[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
[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
[MERIAN] Merian, M. S., 1705
Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten. Waar in de Surinaamsche rupsen en wormen met alle des zelfs veranderingen, na het leven afgebeeld en beschreeven worden, zynde elk geplaast op die gewassen, bloemen en vruchten, daar sy op gevonden zyn; waar in ook de generatie der kirkvorschen, wonderbaare padden, hagedissen, slangen, spinnen en mieren werden vertoond en beschreeven, alles in America na het leven en levensgroote geschildert en beschreeven; pp. 1-60, pl. 1-60; Image from Francisco Welter-Schultes
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Some related literature:
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)
Bates, 1868
A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera
J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9
(38): 367-372 (1867),
(39): 373-436 (1868),
(40): 437-459 (1868)
Boisduval, 1870
Considerations sur des Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza
Considérations Lépid. Guatemala
: 1-100
Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1
: 1-690, pl. 1-24
Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835]
Histoire générale et iconographie des lépidoptères et des chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale
Hist. Lép. Am. Sept.
(1): 1-16. pl. 1-3 (1829),
(2): 17-24, pl. 4-6 (1829),
(3/4): 25-40, pl. 7-12 ([1830]),
(5/6): 41-56, pl. 13-18 ([1830]),
(7/8): 57-80, pl. 19-24 ([1830]),
(9/10): 81-100, pl. 25-30 (1833),
(11-22): 101-196, pl. 31-65 ([1835]),
(23-26): 197-228, pl. 66-78 ([1837])
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, 1867
Corrections of errors hitherto existing in the nomenclature of several species of the genus
Ent. mon. Mag. 3
: 221-223
Butler, 1877
On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by James W. H. Trail, Esq. during the years 1873 to 1875
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2)
: 105-156, pl. 3
Druce, 1904
Descriptions of some new species of butterflies belonging to the family Erycinidae from tropical South America
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1904 (1)
: 481-489, pl. 33-34
Fabricius, 1807
Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx
Mag. f. Insektenk. 6
: 277-295
Godman & Salvin, 1878
Description of new species of Central-American butterflies of the family Erycinidae
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (2)
: 360-369
Kaye, 1919
New South-American Butterflies
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 3 (14)
: 215-218
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition
Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1
: 1-338,
: 339-824
Stichel, 1910
Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains.) (Lep. Rhop.)
Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2)
: 9-103
[BCR2]; DeVries, 1997
Riodinidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 2
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