Achalarus

Achalarus Scudder, 1872

Achalarus Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 71; TS: Papilio lycidas Smith
Murgaria Watson, 1893; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 19, 37; TS: Telegonus albociliatus Mabille
- = Achalarus; [NL4A], 30

Achalaraus; Field, 1938, (missp.)
Achalaris; Bridges, 1984, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Achalarus; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Achalarus (Eudamini); [NL4A], 30
Achalaurus; Skinner, 1911, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Achalurus; R. G. Maza, 1976, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Achlarus; Dyar, 1902, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Alchalarus; Sell, 1916, (missp.)
Murgaria; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 332; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]

Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)

New England - Texas, C.America. See [maps] Hoary Edge

Proteides lyciades Geyer, 1832; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4: 10, pl. [108], f. 621-622 (repl. Papilio lycidas Smith, 1797)); TL: [USA, Georgia]
Papilio lycidas Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 39, pl. 20 (preocc. Papilio lycidas Cramer, [1777])
Proteides lyciades Hübner, [1819]; (nom. nud.)
Achalarus hedysarum Scudder, 1889; (nom. nud.?)

Achalarus hydsarum[sic, hedysarum]; Lindsey et al., 1931
Achalarus lyciades; [BOW]: pl. 21, f. 1; [NACL], #3904; [NAB], 731; [NL4A], #166; [Opler]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]
Achalarus lycidas; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 57
Achalarus lycides[sic, lyciades]; Watson, 1946
Achalarus lyciodes[sic, lyciades]; Gerberg & Arnett, 1989
Eudamus lysidus[sic, lyciades]; Maynard, 1901
Goniuris[sic] lysidas[sic, lyciades]; Butler, 1870
Hesperia lycidias[sic, lyciades]; Burmeister, 1875

Achalarus casica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

SE.Arizona, SW.New Mexico, Texas, Mexico. See [maps] Mexican Hoary Edge Desert Cloudywing

Eudamus casica Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Eudamus epigena Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 493; TL: Mexico
- = ; [NL4A], #165
Myscelus epigona Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 59
Eudamus orestes Edwards, 1877; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 6: 58 (nom. nud.)
- = Thorybes epigona; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58
- = ; [NL4A], #165

Achalarus casica; [BOW]: pl. 21, f. 1 (text), pl. 80, f. 3 (text); [NACL], #3905; [NAB], 732; [NL4A], #165; [Opler]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]
Eudamus epigina[sic, epigena]; Edwards, 1884, List diurn. Lepid. Amer. N of Mexico: [16?]
Myscelus epigona; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]
Rhabdoides epigona; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 332, 3: pl. 80, f. 9-11
Thorybes epigona; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58

Achalarus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)

Mexico - Colombia. See [maps] Skinner's Cloudywing

Telegonus ? albociliatus Mabille, 1877; Petites Nouvelles ent. 9 (179): 162; TL: Colombia,Panama,Guatemala

Achalarus albociliatus; [NACL], #3906; [BOW]: pl. 80, f. 3; [NL4A], #164; [Opler]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]
Murgaria albociliata; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 333, 3: pl. 80, f. 12-14; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 737

525x546 (~29Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

A. a. albociliatus Colombia, Panama, Guatemala

Achalarus albociliatus albociliatus; [NL4A], #164a

A. a. leuchophrys (Mabille, 1898) Colombia, Panama

Murgaria leucophrys Mabille, 1897; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 66 (2-3): 183; TL: Colombia; Panama

Achalarus albociliatus leuchophrys; [NL4A], #164b
Murgaria leucophrys; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 635; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 737

A. a. nocera (Plötz, 1882) Colombia, Venezuela

albociliatus nocera (Plötz, 1882) (Aethilla); ; TL: Colombia
Telegonus mithras Mabille, 1888; ; TL: Venezuela
- = ; [NL4A], #164c

Achalarus albociliatus nocera; [NL4A], #164c

Achalarus tehuacana (Draudt, 1922)

Mexico. See [maps]

Rhabdoides tehuacana Draudt, 1922; ; TL: Mexico(Puebla)

Achalarus tehuacana; [NL4A], #167; [BAMONA]

Achalarus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)

Arizona, Texas, Panama, Mexico. See [maps] Coyote Cloudywing Coyote Skipper

Aethilla toxeus Plötz, 1882; Berl. ent. Zs. 26 (2): 258; TL: Mexico
Eudamus coyote Skinner, 1892; Can. Ent. 24 (6): 164; TL: Texas
- = ; [NL4A], #168
Murgaria albociliata var. nigrociliata Mabille & Boullet, 1912; Ann. Sci. nat. Zool. (9) 16: 158; TL: Mexico
- = ; [NL4A], #168

Achalarus negrociliata[sic, nigrociliata]; dos Passos, 1964
Achalarus toxeus coyote; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Achalarus toxeus; [NACL], #3907; [NAB], 732; [NL4A], #168; [Opler]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]
Thorybes coyote; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & 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
[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
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[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
[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
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Butler, 1870
Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485-520
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, 1877
Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 6 : 1-68
Edwards, 1884
List of species of the diurnal Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Boston List diurn. Lepid. Amer. N of Mexico: 16pp
Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Prodromus Systematics Lepidopterorum Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3 : 1-84
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Geyer, 1832
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826), : pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831), : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1877
Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux du groupe des Hespérides Petites Nouvelles ent. 9 (179): 161-162 (1877), 9 (180): 165-166 (1877), 10 (188): 197-198 (1878), 10 (189): 201-202 (1878), 10 (190): 205 (1878), 10 (196): 229-230 (1878), 10 (199): 242 (1878), 10 (204): 261 (1878)
Mabille, 1897
Description de lépidoptères nouveaux Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 66 (2-3) : 182-231, pl. 9
Mabille & Boullet, 1912
Essai de Revision de la Famille des Hespérides Ann. Sci. nat. Zool. (9) 16 : 1-159
Plötz, 1882
Einige Hesperiinen-Gattungen und deren Arten Berl. ent. Zs. 26 (1): 71-82, (2): 253-266
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
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,errata
Skinner, 1892
A new species of Eudamus Can. Ent. 24 (6) : 164
Watson, 1893
A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 3-133, pl. 1-3

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