Staphylus ceos (W. H. Edwards, 1882)
(Golden-headed Sootywing)

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Synonymy

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

 Genus Staphylus Godman & Salvin, 1896

Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 2(131): 429. Type-species: Helias ascalaphus Staudinger, 1876, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 25: 116, no. 31, by original designation.

=    Scantilla Godman & Salvin, 1896

Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 2(131): 437. Type-species: Scantilla opites Godman & Salvin, 1896, Biol. centr.-amer., Lepid. Rhop. 2(131): 437; 3(138): pl. 90, figs. 3, 4, 5 (= Tagiades vincula Plötz, 1886, Stettiner Entomol. Ztg. 47(1-3): 113; synonym), by monotypy.

Staphylus ceos (W. H. Edwards, 1882)

Papilio 2(8): 140.

Original Combination: Pholisora Ceos

Type Locality: “Fort Grant and in Graham Mountains, Arizona” implied from the title of the paper; suggested to be “vicinity of Fort Grant, in canyons at foot of Mount Graham, Graham County, Arizona”, by F. Brown and L. Miller (1975), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 101(4): 612.

Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown and L. Miller (1975), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 101(4): 613, fig. 6 ♂ D&V.

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