[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[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
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Some related literature:
Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1946
An annotated list of the butterflies of Jamaica
Ann. Carnegie Mus. 30
: 263-295
Barcant, 1970
The butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
Butts. Trinidad & Tobago: 314pp
Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
Check List of the diurnal Lepidoptera of boreal America
Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25
: 1-17
Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
Check List of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America
Check List Lep. Boreal America
: 1-392
Bates, 1935
The butterflies of Cuba
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 78 (2)
: 63-258
Beatty, 1944
Fauna of St. Croix, V.I. The insects of St. Croix, V.I., Lepidoptera
J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 28: 156-158
Brown & Heineman, 1971
A checklist of butterflies of Jamaica
Mid-Cont. Lepid. Ser. 2: 1-9
Clench, 1961
"Lycaenidae", pp. 176-288
in P & A. Erlich (eds.), How to know the butterflies: 262pp
Clench, 1964
A synopsis of the West Indian Lycaenidae with remarks on their zoogeography
Res. Lepid. 2 (4)
: 247-270 (1963)
Clench, 1976
Butterflies of the Carnegie Museum Bahamas expedition
Ann. Carnegie Mus. 46 (16)
: 265-283
Clench, 1977
A list of the butteflies of Andros, Bahamas
Ann. Carnegie Mus. 46 (12)
: 173-194
Comstock, 1944
Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Sci. Survey Porto Rico and Virgin Is. 12 (1)
: 421-622
Comstock & Huntington, 1943
Lycaenidae of the Antilles
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 45 (2)
: 49-130
Comstock & Huntington, 1961
An annotated list of the Lycaneidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the western hemisphere
J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 69
(1): 54-58,
(2): 105-118,
(3): 157-176,
(4): 191-200
Comstock & Huntington, 1963
An annotated list of the Lycaneidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the western hemisphere
J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 71
(1): 45-57,
(2): 115-119,
(3): 189-197,
(4): 262-264
Comstock & Huntington, 1964
An annotated list of the Lycaneidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the western hemisphere
J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 72
(1): 62-64,
(2): 120-130,
(3): 173-192
dos Passos, 1964
A synonymic list of the Nearctic Rhopalocera
Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1
: 1-145
dos Passos, 1970
A revised synonymic catalogue with taxonomic notes on some Nearctic Lycaenidae
J. Lep. Soc. 24: 26-38
Drury, [1773]
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...
Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1
: pl. 1-50 (1770), (1773) ,
: 1-123 (1837)
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
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6)
: 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Emmel & Emmel, 1973
The butterflies of southern California
Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., Sci. Ser., 26: 148pp
Ferris, 1974
Review: Butterflies of the world by H. L. Lewis
J. Res. Lepid. 3
: 278-280
Hall, 1925
List of the butterflies of Hispaniola
Entomologist 58
(746): 161-165,
(747): 186-190
Hall, 1936
The butterflies of St. Kitts
Entomologist 69
: 274-278
Hayward, 1973
Catalogo de los Ropaloceros Argentinos
Opera Lilloana 23: 318pp
Herrich-Schäffer, 1864
Die Schmetterlingsfauna der Insel Cuba
CorrespBl. zool.-min Ver. Regensburg18 (11-12): 159-172 (1864),
19 (3-4): 52-60 (1865)
Hewitson, 1873
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae
Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
(1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863),
(2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865),
(3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867),
(4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869),
(5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873),
(6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874),
(7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877),
(8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of some new species of LycaenidaeDescr. some new spec Lyc.: 36pp
