Thorybes

Thorybes Scudder, 1872

Thorybes Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 71; TS: Papilio bathyllus Smith
Lintneria Butler, 1877; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 6: 67 (preocc. Butler, 1876 [Sphingidae]); TS: Papilio daunus Cramer
- = Thorybes; [NL4A], 40
Cocceius Godman & Salvin, [1894]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 336; TS: Eudamus pylades Scudder
- = Thorybes; [NL4A], 40

Cocceius; [NHM-BMW]
Lintneria; [CoL] ; [NHM-BMW]
Tharybas; Plötz, 1881, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Tharybes; Bridges, 1988, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Thirybes; Cary & Holland, 2002, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Thorybes; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 334; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Thorybes (Eudamini); [NL4A], 40
Thorybis; Kaye, 1921, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]

Thorybes bathyllus (Smith, 1797) S.USA, Mexico. See [maps] Southern Cloudywing
- Papilio bathyllus Smith, 1797; in Smith & Abbot, Nat. Hist. Rarer Lepid. Ins. Georgia 1: 43, pl. 22; TL: USA(Georgia)
- Papilio ?daunus Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 44, pl. 126, f. F (nom. dub.); TL: "Surinam"
  - = ; [NL4A], #514
- Cocceius syloson Mabille, 1903; ; TL: "French Guinea"
  - = ; [NL4A], #514
- Goniloba bethyllus; Westwood, 1852, (missp.)
- Hesperia balhyllus; Burmeister, 1875, (missp.)
- Thorybes bathillus; Randolph, 1922, (missp.)
- Thorybes bathyllus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58; [BOW]: pl. 22, f. 46; [NACL], #3909; [NAB], 733; [NL4A], #514; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
- Thorybes daunus; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
- Thorybes dunus; Carter, 1995, (missp.)
Misidentified/misapplied:
- bathyllus (= Thorydes pylades); Harris, 1862
Larva on Fabaceae [NAB]
Thorybes diversus Bell, 1927 C.California - N.California, S.Oregon. See [maps] Diverse Cloudy Wing Western Cloudywing Bell's Cloudy Wing California Cloudy Wing
- Thorybes diversus Bell, 1927; Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 22 (4): (203-204) ; TL: Plumas Co, CA
- Thorybes diversus; [NACL], #3911; [NAB], 734; [BOC], 49; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
Larva on Trifolium wormskjoldii [BOC]
Thorybes drusius (Edwards, 1883) SE.Arizona, SW.New Mexico, W.Texas, Mexico. See [maps] Drusius Cloudywing
- Eudamus drusius Edwards, 1883; Can. Ent. 15 (11): 211; TL: Arizona
- Thorybes paucipuncta Dyar, 1916; ; TL: Mexico, Guerrero
  - = ; [NL4A], #515
- Cocceius drusius; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 336
- Thorybes drusius; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58; [NACL], #3914; [NAB], 736; [NL4A], #515; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
- Thorybes paucipunctata; Evans, 1952, (missp.)
900x760 (~123Kb) upperside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 3.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela
Thorybes mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Arizona, Mexico - Panama. See [maps] Mountain Cloudy Wing Mexican Cloudywing Nevada Cloudy Wing
- Eudamus mexicana Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; ; TL: [Mexico]
- ?Eudamus mexicana Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 3: 68
- Eudamus ananius Plötz, 1882
- Thorybes mexicana; [BOC]; TL: 50;#
- Thorybes mexicana; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58; [BOW]: pl. 22, f. 46 (text); [NACL], #3912; [NAB], 735; [NL4A], #516; [Opler]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
- Thorybes mexicanus; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 334, 3: pl. 80, f. 15-17
Larva on Trifolium , Vicia , Lathyrus [NAB]
- T. m. mexicana Mexico
  - Eudamus ananius Plötz, 1881; Stettin ent. Ztg 43 (1-3): 99 (repl. name); TL: [Mexico]
  - Thorybes mexicana mexicana; [NL4A], #516a
  - Thorybes mexicans; Callaghan & Tidwell, 1973, (missp.)
- T. m. confusis Bell, 1932 Florida Confused Cloudywing Eastern Cloudywing
  - Thorybes confusis Bell, 1922; ; TL: USA(Florida)
  - Thorybes confusis; [NACL], #3913; [NAB], 735; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
  - Thorybes confusus[sic, confusis]; Richards, 1932
  - Thorybes corusis[sic, confusis]; Evans, 1952
  - Thorybes mexicana confusis; [NL4A], #516b; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
- T. m. ducia Evans, 1952 Panama
  - Thorybes mexicana ducia Evans, 1952; ; TL: Panama
  - Thorybes mexicana ducia; [NL4A], #516d; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Thorybes nevada Scudder, 1872 California, Oregon. See [maps]
- Thorybes nevada Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 71; TL: California
- Cecropterus nevada; Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2020, Taxonomic Rep. 8 (7): 28; [BOA]
- Thorybes mexicana nevada; [NACL], #3912a; [NL4A], #516e; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
- Thorybes nevada nevada; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Thorybes nevada; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Thorybes nevadae[sic, nevada]; Woodworth, 1900
- T. n. aemilea (Skinner, 1893) Oregon
  - Eudamus aemilea Skinner, 1893; Ent. News 4: 64; TL: Oregon, Fort Klamath
    
