Morys compta compta

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: Morys
Species: Morys compta
Subspecies: Morys compta compta

Name

Morys compta compta Butler, 1877.

Type Locality: Amazonas: "Oca, Rio Trombetas".

Holotype: ♂ 26th February; BMNH

Synonymy

• Pamphila compta Butler, 1877: 152.
• Hesperia aethra (Möschler, in litt.) Plötz, 1886: 95. Surinam.
• Euroto simplissima Kaye, 1913: 575, Pl.30 fig.8. Trinidad. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 73.
• Euroto compta (Butler); Draudt, in Seitz, [1924]: 965, pl.186i.
• (Morys compta) simplicissima (Kaye, 1913); Evans, [1955]: 167. Mis-spelling per Kaye, 1913.
• Morys compta compta (Butler); Evans, [1955]: 167; Lamas, 2004: 72.

References

• Butler, A.G. 1877. 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. 
• 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. 
• Kaye, W.J., 1913. Additions and corrections to my catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad (1904). Transactions of the entomological Society of London 61(3): 545-585, pl.30. 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. 
• Lepindex.
• Plötz, C. 1886. Nachtrag und Berichtigungen zu den Hesperiinen. Entomologische Zeitung 47: 83–117. Reference page.