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Megisto Hübner, [1819]

Megisto Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 54, TS: Papilio eurytus Fabricius
Megisto, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Megisto (Euptychiina) ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A, 220]

Megisto cymela (Cramer, [1777])

E.USA. See [About maps] Little Wood Satyr
Papilio cymela Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 55, pl. 132, f. C, D, TL: "South Africa"
Megisto cymela, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Megisto cymela, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Cissia eurytus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 32
Megisto cymele[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 18, f. 16]
Megisto cymela ; [NACL, #4578]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1424]

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

Larva on Poaceae, Cyperaceae [NAB]

M. c. cymela

Papilio eurytus Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 487 (preocc. Papilio eurytus Linnaeus, 1758)

= ; [NL4A, #1424a]

Papilio eurytris Fabricius, 1793; (emend.)

= ; [NL4A, #1424a]

eurythris ; Godart, 1821, (missp.)
eurytis ; dos Passos, 1964, (missp.)
Megisto cymela cymela ; [NL4A, #1424a]

M. c. viola (Maynard, 1891)

Megisto cymela viola, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Megisto cymela viola ; [NACL, #4578a]

Megisto rubricata (Edwards, 1871)

New Mexico, Oklahoma, Guatemala, .... See [About maps] Red Satyr
Euptychia rubricata Edwards, 1871; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (3/4) : 212, TL: Texas
Megisto rubricata rubricata, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Megisto rubricata rubricata, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Megisto rubricata, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Megisto rubricata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Euptychia rubricata ; Godman & Salvin, [1880], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 82; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 655
Cissia ruricata ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 32
Megisto rubricata ; [NACL, #4579]; [BOW: pl. 18, f. 21]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1425]

800x721 (~77Kb) underside USA: on road to Miller Canyon, Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., Arizona, 8.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

M. r. rubricata

Texas Megisto rubricata rubricata ; [NL4A, #1425a]

M. r. smithorum (Wind, 1946)

Texas rubricata smithorum (Wind, 1946) (Euptychia); , TL: USA, Texas
Megisto rubricata smithorum, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Megisto rubricata smithorum, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Megisto rubricata smithorum ; [NL4A, #1425e]; [NACL, #4579a]

M. r. cheneyorum (Chermock, 1949)

Arizona rubricata cheneyorum (Chermock, 1949) (Euptychia); , TL: Arizona
Megisto rubricata cheneyorum, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Megisto rubricata cheneyorum, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Megisto rubricata cheneyorum, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Megisto rubricata cheneyorum ; [NACL, #4579b]; [NL4A, #1425c]

M. r. pseudocleophes Miller, 1976

Mexico Megisto rubricata pseudocleophes Miller, 1976; , TL: Mexico, Guerrero
Megisto rubricata pseudocleophes, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Megisto rubricata pseudocleophes, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Megisto rubricata pseudocleophes ; [NL4A, #1425d]

M. r. anabelae Miller, 1976

Mexico Megisto rubricata anabelae Miller, 1976; , TL: Mexico, Chiapas
Megisto rubricata anabelae ; [NL4A, #1425b]

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References:

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[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

[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

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[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.

[Vitaly Charny]

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1777]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)

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

Edwards, 1871

Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (3/4) : 205-216

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Godman & Salvin, [1880]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-24,24a,25-112

Godman & Salvin, [1901]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

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])

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