Erora

Erora Scudder, 1872

Erora Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 53; TS: Thecla laeta Edwards
Androcona Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisconsin 39: 5; TS: Thecla muridosca Dyar
- = Erora; [NL4A], 136
Sarracenota Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisconsin 39: 9; TS: Thecla opisena Druce
- = Erora; [NL4A], 136
Necmitoura Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisconsin 39: 10; TS: Necmitoura marcusa Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson
- = Erora; [NL4A], 136

Androcona; [NHM-BMW]
Erora; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Erora (Section Erora); [NL4A], 136
Erora (Section Eumaeus); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 440
Erora (Eumaeini); [Opler]
Necmitoura; [NHM-BMW]
Sarracenota; [NHM-BMW]

Erora laeta (Edwards, 1862)

Quebec - Arizona, Mexico, C.America. See [maps] Early Hairstreak

Thecla laeta Edwards, 1862; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 14: 55
clothilde (Edwards, 1863)

Erora laeta; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 40; [BOW]: pl. 19, f. 14, 18; [NAB]; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Erora laetus; [NACL], #4349

Erora quaderna (Hewitson, 1868)

Mexico. See [maps] Arizona Hairstreak

Thecla quaderna Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 35; TL: Mexico
Thecla attalion Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 60, 3: pl. 55, f. 19-20; TL: Mexico, Orizaba, [Veracruz]
- = ; [NL4A], #1001
Erora caudata Miller, 1980; ; TL: Mexico, Chiapas
- = ; [NL4A], #1001

Erora quaderna caudata; [iNaturalist]
Erora quaderna quaderna; [iNaturalist]
Erora quaderna; [NACL], #4350; [NAB]; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1001; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]
Thecla attalion; [CoL]
Thecla quaderna; Hewitson, 1877, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 209, (7): pl. 83, f. 703-704; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 60; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 718

E. q. sanfordi dos Passos, 1940 Arizona

Erora laeta sandfordi dos Passos, 1940; Amer. Mus. Novit. 1052: 1-2; TL: White Mts., Arizona, 8000ft
- = Erora quaderna; [NL4A], #1001

Erora quaderna sanfordi; Clench, 1943, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 51: (221-223) ; [NACL], #4350a; [P&N23]; [CoL]

Erora subflorens (Schaus, 1913)

Mexico, Costa Rica. See [maps]

Thecla subflorens Schaus, 1913; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3): 353, pl. 52, f. 9; TL: Costa Rica
Thecla minniles Dyar, 1916; ; TL: Mexico, Guerrero
- = ; [NL4A], #1002

Erora subflorens; [NL4A], #1002; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla minniles; [CoL]
Thecla subflorens; [CoL]

Erora biblia (Hewitson, 1868)

Brazil(Pará), Paraguay. See [maps]

Thecla biblia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc.: 12; TL: Brazil, Pará
Thecla oleris Druce, 1907; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3): 614, pl. 36, f. 14; TL: S.Paraguay
- = ; [NL4A], #1003

Erora biblia; [NL4A], #1003; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla biblia; Hewitson, 1873, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (5): 150, pl. 59, f. 384-385; [CoL]
Thecla oleris; [BOW]: pl. 68, f. 20 (text); [CoL]

Erora nitetis (Godman & Salvin, [1887])

Mexico. See [maps]

Thecla nitetis Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 74, 3: pl. 57, f. 1-3; TL: Mexico, Veracruz; Oaxaca

Erora nitetis; [NL4A], #1005; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla nitetis; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 719; [CoL]

Erora aura (Godman & Salvin, [1887])

Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama. See [maps]

Thecla aura Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 60, 3: pl. 55, f. 21-22; TL: Costa Rica,Panama
Erora gillottae Riley, 1924; ; TL: Costa Rica
- = ; [NL4A], #1009

Erora aura; [NL4A], #1009; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Erora gillottae; [CoL]
Thecla aura; [CoL]

Erora tella (Schaus, 1902)

Brazil(Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina). See [maps]

Thecla tella Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262): 413; TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Thecla castrena Jones, 1912; ; TL: Brazil, Paraná
- = ; [NL4A], #1010
Thecla crispisulcans Draudt, 1920; Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 799, pl. 158 row g; TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
- = ; [NL4A], #1010
Thecla quassa Draudt, 1920; Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 784, pl. 156 row a; TL: Brazil, Santa Catarina
- = ; [NL4A], #1010

"Thecla" quassa; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 152
Erora tella; [NL4A], #1010; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla crispisulcans; [CoL]
Thecla quassa; [CoL]
Thecla tella; [CoL]
crispisulcans; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 152
quassa; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 152

Erora phrosine (Druce, 1909)

Peru. See [maps]

Thecla phrosine Druce, 1909; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 (3): 435, pl. 11, f. 7; TL: Chanchamayo, Peru

Erora phrosine; [NL4A], #1011; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla phrosine; [CoL]

Erora carla (Schaus, 1902)

Mexico, Colombia, Brazil(Mato Grosso). See [maps]

Thecla carla Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262): 408; TL: Colombia
Thecla smaragdus Druce, 1907; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3): 599, pl. 35, f. 13; TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso
- = ; [NL4A], #1012
Thecla vevenae Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239): 337; TL: Misantha, Vera Cruz, Mexico
- = ; [NL4A], #1012

Erora carla; [NL4A], #1012; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla carla; [CoL]
Thecla smaragdus; [CoL]
Thecla vevenae; [CoL]

Erora gabina (Godman & Salvin, [1887])

Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama - Amazon. See [maps]

Thecla gabina Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 82, 3: pl. 57, f. 20-21; TL: Mexico, Veracruz; Panama; "Amazons"
Thecla myron Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 82; TL: Costa Rica; Panama
- = ; [NL4A], #1013

