Hesperopsis

Hesperopsis Dyar, 1905

Hesperopsis Dyar, 1905; J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 13: 118; TS: Thanaos alpheus Edwards

Hesperopsis; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Hesperopsis (Pyrgini); [NL4A], 49

Hesperopsis alpheus (Edwards, 1876)

New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico. See [maps] Saltbush Sootywing

Thanaos alpheus Edwards, 1876; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5: 206; TL: New Mexico

Hesperopsis alpheus; [NL4A], #809; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Pholisora alpheus; Godman & Salvin, [1897], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 442, 3: pl. 90, f. 15; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 59; [NACL], #3980; [NAB], 770
?Pholisora aepheus[sic]; [BOW]: pl. 22, f. 23

H. a. alpheus New Mexico, Mexico

Hesperopsis alphaeus; Dyar, 1905, (missp.)
Hesperopsis alpheus alpheus; [NL4A], #809a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]

H. a. oricus (Edwards, 1879) Nevada, Arizona

Pholisora alpheus oricus Edwards, 1879; (?1876); TL: Carson Valley, Douglas Co., Nevada
Hesperopsis arizonensis Mabille & Boullet, 1917; ; TL: Arizona
- = ; [NL4A], #809b

Hesperopsis alpheus oricus; [NL4A], #809b; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Pholisora alpheus oricus; [NACL], #3980a

H. a. texana (Scott, 1981) Mexico

Pholisora alpheus texana Scott, 1981

Hesperopsis alpheus texana;

Hesperopsis gracielae (MacNeill, 1970)

Mexico (Baja?), California. See [maps] MacNeil's Sootywing

Pholisora gracielae MacNeill, 1970; Ent. News 81 (7): 177; TL: California

Hesperopsis alpheus gracielae;
Hesperopsis gracielae; [NL4A], #810; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Hesperopsis graciliae; Wiesenborn, 1997, (missp.)
Pholisora graceliae[sic, gracielae]; [NAB], 771 (note)
Pholisora gracielae; [NACL], #3981; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Hesperopsis libya (Scudder, 1878)

Nevada - California, Mexico. See [maps] Great Basin Sootywing Mojave Sootywing Lena Sooty Wing Mohave Sootywing

Heteropterus libya Scudder, 1878; Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 4 (1): 258; TL: Arizona

Hesperopsis libya confertiblanca; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Hesperopsis libya; [BOC], 63; [NL4A], #811; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Pholisora libya; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 59; [BOW]: pl. 22, f. 23 (text); [NACL], #3979; [NAB], 769; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

H. l. libya Arizona, ...

Hesperopsis libya libya; [NL4A], #811a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]

H. l. lena (Edwards, 1882)

Ancyloxypha lena Edwards, 1882; Can. Ent. 14 (1): 5; TL: Miles City

Hesperopsis libya lena; [BOC], 63; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Pholisora lena; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 59
Pholisora libya lena; [NACL], #3979a

H. l. joaquina Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998 California

Hesperopsis libya joaquina Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; ; TL: Kern Co., California

Hesperopsis libya joaquina; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Opler] Opler & Warren, 2003
Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723
Dyar, 1905
A review of the Hesperiidae of the United States J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 13 : 111-141
Edwards, 1876
Description of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States and British North America Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 : 202-208
Edwards, 1882
Descriptions of two new species of North American butterflies Can. Ent. 14 (1) : 2-6
Godman & Salvin, [1897]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
MacNeill, 1970
A new Pholisora with notes on P. alpheus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Ent. News 81 (7) : 177-184
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
[BOC]; Pyle, 2002
The Butterflies of Cascadia
Scudder, 1878
Notice of the butterflies collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in the arid regions of southern Utah and northern Arizona during the summer of 1877 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 4 (1) : 253-258

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