[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
[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
[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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Brevignon, 2003
Inventaire des Ithomiinae de Guyane Française (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Lambillionea 103 (1)
: 41-58
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
Bryk, 1953
Lepidoptera aus dem Amazonasgebiete und aus Peru gesammelt von Dr. Douglas Melin und Dr. Abraham Roman
Arkiv. Zool. (2) 5 (1)
: 1-268
Burmeister, 1878
Description physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personelles et étrangeres. 5. Lépidoptères. Première partie. Contenant les diurnes, crépusculaires et bombycoïdes
Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5
: 1-526
Butler & Druce, 1872
Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Costa Rica
Cistula ent. 1 (5)
: 95-118
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)
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
Erschoff, 1875
[Description of new exotic Lepidoptera] [in Russian]
Trudy russk. ent. Obs. 8 (2)
: 140-149, pl. 3
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Lepidopterologische Fragmente. V-VI
Wien. ent. Monats. 4
(4): 97-112, pl. 1-2,
(8): 225-251, pl. 3-4
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, 1942
On Border-Line Dircenna (Lepidoptera, Ithomiidae)
J. N.Y. ent. Soc. 50 (1)
: 37-44
Hewitson, 1855
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)
Hewitson, 1871
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [2]
: (Systematic Index) II,
(Ithomia XIV): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855),
(Ithomia XV-XIX): [3-12], pl. [2-6] (1856),
(Ithomia XX): 13x,14x, [13-14] (1861), pl. [7] (1857),
(Ithomia XXI): 15x,16x, [15-16] (1861), pl. [8] (1858),
(Ithomia XXII): [17-18], pl. [9] (1859),
(Ithomia XXIII): [19-20], pl. [10] (1861),
(Ithomia XXIV): [21-22], pl. [11] (1863),
(Ithomia XXV): [23-24], pl. [12] (1867),
(Ithomia XXVI): [25-26], pl. [13] (1868),
(Ithomia XXVII): [27-28], pl. [14] (1869),
(Ithomia XXVIII-XXIX): [29-32], pl. [15-16] (1871),
(Ithomia XXX-XXXI): [33-36], pl. [17-18] (1872),
(Ithomia XXXII-XXXIII): [37-40], pl. [19-20], (1874) ,
(Ithomia XXXIV-XXXV): [41-44], pl. [21-22] (1876),
(Acraea I): [45-46], pl. [23] (1852),
(Acraea II): [47-48], pl. [24] (1861),
(Acraea III): [49-50], pl. [25] (1865),
(Acraea IV-V): [51-52], pl. [26-27] (1867),
(Acraea VI): [53-54], pl. [28] (1868),
(Acraea VII): [55-56], pl. [29] (1875),
(Messaras): [57-58], pl. [30] (1859),
(Eresia I): [59-60], pl. [31] (1852),
(Eresia II): [61-62], pl. [32] (1857),
(Eresia III-VI): [63-70], pl. [33-36] (1864),
(Eresia VII): [71-72], pl. [37] (1868),
(Eresia VIII-IX): [73-76], pl. [38-39] (1870),
(Eresia X): [77-78], pl. [40] (1872),
(Junonia): [79-80], pl. [41] (1864),
(Cybdelis I-II): [81-84], pl. [42-43] (1852),
(Cybdelis III): [85-86], pl. [44] (1857),
(Cybdelis IV): [87-88], pl. [45] (1869),
(Epiphile I): [89-90], pl. [46] (1857),
(Epiphile II & Paromia): [91-92], pl. [47] (1861),
(Eubagis I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1852),
(Eubagis II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1857),
(Eubagis III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1859),
(Catagramma I): [99-100], pl. [51] (1851),
(Catagramma II): [101-102], pl. [52] (1853),
(Catagramma III-V): [103-108], pl. [53-55] (1855),
(Catagramma VI): [109-110], pl. [56] (1857),
(Catagramma VII-VIII): [111-114], pl. [57-58] (1858),
(Catagramma IX and Callithea): [115-116], pl. [59] (1858),
(Catagramma X): [117-118], pl. [60] (1864),
(Catagramma XI-XII): [119-122], pl. [61-62] (1868),
(Catagramma XIII): [123-124], pl. [63] (1876),
: iv
Hübner, [1823]
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 2 [1819-] 1823
Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 2
: [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (1823),
: pl. [36-38], f. 201-218 (1819),
: pl. [39-66], f. 219-382 (1819 - 1821),
: pl. [67-69], f. 383-400 (1821 - 1822)
Geyer, 1837
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 5 [1833]-1837
in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5
: [1-3], 4, [5], 6-52 (1837),
: pl. [138-151], f. 801-880 (1833),
: pl. [152-172], f. 881-1000 (1834 - 1836)
Krüger, 1925
Einige neue Falterformen aus Kolumbien und Surinam
Dt. ent. Zs. Iris 39 (3)
: 146-151
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
de la Maza & de la Maza, 2021
Identificación de Dircenna klugii (Geyer, [1837]) y descripción de dos nuevas especies del neotrópico septentrional (Nymphalidae, Danainae, Ithomiini)
Rev. Soc. Mex. Lep. (ns) 8 (2)
: 36-60
[EcuL]; Racheli & Racheli, 2001
An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae)
Frag. ent. 33 (2)
: 213-380
Reakirt, 1868
Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Series III
Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 20 (1/2)
: 87-91
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, [1884]
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)
[BCR]; DeVries, 1987
Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
The Butterflies of Costa Rica 1
Zikán, 1941
Beschreibungen neuer neotropischer Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danaidae und Satyridae
Ent. Zs.54 (19): 147-151, 11 figs. (10 October 1940),
54 (20): 154-159 (20 October 1940),
54 (26): 205-208 (20 December 1940),
54 (32): 249-254, f. 4-7 (20 February 1941),
55 (2): 13-16, f. 9-10 (10 April 1941),
55 (3): 19-24 (20 April 1941),
55 (11): 81-84 (10 July 1941),
55 (14): 107-111, f. 11-12, 18-19 (10 August 1941),
55 (34): 269-272, f. 17, 20-26 (10 March 1942),
55 (35): 273-278, f. 13-16, 27-35 (20 March 1942)
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