Alesa

Alesa amesis

Taxonavigation

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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Eurybiini
SubTribe: Eurybiina
Genus: Alesa
Species: A. amesis – A. amethystina – A. beneluzi – A. esmeralda – A. fournierae – A. hemiurga – A. humilis – A. juliae – A. lipara – A. mariae – A. negra – A. prema – A. rothschildi – A. suzana – A. telephae – A. thelydrias

Name

Alesa Doubleday, 1847: 1.

Type species: Erycina prema Godart, 1824: 569, by selection of Scudder, 1875: 107.

Synonyms

• Mimocastnia Seitz, [1917]: 652.

References

• Bates, H.W. 1868. A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 9: 367-459. BHL. Reference page. 
• Brévignon, C., 2015b: Un nouvel Eurybiini du genre Alesa de Guyane française (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 120(4): 453–456.Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Gallard, J.Y. & Fernandez, S. 2015. Deux nouvelles espèces du genre Alesa découvertes en Guyane française (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Eurybiini). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 120(2): 135–142. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Santos, W.I.G., Dolibaina, D.R., Dias, F.M.S., Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. 2023. A review of the South American metalmark genus Alesa Doubleday, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Eurybiini) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5284(1): 077–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.3. . Reference page. 
• Hall & Ahrenholz, 2010: A new species of Alesa (Riodinidae: Eurybiini) from eastern Ecuador. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 20 (1): 19–22.
• 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. 
• Salazar, E, J.A. & Constantino, L.M., 2007: New species of (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae) in Colombia. Boletín Científico Museo de Historia Natural de Caldas, 11 (1): 167–186. Full article: [1]
• Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. Amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293.Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1910–1924. Die Amerikanischen Tagfalter. in Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 5: 3–1139, pls 1–194. Alfred Kernan, Stuttgart. Reference page.