    = Thorybes mexicana nevada; [NL4A], #516e
  - Cecropterus nevada aemilea; Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2020, Taxonomic Rep. 8 (7): 28; [BOA]
  - Thorybes aemilia[sic, aemilea]; Holland, 1898; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58
  - Thorybes mexicana aemilea; [BOC], 50
  - Thorybes nevada aemilea; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- T. n. blanca Scott, 1981²
  - Cecropterus nevada blanca; Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2020, Taxonomic Rep. 8 (7): 28; [BOA]
  - Thorybes nevada blanca; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dobra Evans, 1952 Mexico, Arizona. See [maps]
- Thorybes mexicana dobra Evans, 1952; ; TL: USA(Arizona)
- Cecropterus dobra; Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2020, Taxonomic Rep. 8 (7): 28; [BOA]
- Thorybes dobra; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Thorybes mexicana dobra; [NACL], #3912b; [NL4A], #516c; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Thorybes pylades (Scudder, 1870)

Texas, E.USA, Mexico. See [maps] Nothern Cloudywing Cloudy Wing

Eudamus pylades Scudder, 1870; Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist. 13: 207; TL: Massachusetts

Cocceius pylades; Godman & Salvin, [1894], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 336, 3: pl. 80, f. 23
Thorybes pylades; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 58; [BOW]: pl. 22, f. 45; [NACL], #3910; [NAB], 734; [BOC], 48; [NL4A], #517; [Opler]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]

900x1157 (~196Kb) USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

identification uncertain 900x731 (~99Kb) underside USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 3.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Fabaceae [NAB]

T. p. pylades Massachusetts, Pennsylvania - Texas
- var. immaculata (Skinner, 1911) (Eudamus); ; TL: USA(Pennsylvania)
  - = ; [NL4A], #517a
- Thorybes pylades f. albosuffusa Freeman, 1943; Ent. News 54 (3): (72-77) ; TL: Fort Davis [Jeff Davis Co.], Texas
  - = ; [NL4A], #517a
- Thorybes pylades ab. integra Lanktree, 1968; ; TL: Canada
  - = ; [NL4A], #517a
- Thorybes albosufuusa; Tietz, 1972, (missp.)
- Thorybes pylades albosuffusa; ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
- Thorybes pylades pylades; [NL4A], #517a; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
T. p. indistinctus Austin & Emmel, 1998 Baja California - SW.Oregon
- Thorybes pylades indistinctus Austin & Emmel, 1998; ; TL: Boiling Springs, Laguna Mts., San Diego Co., CA
- Thorybes pylades indistinctus; [BOC], 48; [NL4A], #517b; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]

Unmatched external taxa

Thorybes casica; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes cincta; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dorantes; [MPG] ; [P&N23]
Thorybes dorantes dorantes; [P&N23]
Thorybes dorantes calafia; [P&N23]
Thorybes dorantes; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dorantes dorantes; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dorantes galapagensis; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dorantes calafia; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dorantes santiago; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes dorantes cramptoni; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes egregius; [MPG] ; [P&N23]
Thorybes egregius egregius; [P&N23]
Thorybes egregius; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes egregius coxeyi; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes egregius egregius; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes lyciades; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes obscurus; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes pseudocellus; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes tehuacana; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist]
Thorybes virescens; [iNaturalist]

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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
[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
[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.
[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)

Some related literature:

Bell, 1927
Description of a New Thorybes (Lepidoptera - Rhoplaocera - Hesperiidae) Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 22 (4) : 217-218
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
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
Butler in Edwards, 1877
Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 6 : 1-68
Edwards, 1883
Descriptions of new species of North American butterflies Can. Ent. 15 (11) : 209-211
Freeman, 1943
New Hesperioidea, with Notes on Some Others from the United States (Lepidotera, Rhopalocera) Ent. News 54 (3) : 72-77
Godman & Salvin, [1894]
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
[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
Plötz, 1881
Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Eudamus und ihre Arten. [2] Stettin ent. Ztg 43 (1-3) : 87-101
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
[BOC]; Pyle, 2002
The Butterflies of Cascadia
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
Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2020
Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names Taxonomic Rep. 8 (7) : 1-41

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