Prometheus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

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 Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamilia: Castniinae
Tribus: Gazerini
Genus: Prometheus
Species: P. annae – P. cochrus – P. cononia – P. ecuadoria – P. heliconioides – P. mimica – P. personata – P. polymorpha – P. simulans – P. zagraea

Name

Prometheus Hübner, 1824

• Type species: Papilio cochrus Fabricius, 1787

Synonymy

• Gazera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]
• Duboisvalia Oiticica, 1955 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]
• Tosxampila Oiticica, 1955 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]
• Zegara Oiticica, 1955 [synonymy in Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393]

References

Primary references

• Hübner, J. 1806–1838. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg. 3 volumes. Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3. Reference page.  [see vol. 2 pl. 143]
• Souza Moraes, S. de & Duarte, M. 2014. Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 170(2): 362–399. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12102 Reference page.  [syn. nov.]

Additional references

• Lamas, G., 1995, Revista Peruana de Entomologia 37: 73–87. [1].
• Ríos, S.D.; González, J.M. 2011: A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Paraguay. Zootaxa, 3055: 43–61. Preview.