Megisto

Megisto Hübner, [1819]

Megisto Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 54; TS: Papilio eurytus Fabricius

Megisto; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Megisto (Euptychiina); [NL4A], 220; Matos-Maravi, Peña, Willmott, Freitas & Wahlberg, 2013, Mol. Phyl. & Evol. 66: 64 (list); [Wahlberg, 2023]

Megisto cymela (Cramer, [1777])

E.USA. See [maps] Little Wood Satyr

Papilio cymela Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 55, pl. 132, f. C, D; TL: "South Africa"

Euptychia cymela; dos Passos, 1964, Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1: 100; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Megisto cymela; [NACL], #4578; [NAB], 673; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1424; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]
Megisto cymele[sic, cymela]; [BOW]: pl. 18, f. 16

1100x1055 (~169Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 12.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1400x1050 (~155Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 4.5.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1201x1034 (~164Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 12.5.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny
1500x1125 (~246Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 1.5.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny	943x1188 (~199Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 1.5.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1400x1050 (~195Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 1.5.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny
1508x1065 (~123Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 14.5.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1100x857 (~179Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 19.6.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1000x1028 (~136Kb) USA: Alabama, 19.6.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny
1100x836 (~121Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 19.6.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1000x1063 (~106Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 19.6.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1100x890 (~95Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 19.6.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny

M. c. cymela

Papilio eurytus Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 487 (preocc. Papilio eurytus Linnaeus, 1758)
- = Euptychia cymela cymela; dos Passos, 1964, Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1: 100
- = ; [NL4A], #1424a
Papilio eurytris Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 157 (emend.)
- = Euptychia cymela cymela (eurytis); dos Passos, 1964, Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1: 100
- = ; [NL4A], #1424a

Cissia eurytus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 32
Euptychia cymela cymela; dos Passos, 1964, Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1: 100
Megisto cymela cymela; [NL4A], #1424a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Satyrus eurythris[sic, eurytris]; Godart, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 494 (?emend.)

M. c. viola (Maynard, 1891)

Megisto cymela viola; [NACL], #4578a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[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
[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
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Opler] Opler & Warren, 2003
Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[Vitaly Charny]
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
dos Passos, 1964
A synonymic list of the Nearctic Rhopalocera Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1 : 1-145
Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
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])
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Matos-Maravi, Peña, Willmott, Freitas & Wahlberg, 2013
Systematics and evolutionary history of butterflies in the "Taygetis clade^ (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina): towards a better understanding of Neotropical biogeography Mol. Phyl. & Evol. 66 : 54-68
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society

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