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hoffmann, 1941
Catalogo sistematico y zoogeografico de los Lepidopteros Mexicanos
Sobret. Ann. Inst. Biol. Mexico, D.F. I (Papilionoidea)
: 640-739
Johnson & Smith, 1993
A Remarkable New Butterfly Species from Jamaica (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with Notes on Jamaican Endemics and Their Sister Species
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 24
: 1-14
Kaye, 1914
Additions and corrections to my catalogue of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad (1904)
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3)
: 545-585, pl. 30 (1914)
Kaye, 1921
A catalogue of the Trinidad Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (butterflies)
Mem. Dept. Agric. Trinidad and Tobago 2: i-xii, 13-163, 1pl
Kaye, 1926
The butterflies of Jamaica
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925 (3/4)
: 455-504
Kimball, 1965
The Lepidoptera of Florida, an annotated Checklist. Vol. 1. Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas
Lepid. Florida, Checklist: 363pp + 25pls
Kirby, 1871
A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal Lepidoptera
Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: vii + 690pp
: 1-690
Klots, 1951
A filed guide to the butterflies of North America, east of the Great Plains: 349pp, 40pls
A field guide butts N. America, E Great Plains
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lipes, 1961
Butterfly records from Brownsville
Texas J. Lepid. Soc. 15: 56
Llorente-Bousquets, Medina & Martinez, 1986
Las Mariposas de Jalapa-Teocelo, Veracruz
Revista Teocelo 4: 14-37
McDunnough, 1938
Check list of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America. Part I. Macrolepidoptera
Mem. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1
: 1-272
Miller & Brown, 1981
A Catalogue/Checklist of the Butterflies of America North of Mexico
Mem. Lep. Soc. 2: vii + 280pp
Möschler, 1889
Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico
Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16
: 69-360, 1pl
Opler & Krizek, 1984
Butterflies east of the Great Plains, an illustrated natural history
Butts E of Great Plains: 294pp
Pelham, 2008
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada
J. Res. Lepid. 40
: 1-652
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
Riley, 1975
Field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies
Field Guide butts West Indies: 244pp
Rindge, 1952
The Butterflies of the Bahama Islands, British West Indies
Amer. mus. Novit. 1563: 18pp
Rojas, 1964
Catalogo de Lepidopteros de Chile
Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 28 (2): 67-140
Ross, 1976
An ecological study of the butterflies of the Sierra de Tuxtla, in Veracruz, Mexico
J. Res. Lepid. 15
(1): 41-60,
(2): 109-128,
(3): 185-200,
(4): 225-240
Schwartz, 1988
The butterflies of Hispaniola
Butts Hispaniola: 604pp
Schwartz & Jimenez, 1982
The butterflies of Montserrat, West Indies
Bull. Allyn Mus. 66: 1-18
Schweizer & Kay, 1941
Lepidóopteros del Uruguay. II. Catálogo sistemático, parte 1. Rhopalocera and Grypocera
Anal. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevido (2) 5 (3)
: 1-24
[BNA]; Scott, 1986
The Butterflies of North America
Butts. N. America
: 1-583
Skinner, 1895
Notes on Rhopalocera, with descriptions of new species
Entomol. News 6 (4)
: 112-114
Skinner, 1898
A synonymic catalaogue of the North American Rhopalocera
Cat. North Am. Rhopalocera
: 1-215
Stallings & Turner, 1947
Texas Lepidoptera (with description of a new subspecies)
Ent. News 58 (2)
: 37-41
Ståhl, 1882
Insects
in Ståhl (ed), Fauna Puerto Rico: 82-102
Ureta, 1949
Lepidopteros de Chile (Rhopalocera). IV Parte. Familia Lycaenidae
Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 24
: 93-123
Wolcott, 1936
"Insectae borinquenses", a revised checklist of the insects of Puerto Rico
J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 20 (1): 1-600
Young, 1937
Notes on the occurrence of Strymon maesites (Herrich-Schäffer) in Florida
Entomol. News 48: 80-81
Ziegler, 1960
Preliminary contribution to a redefinition of the genera of North America hairstreaks (Lycaenidae) north of Mexico
J. Lep. Soc. 14 (1960)
: 19-23
Zikán & Zikán, 1968
Insecto-Fauna de Itatiaia e da Mantiquiveva
Seç. Ent. Firo Patulog Pesq. Agropec. Braz. 3
: 45-109
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