Strymon cestri (Reakirt, [1867])
(Tailless Scrub-Hairstreak)

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Synonymy

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

Genus Strymon Hübner, 1818

Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: 22. Type-species: Rusticus melinus Hübner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: pl. [22], figs. 121, 122; 22, no. 61, by designation of N. Riley (1922), J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 28(2): 472. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 541 placed this name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 1332.

      =    ‡Callipareus Scudder, 1872

4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 51. Type-species: Rusticus melinus Hübner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: pl. [22], figs. 121, 122; 22, no. 61, by original designation. A junior objective synonym of Strymon.

=    Callicista Grote, 1873

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1(3): 178. Type-species: Callicista ocellifera Grote, 1873, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1(3): 178-179 (= Thecla istapa Reakirt, [1867], Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 18(3): 339, no. 46; synonym), by monotypy.

      =    ‡Uranotes Scudder, 1876

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 3: 107, no. 11. Type-species: Rusticus melinus Hübner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: pl. [22], figs. 121, 122; 22, no. 61, as a replacement name. Proposed to replace Callipareus Scudder (1872), erroneously thought preoccupied. A junior objective synonym of Strymon Hübner, 1818.

=    Eiseliana Toledo, 1978

Acta zool. Lilloana 33(1): 80. Type-species: Eiseliana koehleri Toledo, 1978, Acta zool. Lilloana 33(1): 80, fig.

=    Heoda K. Johnson, L. Miller & J. Herrrera, 1992

Reps. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) (23): 5-7. Type-species: Thecla heodes H. H. Druce, 1909, Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (4)1909(3): 436-437, pl. 11, figs. 10, 11.

mulucha group Robbins & Nicolay, 2002

J. Lepid. Soc. 55(3): 97-98.

Strymon cestri (Reakirt, [1867])

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 18(3): 338, no. 43.

Original Combination: Thecla cestri

Type Locality: “Mexico, near Vera Cruz” [Veracruz]

Types: Location of type(s) not known, not in FMNH.

                   =    crossoea (Hewitson, 1874)

Ill. diurn. Lepid. Lycaenidae 1(6): 158; 2(6): pl. 62, fig. 427.

Original Combination: Thecla Crossoea

Type Locality: not stated.

Types: Holotype in BMNH.

                   =    cydia (Hewitson, 1874)

Ill. diurn. Lepid. Lycaenidae 1(6): 160; 2(6): pl. 63, figs. 433 ♀ D, 434 ♀ V.

Original Combination: Thecla Cydia

Type Locality: “Rio de Janeiro” [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

Types: Holotype in BMNH.

                   =    chamiensis Salazar, Vélez & K. Johnson, 1997

Revta. Thec. Colomb. 2(16): 8-9, text fig. 3 ♂&♀ genitalia, photoplate XII, fig. B ♂ D&V (holotype).

Original Combination: Strymon chamiensis

Type Locality: “Colombia, Dept. Choco, Guarato”

Types: Holotype in MGCL.

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