[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
[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
[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
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Some related literature:
d'Almeida, 1951
Algumas considerações sôbre os gêneros Mechanitis Fabr. e Melinaea Huebn. (Lep. Ithomiidae)
Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de J. (n.s.) Zool. 100
: 1-27, pl. 1-5
Aurivillius, 1882
Recensio critica Lepidopterorum Musei Ludovicae Ulricae quae descriptis Carolus a Linné
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. (n.s.) 19 (5)
: 1-188, 1pl
Aurivillius, 1929
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen Entomologischen Reisen des Herrn Dr. A. Roman in Amazonas 1914-1915 and 1923-1924. 13. Rhopalocera
Ent. Tidskr. 50 (3/4)
: 153-168, 2 fgs
Bates, 1862
Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. Heliconidae
Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (3)
: 495-566, pl. 55-56
Bates, 1864
New species of butterflies from Guatemala and Panama, collected by Osbert Salvin and F. du Cane Godman, Esqs.
Ent. mon. Mag. 1
(1): 1-6 (1864),
(2): 31-35 (1864),
(3): 55-59 (1864),
(4): 81-85 (1864),
(5): 113-116 (1864),
(6): 126-131 (1864),
(7): 161-164 (1864),
(8): 178-180 (1865),
(9): 202-205 (1865)
Berg, 1897
Comunicaciones lepidopterológicas. Acerca de veinticinco ropalóceros sudamericanos
An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 5
: 233-258
Brevignon, 2003
Inventaire des Ithomiinae de Guyane Française (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 103 (1)
: 41-58
Brown, 1977
Geographical patterns of evolution in Neotropical Lepidoptera: differentiation of the species of Melinaea and Mechanitis (Nymphalidae, Ithomiinae)
Syst. Ent. 2 (3)
: 161-197
Butler, 1870
Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4)
: 485-520
Butler, 1873
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera
Cist. Ent. 1 (7)
: 151-177
Doubleday, [1847]
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson
Gen. diurn. Lep.
(1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846),
(1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847),
(1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848),
(1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848),
(1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849),
(1): 243-250 [?],
(2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850),
(2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851),
(2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, 1876
List of the Butterflies of Peru, with descriptions of new species. With some notes by Edward Bartlett
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876 (1)
: 205-250, pl. 17-18
C. & R. Felder, 1862
Lepidoptera nova Columbiae
Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (12)
: 409-427
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)
Forbes, 1927
The Genus Melinaea Hubner, with a Description of a New Species (Lepidoptera, Ithomiinae)
J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 35 (1)
: 23-37
Forbes, 1948
A second review of Melinaea and Mechanitis (Lepidoptera, Ithomiinae)
J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 56 (1)
: 1-24
Fox, 1939
Notes on Melinaea lilis D. & H. With the Description of a New Subspecies (Lepidoptera: Ithomiinae)
Ent. News 50
: 72-76
Fox, 1942
On the identity of Melinaea lucifer Bates, with descriptions of two new Melinaea subspecies (Lepidoptera, Ithomiinae)
Amer. Mus. Novit. 1194: 1-3
Godman & Salvin, 1898
Descriptions of New Species of American Rhopalocera
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1898 (1)
: 105-112
Haensch, 1903
Die Ithomiinen (Neotropiden) meiner Ecuador-Reise. Mit beschreibungen neuer Forman und biologischen Notizen
Berl. ent. Zs. 48
: 157-214, pl. 3
Haensch, 1905
Neue südamerikanische Ithomiinen meiner Sammlung.
