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Codatractus Lindsey, 1921
Codatractus Lindsey, 1921; Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist. 9 (4) : 26 (repl. Heteropia Mabille), TS: Heteropia imitatrix Mabille
Heteropia Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 11: 68 (preocc. Heteropia Carter, 1886), TS: Heteropia imitatrix Mabille
Hetertropia ; Skinner, 1904, (missp.)
Codotractus ; Fulton, 1967, (missp.)
Cadatractus ; Miller, 1970, (missp.)
Codatractus (Eudamini) ; [NL4A, 34]

The cyda species-group
cyda ; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 198

Codatractus valeriana (Plötz, 1881)
Mexico, Arizona. See [About maps] Valeriana Cloudywing
Eudamus valeriana Plötz, 1881; Stettin ent. Ztg 43: 99, TL: Mexico
Thorybes mysie Dyar, 1904; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 12 (1) : 40, TL: Patagonia Mts, Arizona
= ; Mielke & Warren, 2004, Rev. Bras. Zool. 21 (2): 307
Eudamus valerius Godman, 1907; (nom. nud.)
Codatractus valeriana, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus valeriana, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Codatractus valeriana, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cogia mysie, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
valeria ; Draudt, 1922, (missp.)
Cogia mysie ;
Thorybes valerianus ; [NACL, #3915]
Thorybes valeriana ; [NL4A, #518]
Codatractus mysie ; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 197; [NL4A, #321]; [Opler]
Codatractus valeriana ; Mielke & Warren, 2004, Rev. Bras. Zool. 21 (2): 307

Larva on Tephrosia leiocarpa, (as Codatractus mysie) Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 206 (Roever, 1990)


[mysie-1v.jpg] 800x978 (~173Kb) underside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 3.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela [mysie-2v.jpg] 1000x908 (~167Kb) underside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 3.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela


Codatractus cyda (Godman, [1901])
Mexico - Honduras. See [About maps] Heteropia cyda Godman, [1901]; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 734, 3: pl. 112, f. 7-8, TL: Honduras, San Pedro Sula
Codatractus cyda ; [BOW: pl. 81, f. 50 (text)]; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 198; [NL4A, #316]

Codatractus uvydixa (Dyar, 1914)
Mexico. See [About maps] Thorybes uvydixa Dyar, 1914; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Codatractus uvydixa, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus uvydixa, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Codatractus uvydixa ; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 197; [NL4A, #323]

 

Codatractus alcaeus (Hewitson, 1867)
-. See [About maps] White-crescent Longtail
Eudamus alcaeus Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 3, TL: Nicaragua
Codatractus alcaeus alcaeus, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus alcaeus alcaeus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Codatractus alcaeus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Eudamus alcaeus ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Eudamus II-III): [91], pl. [46], f. 9; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 281, 3: pl. 75, f. 12; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 732; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 56
Codatractus alcaeus ; [NACL, #3883]; [NL4A, #311]; [Opler]
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Arizona Thymele montezuma Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 70, TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
= ; [NL4A, #311a]
atcaeus ; Skinner, 1904, (missp.)
alceus ; Ribeiro, 1931, (missp.)
Codatractus alcalus[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 27 (missp.)]
Codatractus alceaus ; McGuire & Rickard, 1976, (missp.)
Codatractus alcaeus alcaeus ; [NL4A, #311a]

Larva on Ichthyomethia communis, Amerimnon granadillo, Lonchocarpus minimiflorus Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 210

C. a. apulia Evans, 1952
Ecuador alcaeus apulia Evans, 1952; , TL: Ecuador
Codatractus alcaeus apulia ; [NL4A, #311b]

Codatractus aminias (Hewitson, 1867)
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. See [About maps] Eudamus aminias Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 4, TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Eudamus pithys Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 426, TL: Brazil, Paraná
= ; [NL4A, #312]
f. breyeri Hayward, 1935; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #312]
Eudamus aminias ; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Eudamus II-III): [92], pl. [46], f. 14
aminius ; Plötz, 1880, (missp.)
Codatractus aminias ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 159; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 27 (text)]; [NL4A, #312]

Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905)
SE.Arizona, New Mexico, W.Texas, Mexico. See [About maps] Arizona Skipper
Heteropia arizonensis Skinner, 1905; , TL: Arizona
Codatractus arizonensis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus arizonensis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Codatractus arizonensis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Codatractus arizonensis, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Codatractus arizonensis ; [NACL, #3885]; [BOW: pl. 81, f. 50 (text)]; [NL4A, #313]
Codatractus azizonensis ; [Opler]

Larva on Eysenhardtia orthocarpa, (oviposit) Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 206


Codatractus bryaxis (Hewitson, 1867)
Mexico - Guatemala. See [About maps] Eudamus bryaxis Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 11, TL: Guatemala
Codatractus bryaxis, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus bryaxis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Eudamus bryaxis ; Hewitson, 1873, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Eudamus): [89], pl. [45], f. 5-6
Heteropia byraxis ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 297, 3: pl. 76, f. 25
Codatractus bryaxis ; [BOW: pl. 81, f. 50 (text)]; [NL4A, #314]

