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Anatrytone Dyar, 1905
Anatrytone Dyar, 1905; J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 13 : 140, TS: Hesperia delaware Edwards
Mellana Hayward, 1948; Acta Zool. Lilloana 5: 98, TS: Atrytone mella Godman
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 280; [NL4A, 61]
Anatrytone ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 280
Anatrytone (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 61]

The logan species-group
logan ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 280-285

Anatrytone logan (Edwards, 1863)
E.USA - Mexico. See [About maps] Delaware Skipper
Hesperia logan Edwards, 1863; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 18, pl. 1, f. 5, TL: West Virginia
Hesperia delaware Edwards, 1863; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 19, pl. 1, f. 2, TL: Pennsylvania?
jowa (Plötz, 1884, not _iowa_ Scudder, 1869)
Anatrytone logan, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Anatrytone logan logan, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Anatrytone logan, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Atrytone delaware ; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 490, 3: pl. 94, f. 4-6; [NACL, #4051]
Atrytone logan ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 21]
Anatrytone logan ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): f. 4-6 (m.gen), f. 18-19 (f.gen); [Opler]; [NL4A, #1336]
Misidentified/misapplied:
?Phycanassa vitellius Fabricius, 1793; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 55

Larva on Erianthus diverticatus, Andropogon, Panicum virgatum [NAB]

West Virginia Anatrytone logan logan ; [NL4A, #1336a]
A. l. lagus (Edwards, 1881)
Texas, Colorado logan lagus (Edwards, 1881) (Pamphila); Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9 : 5, TL: Colorado
Anatrytone logan lagus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Anatrytone logan lagus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Phycanassa lagus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 56
Atrytone delaware lagus ; [NACL, #4051a]
Anatrytone logan lagus ; [NL4A, #1336b]

Anatrytone mazai (Freeman, 1969)
S.Texas - Mexico - Costa Rica. See [About maps] Atrytone mazai Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 39, pl. 13, f. 1-2, pl. 15, f. 8, TL: Mexcala, Guerrero, Mexico
Anatrytone mazai, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Anatrytone mazai, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Anatrytone mazai, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
maysi ; R. G. Maza & White, 1990, (missp.)
Atrytone delaware mazai ;
Atrytone logan mazai ;
Anatrytone mazai ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1337]

Anatrytone barbara (Williams & Bell, 1931)
Colombia - Ecuador, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Para, Rondonia). See [About maps] Atrytone barbara Williams & Bell, 1931; , TL: Surinam
Mellana villa Evans, 1955; , TL: Brazil(Amazonas)
= ; [NL4A, #1334]
Mellana villa ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 34]
Anatrytone barbara ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 283, f. 10-12 (m.gen), f. 22-23 (f.gen); [NL4A, #1334]

Anatrytone flavens (Hayward, 1940)
N.Argentina (Tucuman, Salta). See [About maps] Atrytone flavens Hayward, 1940; , TL: Argentina
Anatrytone flavens ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 284, f. 13-15 (m.gen); [NL4A, #1335]

The mella species-group
mella ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 285-292

Anatrytone mella (Godman, [1900])
S.Mexico - Colombia - Peru, Brazil(Mato Grosso), Bolivia, .... See [About maps] Atrytone mella Godman, [1900]; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 492, 3: pl. 94, f. 14-16, TL: Mexico, Atoyac; Panama, Chiriqui; Brazil, Chapada; Bolivia
Anatrytone mella, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Anatrytone mella, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Mellana mella ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 31]
Anatrytone mella ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4):; [NL4A, #1338]

Anatrytone sarah Burns, 1994
S.Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Gyuana, French Guyana, Brazi - E.Peru, Paraguay, N.Argentina. See [About maps] Anatrytone sarah Burns, 1994; J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 286, f. 24, 83-86, TL: Ecuador, Napo, Limoncocha, 240m
Anatrytone sarah ; [NL4A, #1341]

Anatrytone potosiensis (Freeman, 1969)
C.Mexico - Guatemala - Honduras. See [About maps] Atrytone potosiensis Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 40, pl. 13, f. 3-4, pl. 15, f. 9, TL: 7 miles S of Valles, San Luis Potosí (grounds of Hotel Covadonga), Mexico
Anatrytone potosiensis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Anatrytone potosiensis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Anatrytone potosiensis ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 282, f. 7-9 (m.gen), f. 20-21 (f.gen); [NL4A, #1340]

Anatrytone perfida (Möschler, 1879)
Costa Rica - Colombia. See [About maps] Pamphila perfida Möschler, 1879; , TL: Colombia
Atrytone gladolis Dyar, 1914; , TL: Guyana
= ; Burns, 1994, J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 292; [NL4A, #1339]
gladiolis ; Hayward, 1947, (missp.)
Mellana perfida ; [BOW: pl. 83, f. 33]
Anatrytone perfida ; [NL4A, #1339]
Misidentified/misapplied:
clavus Erichson, [1849]; Evans, 1955


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References:
[ALBERTA]
University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
[About 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.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael 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
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[NAB]
Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
[Opler]
Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.


Some related literature:
Burns, 1994
Genitalia at the generic level: Atrytone restricted, Anatrytone resurrected, new genus Quasimellana--and yes! we have no Mellanas J. Lep. Soc. 48 (4): 273-337
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
Dyar, 1905
A review of the Hesperiidae of the United States J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 13 : 111-141
Edwards, 1863
Descriptions of certain species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (No. 1-3) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1, 11 (1863), (2): 78-82 (1863), (4): 501-507 (1864)
Edwards, 1881
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9 : 1-8
Freeman, 1969
Records, new species, and new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 62pp
Godman & Salvin, [1900]; Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hayward, 1948
Three new genera for neotropical Hesperiidae Acta Zool. Lilloana 5: 97-102


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