Berl. ent. Z. 50 (1/2)
: 142-182, pl. 4-5
Hall, 1935
New forms of Nymphalinae and Ithomiinae
Entomologist 68
: 221-227, pl. ?1, ?6
Hewitson, 1856; Hewitson, 1860
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
Ill. exot. Butts [1]
: (Systematic Index) I,
(Ornithoptera and Papilio): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855),
(Papilio II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1856),
(Papilio III): [5-6], pl. [3] (1858),
(Papilio IV): [7-8], pl. [4] (1859),
(Papilio V): [9-10], pl. [5] (1861),
(Papilio VI): [11-12], pl. [6] (1864),
(Papilio VII-VIII): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1865),
(Papilio IX): [17-18], pl. [9] (1868),
(Papilio X-XII): [19-22], pl. [10-12] (1869),
(Papilio XIII): [23-24], pl. [13] (1873),
(Papilio XIV): [25-26], pl. [14] (1875),
(Papilio XV): [27-28], pl. [15] (1877),
(Pieris I): [29-30], pl. [16] (1852),
(Pieris II): [31-32], pl. [17] (1853),
(Pieris III-VI): [33-40], pl. [18-21] (1861),
(Pieris VII): [41-42], pl. [22] (1862),
(Pieris VIII): [43-44], pl. [23] (1866),
(Euterpe): [45-46], pl. [24] (1860),
(Euterpe II): [47-48], pl. [25] (1872),
(Euterpe and Leptalis): [49-50], pl. [26] (1853),
(Leptalis II): [51-52], pl. [27] (1857),
(Leptalis III): [53-54], pl. [28] (1858),
(Leptalis IV): [55-56], pl. [29] (1860),
(Leptalis V-VII): [57-62], pl. [30-32] (1870),
(Callidryas and Eronia): [63-64], pl. [33] (1867),
(Euploea): [65-66], pl. [34] (1858),
(Euploea II): [67-68], pl. [35] (1866),
(Heliconia I): [69-70], pl. [36] (1853),
(Heliconia II-III): [71-74], pl. [37-38] (1854),
(Heliconia IV): [75-76], pl. [39] (1858),
(Heliconia V): [77-78], pl. [40] (1867),
(Heliconia VI): [79-80], pl. [41] (1871),
(Heliconia and Tithorea VII): [81-82], pl. [42] (1873),
(Heliconia VIII): [83-84], pl. [43] (1875),
(Athesis): [85-86], pl. [44] (1872),
(Mechanitis I): [87-88], pl. [45] (1856),
(Mechanitis II-III): [89-92], pl. [46-47] (1860),
(Ithomia I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1851),
(Ithomia II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1852),
(Ithomia III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1853),
(Ithomia IV-V): [99-102], pl. [51-52] (1854),
(Ithomia VI-XIII): [103-118], pl. [53-60] (1855)
Kaye, 1925
New species and sub-species of Trinidad Rhopalocera and Heterocera
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1924 (3/4)
: 413-428, pl. 45
Lamas, 1999
Nymphalidae II. IthomiinaeButterflies of the world, 3: 17pp, 16pls
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Linnaeus, 1763
in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum
Amoenitates Acad. 6
: 384-415
Moulton, 1909
On some of the principal Mimetic (Müllerian) Combinations of Tropical American Butterflies
Trans. ent. Soc. London 1908
: 585-606, pl. 30-34
[EcuL]; Racheli & Racheli, 2001
An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae)
Frag. ent. 33 (2)
: 213-380
Reakirt, 1866
Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera
Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (3)
: 238-249
Riley, 1919
Some new Rhopalocera from Brazil collected by E. H. W. Wickham, Esq.
Entomologist 52
: 181-186, 200-202
Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914
New South American butterflies
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 (4)
: 671-682
Salvin, 1871
Description of new species of butterflies from tropical America
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 4 (21)
4 (21): 163-181 (1869),
7 (42): 412-416 (1871)
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1885
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten
in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1
(1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884),
(2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884),
(3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884),
(4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884),
(5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884),
(6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884),
(7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885),
(8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885),
(9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885),
(10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885),
(11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886),
(12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886),
(13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886),
(14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886),
(15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887),
(16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887),
(17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887),
(18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888),
(19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Strecker, 1876
Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and colored illustrations
Lep. Rhopal. Het.
(1): 1-7, pl. 1 (1872),
(2): 9-15, pl. 2 (1873),
(3): 17-24, pl. 3 (1873),
(4): 25-32, pl. 4 (1873),
(5): 33-43, pl. 5 (1873),
(6): 45-50, pl. 6 (1873),
(7): 51-60, pl. 7 (1873),
(8): 61-70, pl. 8 (1874),
(9): 71-80, pl. 9 (1874),
(10): 81-94, pl. 10 (1874),
(11): 95-100, pl. 11 (1874),
(12): 101-108, pl. 12 (1875),
(13): 109-123, pl. 13 (1876),
(14): 125-134, pl. 14 (1878),
(15): 135-143, pl. 15 (1878)
Tessmann, 1928
Neue Schmetterlinge aus Ostperu
Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 14
: 115-130, 23fgs
[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1
Weymer, 1894
Revision der ersten Gruppe der Gattung Heliconius
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (2)
: 281-345, pl. 4-5
Weymer, 1907
Exotische Lepidopteren
Dt. ent. Z. Iris 20 (1,2)
: 1-51, pl. 1-2
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