Erora gabina; [NL4A], #1013; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla gabina; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 720; [BOW]: pl. 68, f. 20 (text); [CoL]
Thecla myron; [CoL]

403x500 (~25Kb) ♀ Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Erora opisena (Druce, 1912)

Mexico, Colombia. See [maps]

Thecla opisena Druce, 1912; ; TL: Colombia

Erora opisena; [NL4A], #1014; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]
Thecla opisena; [CoL]

Erora campa (Jones, 1912)

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

Thecla campa Jones, 1912; ; TL: Brazil, Paraná
Thecla lilacina Lathy, 1930; ; TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- = ; [NL4A], #1017
Thecla guayra Jörgensen, 1935; ; TL: Paraguay
- = ; [NL4A], #1017

Erora campa; [NL4A], #1017; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla campa; [CoL]
Thecla guayra; [CoL]
Thecla lilacina; [CoL]
lilacina; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 146

Erora badeta (Hewitson, 1873)

French Guiana, Brazil. See [maps]

Thecla badeta Hewitson, 1873; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (5): 146, (7):202, (5): pl. 58, f. 365-366, (7): pl. 80, f. 657-658 (Thecla melba var.); TL: French Guiana,Brazil

Erora badeta; [NL4A], #1022; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]
Thecla badeta; Druce, 1907, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3): 615; [BOW]: pl. 68, f. 20; [CoL]

Erora muridosca (Dyar, 1918)

Mexico. See [maps]

Thecla muridosca Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239): 337; TL: Jalapa, Mexico

Erora muridosca; [NL4A], #1023; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla muridosca; [CoL]

Erora lampetia (Godman & Salvin, [1887])

Costa Rica. See [maps]

Thecla lampetia Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 83; TL: Costa Rica, Cache

Erora lampetia; [NL4A], #1024; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla lampetia; [CoL]

Erora facuna (Hewitson, 1877)

Thecla facuna Hewitson, 1877; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (7): 202, pl. 80, f. 661-662

Erora facuna; [NL4A], #1027; [BOA]
Thecla facuna; [CoL]

Erora senta (Draudt, 1920)

Colombia. See [maps]

Thecla senta Draudt, 1920; ; TL: Colombia
Necmitoura marcusa Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisconsin 39: 10; TL: Colombia, Tomegul
- = ; [NL4A], #1028

Erora senta; [NL4A], #1028; [BOA]
Thecla senta; [CoL]

Erora caespes (Druce, 1907)

Bolivia. See [maps]

Thecla caespes Druce, 1907; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3): 614, pl. 36, f. 18; TL: Bolivia

Erora caespes; [NL4A], #1029; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla caespes; [CoL]

Erora melba (Hewitson, 1877)

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

Thecla melba Hewitson, 1877; ; TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Thecla peculiaris Lathy, 1930; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 78: 136; TL: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- = ; [NL4A], #1030

Erora melba; [NL4A], #1030; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla melba; [CoL]
Thecla peculiaris; [CoL]
peculiaris; Johnson, 1991, J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 148

Erora nana (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

Colombia. See [maps]

Pseudolycaena nana C. & R. Felder, 1865; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 250, pl. 31, f. 21-22; TL: Colombia

Erora nana; [NL4A], #1031; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]
Thecla nana; Hewitson, 1877, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (7): 203; [CoL]

Erora lorina (Hewitson, 1874)

Venezuela. See [maps]

Thecla lorina Hewitson, 1874; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 181, pl. 71, f. 539-540

Erora lorina; [NL4A], #1032; [BOA]
Thecla lorina; [CoL]
?Calycopis lorina; [BOW]: pl. 67, f. 7 (text only)
?Ministrymon lorina;

Thecla aguaca Draudt, 1920; (nom. dub.); TL: Colombia

Thecla aguaca; [CoL]
aguaca; [NL4A], 137

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[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
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[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)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[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]
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:

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
Clench, 1943
A note on the Arizona Erora (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 51 : 221-223
dos Passos, 1940
A new subspecies of Erora laeta Edwards from Arizona and New Mexico Amer. Mus. Novit. 1052: 2pp
Druce, 1907
On Neotropical Lycaenidae, with Descriptions of New Species Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3) : 566-632, pl. 31-36
Druce, 1909
On some new and little-known Neotropical Lycaenidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 (3) : 431-438, pl. 11
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, 1918
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 335-372
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
Edwards, 1862
Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 160-164 (1861), 14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)
C. & R. Felder, 1865
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1873; Hewitson, 1874; Hewitson, 1877
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
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Johnson, 1991
Types of neotropical Theclinae (Lycaenidae) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 142-157
Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1993
Genera for the Small Green Hairstreak Butterflies of the Neotropical Realm (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisconsin 39 : 1-16
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Lathy, 1930
Notes on South American Lycaenidae, with description of new species Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 78 : 133-137
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 383-460
Schaus, 1913
New Species of Rhopalocera from Costa Rica Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3) : 339-367, pl. 50-54
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
Draudt in Seitz, 1920
Die amerikanischen Tagfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde 5 : 1-48 (1907), : 49-72 (1908), : 73-160 (1909), : 161-200 (1910), : 201-240 (1911), : 241-344 (1912), : 345-456 (1913), : 457-480 (1914), : 481-536 (1915), : 537-615 (1916), : 617-664 (1916), : 665-720 (1917), : 745-768 (1919), : 721-744,769-816 (1920), : 817-856 (1921), : 857-912,937-944 (1922), : 913-936,945-1000 (1923), : 1001-1141 (1924)

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