Speyeria cybele leto (Behr, 1862)

Speyeria cybele leto (Behr, 1862)
(Great Spangled Fritillary)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Speyeria Scudder, 1872

4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 44. Type-species: Papilio idalia Drury, 1773, Ill. Nat. Hist. 1: 25, pl. 13, figs. 1-3 (1770); 2: index (1773), by original designation.

= Semnopsyche Scudder, 1875

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 238, 258-259, no. 44. Type-species: Papilio diana, Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): 4 pl. 98, figs. D, E; 2(16): 148 (index), by original designation. Grey (1989), J. Lepid. Soc. 43(1): 1-2, determined this synonymy.

= Neoacidalia Reuss, 1926

Dtsche. Entomol. Z. 1926(1): 69. Type-species: Papilio cybele Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 516, no. 311, by original designation.

= Mesoacidalia Reuss, 1926

Dtsche. Entomol. Z. 1926 (1): 69. Type-species: Papilio aglaja Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 481, no. 140, by original designation.

= Proacidalia Reuss, 1926

Dtsche. Entomol. Z. 1926 (1): 69. Type-species: Argynnis clara Blanchard, 1844; in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4 (Zool.): 20, pl. 2, figs. 2, 3, by original designation.

Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775)

Syst. Entomol.: 516, no. 311.

Original Combination: P[apilio]. N[ymphalis]. P[halerata]. Cybele

Type Locality: “America”; defined as “New York City, New York County, New York” by dos Passos and Grey (1947), Am. Mus. Novit. (1370): 6.

Types: Holotype suggested to be in BMNH by dos Passos and Grey (1947), ibid., but Zimsen (1965), Type Mat. Fabricius: 517, did not locate any types.

= ‡ daphnis (Cramer, 1775)

Uitl. Kapellen 1(5): 89, pl. 57, figs. E ♂ D, F ♂ V; (8): 152 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Nymph[alis]. Phaler[ata]. Daphnis

Type Locality: “ze te Nieuw-York en te Jamaika” “Nouvelle York & la Jamaïque”; neotype from “New York City, New York County, New York.”

Types: Types probably lost. Neotype in BMNH, designated by dos Passos and Grey (1947), Am. Mus. Novit. (1370): 6; this is also the holotype of Papilio cybele.

Preoccupied by Papilio daphnis [Schiffermüller], 1775, Ankündung eines syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener Gegend: 182, no. 2.

= ‡”baal” (Strecker, 1878)

Butts. & Moths N. Am., Comp. Syn. Cat.: 111, no. 193a.

Original Combination: [Argynnis Cybele] ab. a. ♂ Baal

Type Locality: “Ohio”; defined as “Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio” by dos Passos and Grey (1947), Am. Mus. Novit. (1370): 6.

Types: “Holotype” in FMNH.

Speyeria cybele leto (Behr, 1862)

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. [1]2(12): 173, no. 3.

Original Combination: Argynnis Leto

Type Locality: “California” implied from title of paper, “peculiar to the western slope” from the description; neotype from “Near Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada.” [Ormsby County no longer exists]

Types: Type(s) destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire; neotype in CMNH, designated by dos Passos and Grey (1947), Am. Mus. Novit. (1370): 7-8; figured by W. Holland (1898), Butt. Book: pl. 9, fig. 5 ♂ D, and J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (6): 109, figs. 1 ♂ D, 2 ♂ V.

= letis (W. G. Wright, 1905)

Butts. W. Coast: 52, no. 111; 130, no. 111, pl. 12, fig. 111 ♂ D (holotype).

Original Combination: [Argynnis Leto var.] Letis; Argynnis Letis n. v.

Type Locality: “Northern California” “Sisson, Cal.” [Mount Shasta City, Siskiyou County, California]

Types: Holotype (#4289) in CAS.

= valesinoidesalba (Reuss, [1926]) (emended)

Dtsche. Entomol. Z. 1926(1): 69.

Original Combination: [Acidalia Semnopsyche] leto valesinoides-alba

Type Locality: Not stated.

Types: Holotype in ZMHB.

= ‡”lethe” (Gunder, 1934)

Can. Entomol. 66(6): 125.

Original Combination: Argynnis leto tr. f. lethe

Type Locality: “Big Horn Mts., Wyoming”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

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