Calephelis n. nemesis (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
(Fatal Calephelis)

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Synonymy

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

Genus Calephelis Grote & Robinson, 1869

Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 2(3): 310-311. Type-species: Erycina virginiensis G. Gray, 1832, in Griffith, Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 15(2): pl. 58, figs. 1, 1a (= Erycinia virginiensis Guérin-Méneville, [1832], Icon. Règne Anim. Cuvier (Ins.) 2(18): pl. 81, figs. 1, 1a; 3: 489 [1844]), by designation of I.C.Z.N. Opinion 755; the same Opinion placed this name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 1694.

      =    ‡Lephelisca W. Barnes & Lindsey, 1922

Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 15(1): 93. Type-species: Erycinia virginiensis Guérin-Méneville, [1831], Icon. Règne Anim. Cuvier (Ins.) 2(18): pl. 81, figs. 1, 1a; 3: 489 [1844], by original designation. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 755 placed this name on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology as name no. 1774.

Calephelis nemesis (W. H. Edwards, 1871)

Calephelis nemesis nemesis (W. H. Edwards, 1871)

Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 3(2): 205, 212, no. 13.

Original Combination: Charis Nemesis

Type Locality: “Arizona”; defined as “vicinity of Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona” by F. Brown (1968), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 94(2): 126-127.

Types: Holotype in CMNH, figured by F. Brown (1968), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 94(2): fig. 5 ♂ D&V.

Bibliography

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Brown, Frederick Martin. 1968. The Types of the Riodinid Butterflies Described by William Henry Edwards. Transactions of the american entomological Society 94(2): 111-136 {26 Jun 1968} 

Edwards, William Henry. 1871. Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States. Transactions of the american entomological Society 3(3/4): 205-216 {Jan (pre-print [Feb]) 1871; paper [30 Apr 1872]} [description of Charis Nemesis] 

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Glassberg, Jeffrey. 1999. Metalmarks of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. American Buttertflies 7(1): 22-27 {Spring 1999} 

Grote, Augustus Radcliffe and Coleman Townsend Robinson. 1869. On the American Butterflies referred to the Genus Charis by Doubleday. Transactions of the american entomological Society 2(3): 310-311 {Oct 1868-Apr 1869; [8 Nov] 1869} 

Hall, Jason Piers Wilton, and Donald James Harvey. 2002. A phylogenetic review of Charis and Calephelis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Annals of the entomological Society of America 95(4): 407-421, 11 figs., 4 tbls. {Jul 2002} 

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1966. Opinion 755. Calephelis Grote & Robinson, 1869 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): Designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of zoological Nomenclature 22(5/6): 282-283 (31 Jan `966} 

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