Anaea aidea (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])
(Tropical Leafwing)

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Synonymy

Genus Anaea Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 48. Type-species: Papilio troglodyta Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 502, no. 250, by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 111, no. 71.

      =    ‡Pyrrhanaea Röber, [1888]

In: Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 2(4): 170, pl. 28. Type-species: Papilio troglodyta Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 502, no. 250, by monotypy. A junior objective synonym of Anaea Hübner, [1819].

Anaea aidea (Guérin-Méneville, [1844])

Icon. Règne Anim. Cuvier (Ins.) 3: 478.

Original Combination: Nymphalis (Thymetes?) Aidea

Type Locality: “baie de Campéche, ou elle a été prise par M Perbosc á plus d'une lieue en mer, sur son bâtiment” The Bay of Campéche abuts the states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche. [Mexico]

Types: Syntype(s) possibly in MNHP or BMNH.

            =    morrisonii (W. H. Edwards, 1883)

Can. Entomol. 15(2): 35-36.

Original Combination: Paphia Morrisonii

Type Locality: “Western Texas...Mt. Graham, Arizona”; lectotype from “Mount Graham, Cochise County [sic!], Arizona.” [Graham County]

Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Johnson and W. Comstock (1961), J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 49(4): 306-307; figured by F. Brown (1967), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 93(3): 391, fig. 23 ♀ D&V.

            =    appiciata Röber, 1916

In: Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5(248): 582.

Original Combination: [Anaea troglodyta] appiciata

Type Locality: “Mexiko”

Types: Lectotype in ZMHB, designated by Lamas (1995), Shilap Revta Lepid. 23(92): 354.

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