Polythrix

Polythrix Watson, 1893

Polythrix Watson, 1893; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1): 16, 19; TS: Eudamus metallescens Mabille

Polythris; Okano, 1981, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Polythrix; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [NHM-BMW]
Polythrix (Eudamini); [NL4A], 38
Polytrix; Ebert, 1968, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]

The asine species-group

Polythrix asine (Hewitson, 1867)

Mexico - Nicaragua - Peru. See [maps]

Eudamus asine Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 5; TL: Nicaragua

Eudamus asine; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 283; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 733
Polythrix asine; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125, f. 2 (m.gen); [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 24 (text); [NL4A], #444; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]

Polythrix roma Evans, 1952

Brazil(Pará, Amazonas), Peru. See [maps]

Polythrix roma Evans, 1952; ; TL: Brazil, Pará

Polythrix roma; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 28; [NL4A], #457; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix hirtius (Butler, 1870)

Venezuela, ...?. See [maps]

Goniuris[sic] hirtius Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 491; TL: Venezuela
Thymele vitreus Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 70; TL: Venezuela
- = ; [NL4A], #450

Polythrix hirtius; [NL4A], #450; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix gyges Evans, 1952

Venezuela, Peru. See [maps]

Polythrix gyges Evans, 1952; ; TL: Peru

Polythrix gyges; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 26; [NL4A], #449; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix mexicanus Freeman, 1969

Texas, Mexico. See [maps] Mexican Longtail

Polythrix mexicanus Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 10, pl. 5, f. 1-4; TL: 7 miles S of Valles (grounds of Hotel Covadonga), San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Polythrix mexicana; [NACL], #3879
Polythrix mexicanus; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 127, f. 3 (m.gen); [Opler]; [NL4A], #454; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]

Polythrix auginus (Hewitson, 1867)

Guianas, Colombia, Brazil(Amazonas), Mexico, ...?. See [maps]

Eudamus auginus Hewitson, 1867; Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): 6; TL: Brazil, Amazonas
Eudamus flammula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
- = ; [NL4A], #445

Eudamus auginus; Hewitson, 1875, Ill. exot. Butts [5] (Eudamus II-III): [91], pl. [46], f. 13; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 283, 3: pl. 75, f. 26
Goniurus anginus; Forster, 1949, (missp.)
Polythrix auginus; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 24; [NL4A], #445; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Urbanus flamula; Hayward, 1947, (missp.)

Polythrix caunus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Mexico - Paraguay. See [maps]

Eudamus caunus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Goniuris[sic] lindora Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4): 491
- = ; [NL4A], #446

Polythrix canus; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Polythrix caunas; Raguso & Llorente, 1997, (missp.)
Polythrix caunus; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 128, f. 6 (m.gen); [NL4A], #446; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]

Polythrix ceculus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro), ...?. See [maps]

Eudamus ceculus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
?Eudamus ceculus Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 62
Eudamus androgeus Plötz, 1880; (nom. nud.); TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- = ; [NL4A], #447

Polythrix ceculus; [NL4A], #447; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix eudoxus (Stoll, 1781)

Surinam, ...?. See [maps]

Papilio eudoxus Stoll, 1781; ; TL: Surinam

Polythrix eudoxus; [NL4A], #448; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix kanshul Shuey, 1991

Mexico, Panama. See [maps]

Polythrix kanshul Shuey, 1991; J. Res. Lepid. 28 (4): (277-282) ; TL: Mexico, Chiapas

Polythrix kanshul; Burns, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3): 175 (note); [NL4A], #451

Polythrix maizae Hellebuyck, 1998

Nicaragua, ...?. See [maps]

Polythrix maizae Hellebuyck, 1998; ; TL: Nicaragua

Polythrix maizae; [NL4A], #452

Polythrix metallescens (Mabille, 1888)

Brazil(Amazonas, Pará), ...?. See [maps]

Eudamus metallescens Mabille, 1888; Le Naturaliste (2) 2: 108, f. 2; TL: Brazil, Amazonas, Maues?
Goniarus[sic] piliger Mabille, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lx; TL: [Brazil, Pará] Itaituba
- = ; [NL4A], #453

Acolastus metalescens; Valencia & Alonso, [1999], (missp.)
Eudamus metallescens; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 285, 3: pl. 75, f. 27-29
Polythrix metallescens; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 27; [NL4A], #453; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix minvanes (Williams, 1926)

Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [maps]

Eudamus minvanes Williams, 1926; ; TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso

Polythrix minvanes; [NL4A], #455; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

Polythrix octomaculata (Sepp, [1844])

Mexico, Guatemala - Brazil, Surinam, Colombia, Argentina. See [maps] Eight-spotted Longtail

