Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) |
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants: NE S. Am, Gr. & Lesser Antilles, N continental and Yucatan coasts (as strays?) |
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Hypolimnas Hübner, [1819] Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 45. Type-species: Papilio pipleis Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 476, no. 108 (= Papilio pandarus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 461, no. 17; synonym), by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 194, no. 554. = Esoptria Hübner, [1819] Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 45-46. Type-species: Papilio bolina Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 479, no. 124, by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 168, no. 406. = ‡Diadema Boisduval, 1832 In: d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 1(Lépid): 135. Type-species: Papilio bolina Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 479, no. 124, by designation of Blanchard (1840), in: Castelnau, Hist. Nat. Ins. 3: 451. Preoccupied by Diadema G. Gray, 1825, Ann. Phil. 26: 426 and a junior objective synonym of Esoptria. = Euralia Westwood, 1850 In: Gen. diurn. Lepid. 2(35): 281. Type-species: Papilio dubius Palisot de Beauvois, 1830, Ins. Afr. Amér.: 238, pl. 6, figs. A, Aa (= Diadema anthedon E. Doubleday, 1845, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [1]16(104): 181; homonym), by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 173, no. 437. = Eucalia C. Felder, 1861 Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. germ. Nat. Cur. 28(3): 25, under Diadema, no. 57. Type-species: Diadema anthedon E. Doubleday, 1845, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [1]16(104): 181, by designation of Hemming (1939), Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (B)8(7): 134.
702. Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) Mus. Lud. Ulr. [1]: 264, no. 83. Original Combination: P[apilio]. D[anaus]. F[estivus]. Misippus Type Locality: “America” ; suggested to be “Java” by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 350. [Indonesia] Types: Lectotype in LSUK, designated by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 350. The entirely Old World synonymy for this species was provided by Lamas et al. (2004), Atlas of Neotrop. Lepid. Chklst: Part 4A: 251. |
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