Calephelis rawsoni McAlpine, 1939
(Rawson’s 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 rawsoni McAlpine, 1939

Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. 34(2): 75-77, figs. 1 ♂ D, 2 ♂ V (holotype); 3 ♀ D, 4 ♀ V, 5 ♂ D, 6 ♂ V, 7 venation, 8 ♂ genitalia, 9 ♂ genitalia.

Original Combination: Calephelis rawsoni

Type Locality: “Kerrville, Texas”; suggested to be “Lacey's ranch about seven miles southwest of Kerrville on Turtle Creek” by R. Kendall and C. Kendall (1971), J. Lepid. Soc. 25(1): 37. [Kerr County]

Types: Holotype (#27656) in AMNH.

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