Pyrrhopygopsis

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Carystina
Genus: Pyrrhopygopsis
Species: P. agaricon –P. quispica –P. romula –P. socrates

Name

Pyrrhopygopsis Godman, [1901].

Type Species: Pyrrhopyga socrates Ménétries, 1855: 96, pl.4 fig.8.

Synonymy

• Pyrrhopygopsis Godman, [1901]: 634; Hemming, 1967: 391.
• Pyrrhopygiopsis [sic] Cock, 1982: 23. Mis-spelling.

References

• Cock, M.J.W., 1982. The Skipper Butterflies (Hesperiidae) of Trinidad, Part II. Commonwealth Institute, Trinidad. 47pp. PDF. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Lindsey, A.W. 1921. The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico. University of Iowa City, Studies in Natural History, IX(4): 114 pp, 31 figs, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• Ménétriés, E., 1855-1863. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. Nouvelle Espèces 1 (1857): 69-97; 2: 99-144; 3 (1863): 145-161, 6 pls; 18 pls., 69-97, 99-144, 145-161. Reference page. 
• Mielke, O. 1994. Revisão de Elbella Evans e gêneros afins (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrrhopyginae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 11: 395–586. PDF Reference page. 
• Salvin, O. & Godman, F.D., 1888-1904. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Aves. Vol.2: 1–598. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.54584Reference page. 

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