Agraulis vanillae incarnata (N. Riley, 1926)
(Gulf Fritillary)

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

Genus Agraulis Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835]

Hist. Lépid. Amér. sept. 1(16): 142-145. Type-species: Papilio vanillae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 482, no. 144, by monotypy.

Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 482, no. 144; cited Merian (1705), Ins. Surinam.: 25, pl. 25, and Sloane (1725), Voy. Mad. Barb. Niev. St. Christ. Jam. 2: pl. 239, figs. 23, 24; figured by Clerck [1764], Icon. Ins. 2: pl. 40 ♂ D&V.

Original Combination: P[apilio]. N[ymphalis]. [Phaleratus] Vanillae

Type Locality: “Americes”; defined as “Surinam” by Michener (1942), Am. Mus. Novit. (1215): 2; suggested to be “South America, probably Surinam” by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 391.

Types: Lectotype in UZIU, designated by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 391.

            =    passiflorae (Fabricius, 1793)

Entomol. Syst. 3(1): 60-61, no. 189; cited Papilio vanillae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 482, no. 144, and Clerck (1764), Icon. Ins. 2: pl. 40, fig. 2.

Original Combination: P[apilio]. F[estivi]. Passiflorae

Type Locality: “Americes”

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

Agraulis vanillae incarnata (N. Riley, 1926)

Entomol. 59(760): 243-244.

Original Combination: D[ione] vanillae incarnata

Type Locality: “near Durango City, Mexico” [Durango]

Types: Lectotype (#Rh10118) in BMNH, designated by Michener (1942), Am. Mus. Novit. (1215): 7; figured by Ackery and Smiles (1976), Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 32(5): pl. 1, fig. 10 ♂ D&V.

                         =    ‡”comstocki” (Gunder, 1925)

Entomol. News 36(1): 5-6, no. 9, pl. 1, fig. T ♂ D.

Original Combination: Dione vanillae ab. ♂ comstocki

Type Locality: “Monrovia, Los Angeles County, California”

Types: “Holotype” In AMNH.

                         =    ‡”fumosus” (Gunder, 1927)

Entomol. News 38(5): 137, no. 9, pl. 2, fig. 9 ♀ D (holotype).

Original Combination: Dione vanillae insularis fumosus ♀ nov. tr. form

Type Locality: “Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

                         =    ‡”margineapertus” (Gunder, 1928)

Can. Entomol. 60(7): 163, pl. A, fig. 3.

Original Combination: Dione vanillae form norm. Incarnata tr. f. margineapertus

Type Locality: “Los Angeles” [Los Angeles County, California]

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

                         =    ‡”hewlettae” (Gunder, 1930)

Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 24(5): 327-328, pl. 31, fig. 7 ♀ D&V (holotype).

Original Combination: Dione vanillae form normal incarnata tr. f. hewlettae

Type Locality: “Ontario, Riverside Co., Calif.” [California]

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

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