Thestius

Thestius Hübner, [1819]

Thestius Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (5): 78; TS: Papilio pholeus Cramer

Thestius; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Thestius (Section Eumaeus); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 440
Thestius (Section Thestius); [NL4A], 126

Thestius pholeus (Cramer, [1777])

Guianas, Colombia, Brazil. See [maps]

Papilio pholeus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 104, pl. 163, f. D, E; TL: Surinam
Papilio philanthus Stoll, [1787]; Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 23, pl. 5, f. 3; TL: Surinam
- = ; [NL4A], #421
f. feminalis (Draudt, 1920) (Thecla); ; TL: Surinam; French Guiana; Brazil; Colombia
- = ; [NL4A], #421

Thecla pholeus; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 73; [BOW]: pl. 69, f. 7
Thestius pholeus feminalis; [CoL]
Thestius pholeus; [EBW]; [NL4A], #421; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]

Thestius selina (Hewitson, 1869)

Brazil(Pará), Ecuador. See [maps]

Thecla selina Hewitson, 1869; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 118, pl. 50, f. 255; TL: Brazil, Pará

Thecla selina; [BOW]: pl. 69, f. 7 (text); [CoL]
Thestius selina; [NL4A], #422; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]

Thestius meridionalis (Draudt, 1870)

Brazil, Colombia. See [maps]

Thecla meridionalis Draudt, 1870; ; TL: Brazil; Colombia

Thestius meridionalis; [NL4A], #423; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]
Thestius pholeus meridionalis; [CoL]

Thestius epopea (Hewitson, 1870)

Ecuador, Peru. See [maps]

Thecla epopea Hewitson, 1870; Equat. Lepid. Buckley (4): 61; TL: Ecuador
Thecla confusa Lathy, 1936; in Bouvier, Livre jubilaire Bouvier: 231 (preocc. Jörgensen, 1934); TL: Peru
- = ; [NL4A], #424

Thecla epopea; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 168, pl. 66, f. 472-474; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 69
Thestius epopea; [NL4A], #424; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Thestius sp.

Peru. See [maps]

Thestius ; Robbins, MS
Thestius sp.; [NL4A], #425

Thestius sp.

Ecuador. See [maps]

Thestius ; Robbins, MS
Thestius sp.; [NL4A], #426

Thestius azaria (Hewitson, 1867)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro). See [maps]

Thecla azaria Hewitson, 1867; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 87, pl. 34, f. 65-66
Lamprospilus azaria ab. decyanea Lathy, 1932; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 9: 182; TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- = ; [NL4A], #427

Thecla azaria; [CoL]
Thestius azaria; [NL4A], #427; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]
decyanea; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 145

?Thestius sp.

Ecuador. See [maps]

Thestius ; Robbins, MS
Thestius sp.; [NL4A], #428

Thestius lycabas (Cramer, [1777])

Panama, Colombia, Brazil(Amazon). See [maps]

Papilio lycabas Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): pl. 117, f. E; TL: Surinam
Thecla ocrida Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 5; TL: Brazil
- = ; [NL4A], #429

Thecla lycabas; [BOW]: pl. 68, f. 37; [CoL]
Thecla ocrida; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): 124, pl. 48, f. 233-234; [CoL]
Thestius lycabas; ; [NL4A], #429; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]

Thestius sp.

Panama. See [maps]

Thestius ; Robbins, MS
Thestius sp.; [NL4A], #430

References:

[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[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
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
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
Godman & Salvin, [1887]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1865; Hewitson, 1867; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1874
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 Lycaenidae Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 36pp
Hewitson, 1870
Equatorial Lepidoptera collected by Mr Buckley Equat. Lepid. Buckley (1): 1-16, (2): 17-32, (3): 33-48, (4): 49-80 (1870), (5): 81-96 (1877)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Johnson, 1991
Types of neotropical Theclinae (Lycaenidae) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 142-157
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Lathy, 1932
The genus Lamprospilus (Lepidoptera) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 9 : 180-182
Lathy, 1936
Thecla nouveaux d'Amérique de Sud (Lepidopt. Lycaenidae) in Bouvier, Livre jubilaire Bouvier : 229-232, pl. 8
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Stoll, [1787]
Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (1): 1-42, pl. 1-8 (1787), (2-5): 43-184, pl. 9-42 (1790)

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