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Leptotes cassius
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Leptotes Scudder, 1876 Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 3: 124, no. 28. Type-species: Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1856, in: Sagra, Hist. Cuba 7(2): 611-612, pl. Art. 16, figs. 8, 8A, 8B (= Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775, Uitl. Kapellen 1(2): 36, pl. 23, figs. C, D; (8): 152 (index); subspecies), by original designation. = Cyclyrius Butler, [1987] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(4): 830. Type-species: Polyommatus webbianus Brullé, 1840, in: Webb and Berthelot, Canaries (Ins.): 93, pl. 4, figs. 1, 1A, by original designation. = Syntarucus Butler, [1901] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1900(4): 929. Type-species: Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (2nd ed.): 47-48, nos. 387-389 (= Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 790, no. 235; synonym), by monotypy. = Syntarucoides Kaye, 1904 Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (4)1904(2): 190. Type-species: Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775, Uitl. Kapellen 1(2): 36, pl. 23, figs. C, D; (8): 152 (index), by original designation. = ‡Langia Tutt, 1906 Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts. 1(12): 314. Type-species: Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (2nd ed.): 47 (= Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 790, no. 235: synonym), by original designation. Preoccupied by Langia Moore, 1872, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 567, and a junior objective synonym of Syntarucus Butler, [1901]. = ‡Raywardia Tutt, 1908 Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts. 2(25): 484. Type-species: Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (2nd ed.): 47 (= Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 790, no. 23; synonym), as a replacement name. Proposed to replace Langia Tutt, 1906, preoocupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). A junior objective synonym of Syntarucus Butler, [1901].
cassius group, Bálint & K. Johnson, 1995 Reps. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 44: 4-5, 16.
Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775) Uitl. Kapellen 1(2): 36, pl. 23, figs. C ♀ D, D ♀ V; (8): 152 (index). Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Pleb[ejus]. Rural[is]. Cassius Type Locality: “Suriname” “Surinam” Types: Type(s) probably lost.
Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857) In: Sagra, Hist. Cuba 7(2): 611-612, pl. Art. 16, figs. 8 ♂ D, 8a ♂ V, 8b ♀ D. Original Combination: Lycaena Theonus Type Locality: “l’île de Cuba” Types: Type(s) probably in MNHP. = floridensis (Morrison, 1873) Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1(4): 187-188. Original Combination: Lycaena cassius var. floridensis Type Locality: “Key West, Florida” [Monroe County] Types: Syntype (#25845) in MCZ, other syntypes may be in USNM. W. Barnes and McDunnough (1916), Contr. Nat. Hist. Lepid. N. Am. 3(2): 107, noted that a syntype is in the CMNH. |
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