Cymaenes alumna

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: Moncina
Genus: Cymaenes
Species: Cymaenes alumna

Name

Cymaenes alumna Butler, 1877.

Type Locality: Brazil, Pará, Amazonas.

Syntypes: ♂, ♀ BMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Pamphila alumna Butler, 1877: 151.
• Megistias tripunctatus in Godman, 1900: Pl.101 figs 1,2,3. Misidentification per Evans, [1955]: 130.
• Pamphila obsoleta Möschler, 1878: 215. Synonymy per Evans, [1955]: 130. TL: Columbia, Mehrzahl.
• Cobalus obsoletus Mabille, 1883: lxii. South America. Synonymy per Evans, [1955]: 130.
• Vehilius sacchariphila Dyar, 1917: 66. "British Guiana". USNM
• Megistias argus Draudt, 1924: 975, Pl.188a. Colombia. Synonymy per Evans, [1955]: 130.
• Cymaenes tripunctata alumna (Butler); Evans, [1955]: 130.
• Cymaenes alumna (Butler); Lamas, 2004: 65; Glassberg, 2007: 218.

References

• Butler, A.G. 1877c. On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by James W. H. Trail, Esq., during the years 1873 to 1875. Transactions of the Entomological Society London 25: 105–156. BHL. Reference page. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Dyar, H.G., 1917. Miscellaneous New American Lepidoptera. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 5: 65-69. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Glassberg, J., 2007. A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books inc. 266pp. Reference page. 
• Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol. II. Insecta Lepidoptera: 782 pp. Text, Plates. 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. 
• Möschler, H. B., 1878. Neue exotische Hesperidae. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 28: 203-230. Reference page.