Chlosyne theona thekla (W. H. Edwards, 1870)

Chlosyne theona thekla (W. H. Edwards, 1870)
(Theona Checkerspot)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

far NW Mexico (N Sonora, SE AZ, SW NM

Larval foodplants
Scrophulariaceae: Castilleja lanata Gray, Castilleja integra Gray, Castilleja tenuiflora Benth., Castilleja linariifolia Benth., Brachystigma wrightii (Gray) Pennell

Synonymy

(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 theona (Ménétriés, 1855)

Enum. corp. anim. (1): 86-87, no. 444, pl. 2, fig. 5 ♂ D&V.

Original Combination: Melitaea theona

Type Locality: “Nicaragua”

Types: Type(s) possibly lost; Austin and M. Smith (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (28): 360, determined that there are no syntypes at ZIN.

Chlosyne theona thekla (W. H. Edwards, 1870)

Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 3(2): 189, 191, no. 4.

Original Combination: Melitaea Thekla

Type Locality: “Southern California”; corrected to “vicinity of old Fort Lowell, near Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona” by F. Brown (1966), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 92(3): 392-394.

Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown (1966), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 92(3): 395, fig. 13 ♂ D&V.

= ‡”benjamini” (Gunder, 1928)

Can. Entomol. 60(7): 166, pl. B, figs. 15 ♂ D, 15a ♂ V (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Melitaea (Lemonias) theona race thekla tr. f. benjamini

Type Locality: “So. Arizona”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

Bibliography

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Hoffmann, Carlos Christian. 1940. Catálogo systemático y zoogeográphico de los Lepidópteros Mexicanos, Primera parte. Papilionoidea. Anales del Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional de México 11(2): 639-739, 2 maps. {[after 28 Dec] 1940}

Ménétriés, Edouard. 1855-1857. Enumeratio Corporum Animalium Musei Imperialis Academiae Scientarum Petropolitanae. Classis Insectorum. Ordo Lepidopterorum. Petropoli/Lipsiae; Eggers et Soc./Leop. Voss, Parts I+II. Lepidoptera Diurna; (1): xv + 1-66 + 67-97 + [2] pp., pls. 1-6 {Dec 1855} or 15 + 102 pp., 6 cpls.; (2): vi + 67-112 + [2] + 99-144 + [2] pp., pls. 7-14 {Sep 1857} or 6 + 90 pp., 8 cpls.; (3): 4 + 20 pp., 4 cpls. [description of Melitaea Theona]

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Scott, James A. 1992. Hostplant records for butterflies and skippers (mostly from Colorado) 1959-1991, with new life histories and notes on oviposition, immatures, and ecology. Papilio (n.s.) 6: 1-171, 10 tbls. {5 Jul 1992}

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