Hesperia octomaculata Sepp, [1844]; Surinaam. Vlinders 2 (15): pl. 58; TL: Surinam
Goniuris[sic] decussata Ménétriés, 1855; ; TL: "Haiti"
- = ; [NL4A], #456
Eudamus decurtata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (11): 170; TL: [Brazil]
- = ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; [NL4A], #456
Eudamus calenus Mabille, 1888; Le Naturaliste yr. 10 (2) 27[?]: 99, f. 3; TL: Guatemala
- = Eudamus octomaculatus; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 284
- = ; [NL4A], #456
Eudamus alciphron Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 285, 3: pl. 75, f. 24-25; TL: Mexico, Rincon in Guerrero; Coatepec in Veracruz
- = ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; [NL4A], #456
Eudamus maculata Draudt, 1922; (nom. nud.)
- = ; [NL4A], #456
Goniurus elegans Hayward, 1933; ; TL: Argentina
- = ; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; [NL4A], #456

Eudamus octomaculatus; Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 284, 3: pl. 75, f. 23
Polythris[sic] alciphoron; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Polythris[sic] oclomaculata; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Polythris[sic] octomaculate; Okano, 1981, (missp.)
Polythrix alciphron; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 25 (text)
Polythrix decurata[sic, decurtata]; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125; Maes et al., 1999
Polythrix decurtata; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 25
Polythrix octomaculata alciphron;
Polythrix octomaculata decussata; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Polythrix octomaculata octomaculata; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 159
Polythrix octomaculata; Freeman, 1979, J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 125, f. 1 (m.gen); [NACL], #3880; [BOW]: pl. 85, f. 25 (text); [NL4A], #456; [Opler]; Benyamini, Ugarte, Shapiro, Mielke, Pyrcz & Bálint, 2014, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 63: 20 (list); [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [BAMONA]
maculata; Seitz, 1925, (missp.)

