Papilio thelephus from original description.
Lemonias maculata alphaea from original description
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Genus: Echenais
Species: Echenais thelephus
Subspecies: (2) per Lamas, 2004.
E. t. meridionalis E. t. thelephus

Name

Echenais thelephus (Cramer, [1775]).

Type locality: "West Indies".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Papilio thelephus Cramer, [1775]: 103, pl.66 figs E,F.
  • Hesperia telephus (sic) (Cramer); Fabricius, 1793: 304.
  • Erycina telephus (sic) (Cramer); Godart, [1824]: 587.
  • Mesene telephus (sic) (Cramer); Doubleday, 1847: 7.
  • Nymphidium thelephus (Cramer); Scudder, 1875: 230.
  • Lemonias maculata alphaea Hübner, [1806]: pl.37. BoA photos
  • Echenais alphaea Hübner, [1819]: 19.
  • Erycina timandra Godart, [1824]: 585; Synonymy in Stichel, 1911: 295.
  • Mesene timandra (Godart); Westwood, 1851: 442.
  • Elaphrotis telephus (sic) (Cramer); Stichel, 1911: 295.
  • Echenais thelephus (Cramer); Bridges, 1994: VIII.460; Lamas, 2004: 163.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
  • Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page. 
  • May, S.J., 1972. A New Species of Lemonias (Lepidoptera: Nemeobiidae) from Trinidad. Entomologist. 105: 257-259, 1 pl. Reference page. 
  • Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page. 
  • Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page. 
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