Codatractus carlos Evans, 1952
-. See [About maps] Codatractus carlos Evans, 1952; , TL: Honduras
Codatractus carlos carlos, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus carlos carlos, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Codatractus carlos, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Codatractus carlos ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 27 (text)]; [NL4A, #315]
[carlos-1.jpg] 583x552 (~37Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

C.America, Honduras, ...? carros ; Salazar, 2001, (missp.)
Codatractus carlos carlos ; [NL4A, #315a]
C. c. arguta Evans, 1952
Trinidad carlos arguta Evans, 1952; , TL: Trinidad
Codatractus carlos arguta ; [NL4A, #315b]
C. c. rowena Evans, 1952
Venezuela carlos rowena Evans, 1952; , TL: Venezuela
Codatractus carlos rowena ; [NL4A, #315c]

Codatractus cyledis (Dyar, 1912)
Mexico. See [About maps] Heteropia cyledis Dyar, 1912; , TL: Mexico(Puebla)
Codatractus cyledis ; [NL4A, #317]

Codatractus hyster (Dyar, 1916)
Mexico. See [About maps] Eudamus hyster Dyar, 1916; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
"Codatractus[not]" hyster ; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 213
Codatractus hyster ; [NL4A, #318]

Codatractus imalena (Butler, 1872)
Costa Rica - Colombia, Brazil(Amazonas). See [About maps] Telegonus imalena Butler, 1872; Lepid. Exotica (13): 109, pl. 40, f. 1, TL: Costa Rica
Heteropia imitatrix Mabille, 1889; Le Naturaliste (2) 11: 68, TL: Brazil, Amazonas
= ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 297; [NL4A, #319]
Heteropia imalena ; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 297
imalina ; Strand, 1920, (missp.)
immalena ; Draudt, 1922, (missp.)
Codatractus bryaxis imalena ;
Codactractus imalena ; [BOW: pl. 81, f. 50]
Codatractus imalena ; [NL4A, #319]

Codatractus melon (Godman & Salvin, [1893])
Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua. See [About maps] Heteropia melon Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 297, 3: pl. 76, f. 26-27, TL: Mexico, Jalisco; Guerrero; Puebla; Veracruz; Guatemala
Codatractus melon, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus melon, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Heteropia melon ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 734; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 57
Codatractus melon ; [NACL, #3884]; [NL4A, #320]

Larva on Lonchocarpus acuminatus, L. orotinus, L. minimiflorus Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 209


Codatractus sallyae Warren, 1995
Mexico. See [About maps] Codatractus sallyae Warren, 1995; Trop. Lepid. 6: (21-25), TL: Mexico, Jalisco
Codatractus sallyae, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Codatractus sallyae, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Codatractus sallyae ; [NL4A, #322]

Codatractus yucatanus Freeman, 1977
Mexico. See [About maps] Codatractus yucatanus Freeman, 1977; J. Lep. Soc. 31 (2): 96, f. 11-12, 21, TL: Pisté, Yucatán, Mexico
Codatractus yucatanus ; [NL4A, #324]


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References:
[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
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[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:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Burns, 1996
Genitalia and the proper genus: Codatractus gets mysie and uvydixa in a compact cyda group as well as hysterectomy, while Cephise gets part of Polythrix (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 173-216
Butler, 1872
Lepidoptera Exotica, or descriptions and illustrations of exotic Lepidoptera Lepid. Exotica (1): 1-8, pl. 1-3 (1869), (2): 9-16, pl. 4-6 (1869), (3): 17-24, pl. 7-9 (1869), (4): 25-32, pl. 10-12 (1870), (5): 33-42, pl. 13-15 (1870), (6): 43-50, pl. 16-19 (1870), (7): 51-58, pl. 20-22 (1870), (8): 59-66, pl. 23-25 (1871), (9): 67-74, pl. 26-28 (1871), (10): 75-84, pl. 29-32 (1871), (11): 85-94, pl. 33-35 (1872), (12): 95-104, pl. 36-38 (1872), (13): 105-114, pl. 39-41 (1872), (14): [115],[116],117-120, pl. 42-44 (1872), (15): 121-128, pl. 45-48 (1873), (17): 137-144, pl. 49-51 (1873), (18): 145-152, pl. 52-54 (1873), (19): 153-162, pl. 55-57 (1873), (20): 163-174, pl. 58-60 (1874), (21): 175-190, pl. 61-64 (1874)
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, 1904
New species of North American Lepidoptera and a new limacodid larva J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 12 (1) : 39-44
Freeman, 1977
Six new species of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 31 (2): 89-99
Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]; Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1873; Hewitson, 1875
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Hewitson, 1867
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (1) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): [2] + ii + 25pp (+ 25 sp. no. 6 cynaca)
Lindsey, 1921
The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist. 9 (4) : 3-114
Mielke & Warren, 2004
The identity of Eudamus valeriana Plötz (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) Rev. Bras. Zool. 21 (2): 307-308
Plötz, 1881
Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Eudamus und ihre Arten. [2] Stettin ent. Ztg 43: 87-101
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 383-460
Scudder, 1872
A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83
Warren, 1995
A new species of Codatractus from western Mexico (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Trop. Lepid. 6: 21-25


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