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
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[JRL]
The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera; JRL Archive
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[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
[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.
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Benyamini, Ugarte, Shapiro, Mielke, Pyrcz & Bálint, 2014
An updated list of the butterflies of Chile (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) including distribution, flight period and conservation status. Part I, Comprising the families: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nympalidae (in part) and Hesperiidae. Describing a new species of Hypsochila (Pieridae) and a new subspecies of Yramea modesta (Nymphalidae) Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 63 : 9-31
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (2): 77-106, (3): 145-168
Burns, 1996
Genitalia and the proper genus: Codatractus gets mysie and uvydixa in a compact cyda group as well as hysterectomy, while Cephise gets part of Polythrix (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) J. Lep. Soc. 50 (3) : 173-216
Butler, 1870
Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485-520
Freeman, 1969
Records, new species, and new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2) : 1-62
Freeman, 1979
Review of the Mexican Polythrix Watson, 1893 (Hesperiidae) J. Lep. Soc. 33 (2): 124-128
Godman & Salvin, [1893]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Prodromus Systematics Lepidopterorum Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3 : 1-84
Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Versuch einer systematischen Anordnung der Schmetterlinge CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 23 (4): 56-64, (5): 67-77, (9): 130-141, (11): 163-172, (12): 184-204
Hewitson, 1875
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [5] : (Systematic Index) V, (Anteros): [1-2], pl. [1] (1867), (Erycina & Necyria): [3-4], pl. [2] (1870), (Erycina Symmachia &c): [5-6], pl. [3] (1875), (Necyria & Esthemopsis): [7-8], pl. [4] (1872), (Calydna): [9-10], pl. [5] (1854), (Calydna II): [11-12], pl. [6] (1859), (Theope): [13-14], pl. [7] (1860), (Symmachia): [15-16], pl. [8] (1867), (Symmachia & Charis II): [17-18], pl. [9] (1871), (Charis): [19-20], pl. [10] (1866), (Emesis): [21-22], pl. [11] (1872), (Nymphidium I): [23-24], pl. [12] (1853), (Nymphidium II-III): [25-28], pl. [13-14] (1865), (Nymphidium IV): [29-30], pl. [15] (1871), (Lemonias I): [31-32], pl. [16] (1853), (Lemonias II): [33-34], pl. [17] (1858), (Lemonias III-IV): [35-38], pl. [18-19] (1863), (Lemonias V): [39-40], pl. [20] (1872), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [41-42], pl. [21] (1875), (Lemonias & Baeotis): [43-44], pl. [22] (1874), (Pachythone & Cremna): [45-46], pl. [23] (1873), (Hades, Uraneis, &c): [47-48], pl. [24] (1870), (Limnas I-II): [49-52], pl. [25-26] (1853), (Limnas & Panara): [53-54], pl. [27] (1875), (Limnas &c): [55-56], pl. [28] (1876), (Limnas & Ithomeis): [57-58], pl. [29] (1870), (Chamaelimnas & Ithomiola): [59-60], pl. [30] (1871), (Hermathena &c): [61-62], pl. [31] (1875), (Ogyris): [63-64], pl. [32] (1853), (Pentila & Liptena): [65-66], pl. [33] (1866), (Pentila & Liptena II): [67-68], pl. [34] (1873), (Lycaena): [69-70], pl. [35] (1876), (Pyrrhopyga I-II): [71-74], pl. [36-37] (1857), (Pyrrhopyga): [75-76], pl. [38] (1869), (Pyrrhopyga II-III): [77-80], pl. [39-40] (1871), (Pyrrhopyga IV): [81-82], pl. [41] (1873), (Pyrrhopyga V & Erycides): [83-84], pl. [42] (1875), (Ismene I-II): [85-88], pl. [43-44] (1867), (Eudamus): [89-90], pl. [45] (1873), (Eudamus II-III): [91-94], pl. [46-47] (1875), (Chaetocneme): [95-96], pl. [48] (1874), (Hesperia I-II): [97-100], pl. [49-50] (1867), (Hesperia III): [101-102], pl. [51] (1868), (Hesperia IV): [103-104], pl. [52] (1869), (Hesperia V): [105-106], pl. [53] (1872), (Hesperia V*-VI): [107-110], pl. [54-55] (1873), (Hesperia VII): [111-112], pl. [56] (1876), (Leucochitonea): [113-114], pl. [57] (1869), (Leucochitonea II): [115-116], pl. [58] (1875), (Pterygospidea): [117-118], pl. [59] (1873), (Cyclopides): [119-120], pl. [60] (1874), (Cyclopides & Hesperilla): [121-122], pl. [61] (1874)
Hewitson, 1867
Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae. (1) Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. (1): [2] + ii + 25pp (+ 25 sp. no. 6 cynaca)
[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
Mabille, 1888
Diagnoses de Lépidoptères (Hespérids) nouveaux Le Naturaliste yr. 10 (2) 27[?]: 98-99
Mabille, 1891
Description d'Hespérides nouvelles (1-3) Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 35 (16): lix-lxxxviii, (17): cvi-cxxi, (18): clxviii-clxxxvii
Scudder, 1872
A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871) : 24-83,errata
Sepp, [1844]
Natuurlijke Historie van Surinaamsche Vlinders, naar het leven geteekend. Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature Surinaam. Vlinders 1 (1): 1-16, pl. 1-4 ([1829]), 1 (2): 17-24, pl. 5-8 ([1829]), 1 (3): 25-32, pl. 9-12 ([1830]), 1 (4): 33-40, pl. 13-16 ([1830]), 1 (5): 41-48, pl. 17-20 ([1832]), 1 (6): 49-56, pl. 21-24 ([1832-1840]), 1 (7): 57-64, pl. 25-28 ([1832-1840]), 1 (8): 65-72, pl. 29-32 ([1840]), 1 (9): 73-80, pl. 33-36 ([1841]), 1 (10): 81-88, pl. 37-40 ([1841]), 1 (11): 89-96, pl. 41-44 ([1842]), 1 (12): 97-104, pl. 45-48 ([1842]), 1 (13): i-viii, 105-108, pl. 49-50 ([1843]), 2 (13): 109-112, pl. 51-52 ([1843]), 2 (14): 113-120, pl. 53-56 ([1843]), 2 (15): 121-128, pl. 57-60 ([1844]), 2 (16): 129-136, pl. 61-64 ([1844]), 2 (17): 137-144, pl. 65-68 ([1845]), 2 (18): 145-152, pl. 69-72 ([1845]), 2 (19): 169-176, pl. 73-76 ([1845]), 2 (20): 177-184, pl. 77-80 ([1846]), 2 (21): 185-192, pl. 81-84 ([1847]), 2 (22): 193-200, pl. 85-88 ([1846]), 2 (23): 201-208, pl. 89-92 ([1847]), 2 (24): 209-216, pl. 93-96 ([1847]), 2 (25): i-iv, 217-224, pl. 97-100 ([1847]) , 3 (26): 225-232, pl. 101-104 ([1848]), 3 (27): 233-240, pl. 105-108 ([1848]), 3 (28): 241-248, pl. 109-112 ([1848]), 3 (29): 249-256, pl. 113-116 ([1849]), 3 (30): 257-264, pl. 117-120 ([1849]), 3 (31): 265-272, pl. 121-124 ([1850]), 3 (32): 273-280, pl. 125-128 ([1850]), 3 (33): 281-288, pl. 129-132 ([1851]), 3 (34): 289-296, pl. 133-136 ([1851]), 3 (35): 297-304, pl. 137-140 ([1851]), 3 (36): 305-312, pl. 141-144 ([1851]), 3 (37): 313-320, pl. 145-148 ([1852]), 3 (38): i-viii, 321-328, pl. 149-152 ([1852])
Shuey, 1991
A new Polythrix from Central America (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) J. Res. Lepid. 28 (4) : 277-282 ("1989")
Watson, 1893
A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 3-133, pl. 1-3

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