Achlyodes pallida (R. Felder, 1869)
(Pale Sicklewing)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Achlyodes Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 107-108. Type-species: Papilio busirus Cramer, 1779, Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 119, pl. 261, figs. A, B, C; 3(24): 174 (index), by designation of Butler (1870), Entomol. Mon. Mag. 7(77): 98.

      =    ‡Sebaldia Mabille, 1903

In: Wytsman, Gen. Ins. (17a): 77. Type-species: Papilio busirus Cramer, 1779, Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 119, pl. 261, figs. A, B, C; (24): 174 (index), by monotypy. A junior objective synonym of Achlyodes Hübner, [1819].

Achlyodes pallida (R. Felder, 1869)

Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 19: 478-479, no. 38.

Original Combination: Helias pallida

Type Locality: “Jalapa, Potrero” [Veracruz, Mexico]

Types: Syntype(s) in BMNH.

Recorded from Texas by A. Warren et al. (2003), News Lepid. Soc. 45(4):128-131, figs. 1-6.

            =    ozotes Butler, 1870

Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (4)18(4): 515, no. 3.

Original Combination: Achlyodes Ozotes

Type Locality: “Venezuela”, “Venezuela, Bogota, Bolivia”

Types: Syntype(s) in BMNH.

            =    selva Evans, 1953

Cat. Am. Hesp. Brit. Mus. (3): 178.

Original Combination: [Achlyodes] selva

Type Locality: “Jalapa, Mexico” [Veracruz]

Types: Holotype in BMNH.

Austin and A. Warren (2002), Dugesiana 9(2): 26, determined this synonymy.

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