Caria ino melicerta Schaus, 1890
(Red-bordered Metalmark)

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Genus Caria Hübner, 1823

Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: 14. Type-species: Caria colubris Hübner, 1823, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [44], figs. 251, 252; 14, no. 126 (= Hesperia plutargus Fabricius, 1793, Entomol. Syst. 3(1): 329-330, no. 251; synonym), by monotypy.

Caria ino (Godman & Salvin, 1886)

Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 3(44): pl. 43, figs. 22 ♂ D, 23 ♂ V, 24 ♀ D, 25 ♀ V (as Symmachia ino) (1886); 1(45): 449, no. 3 (as Caria ino); 2(167): 705 (1901).

Original Combination: Symmachia ino

Type Locality: “Mexico, Ventanas”; this was interpreted to be “Villa Corona, Durango” by Selander and Vaurie (1962), Am. Mus. Novit. (2009): 65.

Types: Syntypes in BMNH; one figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 76, figs. 3 ♂ D, 3a ♂ V.

Caria ino melicerta Schaus, 1890

Entomol. Am. 6(1): 18-19.

Original Combination: Caria melicerta

Type Locality: “Paso de San Juan” [Veracruz, Mexico]

Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by Clench (1967), J. Lepid. Soc. 21(1): 56; figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 76, figs. 2 ♂ D, 2a ♂ V.

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