Mylon maimon

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Mylon
Species: Mylon maimon

Name

Mylon maimon Fabricius, 1775.

Type locality: "Asia", recte S. America, probably Guyana.

Typus: Lectotype ♂ ZMUC, by Vane-Wright, 1977. images.

Synonymy

• Papilio maimon Fabricius, 1775: 534.
• Papilio menippus Fabricius, 1776: 272. Surinam.
• Mylon melander var. albescens Mabille & Boullet, 1917: 55. TL: Venezuela, MNHP
• =Heliopetes nivela Mabille; Draudt, [1924]: 915, Pl.178 Row e.
• Achylodes meleander (Fabricius); Kohler, 1923. Mis-spelling.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. 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. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1776. Genera insectorum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium partium oris adiecta mantissa specierum nuper detectarum. Mich. Friedr. Bartschii, Chilonii. 310 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Köhler, P. 1923. Fauna argentina. Lepidoptera e collectione Alberto Breyer. 1 Teil. Rhopalocera. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 18(12)(Sonderheft):34 pp, 3 pls, 6 maps. 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. 
• Mabille, P. & Boullet, E. 1917. Descriptions d'Hespérides nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1917(1): 54–60; (2) 97-101. Reference page.