. 29, f. 12 (text only); Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 13
Opsiphanes arsippe bracteolata; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293

The syme species-group

group Syme (Opoptera); Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 9

Opoptera syme (Hübner, [1821])

Brazil(Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). See [maps]

Caligo syme Hübner, [1821]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [21]; TL: [Brazil]
Papilio alcimedon Dalman, 1823; Analecta Entomologica: 41; TL: Brazil
- = ; [NL4A], #473
Morpho acadina Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 451; TL: Brazil
- = ; [NL4A], #473
Opoptera syme fumosa Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4): 491; TL: Brazil, Espírito Santo
- = ; [NL4A], #473
Opsiphanes syme colombicola Rothschild, 1916; Novit. Zool. 23 (3): 310; TL: "Colombia"
- = ; [NL4A], #473

Opoptera fumosa; [BOW]: pl. 29, f. 13 (text only)
Opoptera syme colombicola; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Opoptera syme fumosa; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Opoptera syme; Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000, J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4) : 149; [NL4A], #473; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 10; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]
Opsiphanes (Opoptera) syme; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293
Opsiphanes syme fumosa; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293, pl. 65 b
Opsiphanes syme syme; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293

Opoptera sulcius (Staudinger, 1887)

Brazil(Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio Grand do Sul). See [maps]

Opsiphanes sulcius Staudinger, 1887; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (16): 212; TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
Opoptera sulcius var. sodalis Röber, 1906; Soc. ent. 20 (23): 177; TL: Brazil, São Paulo
- = ; [NL4A], #472

Opoptera sulcius sodalis; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Opoptera sulcius; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 29, f. 13; [NL4A], #472; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 10; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Opsiphanes (Opoptera) sulcius; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293, pl. 63 a
Opsiphanes sulcius f. sodalis; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 293

Opoptera fruhstorferi (Röber, 1896)

Brazil(Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul). See [maps]

Opsiphanes fruhstorferi Röber, 1896; Ent. Nachr. 22 (21): 323; TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
Opsiphanes sosius Stichel, 1902; Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4): 490 (Stgr. i. l.)
- = ; [NL4A], #471 (nom. nud.)

Opoptera fruhstorferi; [NL4A], #471; Penz, 2009, Zootaxa 1985 (1): 11; [Wahlberg, 2023]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Opsiphanes fruhstorferi; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 330, pl. 63 a

References:

[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
[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
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Aurivillius, 1882
Recensio critica Lepidopterorum Musei Ludovicae Ulricae quae descriptis Carolus a Linné K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (n.s.) 19 (5) : 1-188, 1pl
Casagrande, 1982
Quatro gêneros novos de Brassolinae (Lepidoptera-Nymphalidae) Revta bras. Ent. 26 (3/4) : 355-356
Dalman, 1823
Analecta Entomologica. Holimae. Typis Lindhianis Analecta Entomologica : 1-104,[105-108]
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Theodor Koch-Grünberg am oberen Waupes 1903-1905 gesammelten Rhopaloceren mit Besprechung verwandter Arten Stettin ent. Ztg 68 (1): 117-164 (May), (2): 207-309, pl. 1 (July)
Godart, [1824]
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Godman & Salvin, 1894
Descriptions of new Species of Rhopalocera from Mexico and Central America Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 14 (80) : 95-98
Hopffer, 1874
Neue Lepidopteren von Peru und Bolivia Stettin ent. Ztg 35 (10-12) : 329-371
Hübner, [1821]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Maza & Maza, 1989
Una nueva subespecie de Opoptera staudingeri (G. y S. 1894) de México (Nymphalidae: Brassolinae) Rev. Soc. Mex. Lep. 13 : 25-28
Penz, 2007
Evaluating the monophyly and phylogenetic relationships of Brassolini genera (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) Syst. Ent. 32: 668-689
Penz, 2009
The phylogeny of Opoptera butterflies, and an assessment of the systematic position of O. staudingeri (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) Zootaxa 1985 (1) : 1-20
Penz, Aiello & Srygley, 2000
Early stages of Caligo illioneus and C. idomeneus (Nymphalidae, Brassolinae) from Panama, with remarks on larval food plants for the subfamily J. Lep. Soc. 53 (4)
[EcuL]; Racheli & Racheli, 2001
An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae) Frag. ent. 33 (2) : 213-380
Rothschild, 1916
Notes on Amathusiidae, Brassolidae, Morphidae, etc., with descriptions of new forms Novit. Zool. 23 (3) : 299-318, pl. 3-6
Röber, 1896
Opsiphanes fruhstorferi n. sp. Ent. Nachr. 22 (21) : 323-324
Röber, 1906
Neue Schmetterlinge Soc. ent. 20 (23) : 177-178
Fruhstorfer in Seitz, 1912
Die amerikanischen Tagfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde 5 : 1-48 (1907), : 49-72 (1908), : 73-160 (1909), : 161-200 (1910), : 201-240 (1911), : 241-344 (1912), : 345-456 (1913), : 457-480 (1914), : 481-536 (1915), : 537-615 (1916), : 617-664 (1916), : 665-720 (1917), : 745-768 (1919), : 721-744,769-816 (1920), : 817-856 (1921), : 857-912,937-944 (1922), : 913-936,945-1000 (1923), : 1001-1141 (1924)
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1887
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Stichel, 1901
[A note] Insekten-Börse 18 (52) : 413
Stichel, 1902
Aufteilung der Gattung Opsiphanes Westw., Beschreibung neuer Brassoliden und synonymische Notizen Berl. ent. Z. 46 (4) : 487-524, pl. 8-9
Stichel, 1908
Brassoliden-Studien Berl. ent. Z. 52 (3) : 160-179
[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1

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