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Chlosyne
g. gorgone (Hübner, [1810]) |
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Chlosyne Butler, 1870 Cist. Entomol. 1(3): 38, no. 37. Type-species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782, Ill. Nat. Hist., 3: 22, index, pl. 17, figs. 5, 6, as replacement name. Proposed to replace Synchloe E. Doubleday, 1844, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). The synonymy for this genus follows Wahlberg and Zimmerman (2000), Cladistics 16(4): 347-363. = ‡Morpheis Geyer, [1833] In: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4. Type-species: Morpheis ehrenbergii Geyer, [1833], in: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett., 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4, by monotypy. Preoccupied by Morpheis Hübner, [1820], Verz. bekannt. Schmett., 13: 196. = ‡Synchloe E. Doubleday, [1845] List Spec. Lepid. Brit. Mus. 1: 76. Type-species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782, Ill. Nat. Hist. 3: 22, index, pl. 17, figs. 5, 6, by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 141, no. 253. Preoccupied by Synchloe Hübner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: 26. = ‡Coatlantona W. F. Kirby, 1871 Syn. Cat. diurn. Lepid.: 178. Type-species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782, Ill. Nat. Hist. 3: 22, index, pl. 17, figs. 5, 6, as replacement name. Proposed to replace Synchloe E. Doubleday, 1844, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). A junior objective synonym of Chlosyne Butler, 1870. = Anemeca W. F. Kirby, 1871 Syn. Cat. diurn. Lepid.: 179. Type-species: Morpheis ehrenbergii Geyer, [1833], in: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4, as replacement name. Proposed to replace Morpheis Geyer, [1833], in: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). = Charidryas Scudder, 1872 4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 47. Type-species: Melitaea nycteis E. Doubleday, 1847, in: Gen. diurn. Lepid. (1)(12): pl. 23, fig. 3; (21): 181, no. 23 (1848), by original designation. = ‡Limnaecia Scudder, 1872 4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 47. Type-species: Melitaea harrisii Scudder, 1863, Proc. Essex Inst. 3: 167-168, no. 36, by original designation. Preoccupied by Limnaecia Stainton, 1851, Suppl. Cat. Brit. Pteroph.: 4. = Thessalia Scudder, 1875 Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 238, 265, no. 49. Type-species: Melitaea leanira C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860, Wien. Entomol. Montaschr. 4(4): 106, no. 64, by original designation.
Chlosyne gorgone (Hübner, [1810])
Chlosyne gorgone gorgone (Hübner, [1810]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: pl. [41], figs. 1 ♂ D, 2 ♂ V (not figs. 3, 4). Original Combination: Dryas reticulata Gorgone Type Locality: Not stated; suggested to be “Burke Co., in southern Georgia” by W. Forbes (1960), Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. exp. Sta. 371 (part 4): 156; neotype from “Burke Co., GA, River Road.” Types: Type(s) probably lost. Neotype in MGCL, designated by Gatrelle (1998), Tax. Rep. Int. Lepid. Surv. 1(2): 5, fig. 2 ♂ D&V. |
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Barnes, William and James Halliday McDunnough. 1916. Notes on North American diurnal Lepidoptera. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 3(2): 49-156, 8 pls. {15 Dec 1916} Forbes, William Trowbridge Merrifield. 1945. The genus Phyciodes (Lepidoptera, Nymphalinae). Entomoogica Americana (n.s.)24: 139-207. {Oct 1944, 24 May 1945} Forbes, William Trowbridge Merrifield. 1960. Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring States. Part IV. Agaristidae through Nymphalidae including butterflies. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station 371(part 4): 188 pp., 188 text figures. {Sep 1960} Higgins, Lionel George. 1960. A revision of the melitaeine genus Chlosyne and allied species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 112(14): 381-467, 134 figs. {31 Dec 1960} Hübner, Jacob. 1806-1838. Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg, Author; Geyer after Hübner=s death. 3 volumes of named but not numbered plates, with short, unpaginated, text. [description of Dryas reticulata Gorgone] |
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