Venas caerulans

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Moncina
Genus: Venas
Species: Venas caerulans

Name

Venas caerulans Mabille, 1878.

Type Locality: Brazil, Pará.

Type: ♀ BMNH image

Synonymy

• Pamphila caerulans Mabille, 1878: 242.
• Apaustus scheria Plotz, 1884: 158. Synonymy in Evans, [1955]: 114.
• Venas caerulans (Mabille); Evans, [1955]: 114; Bridges, 1994: VIII.37, IX.73; Lamas, 2004: 83.
• Venas caeruleans (Mabille); Murray, 2000. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 83.

References

• Butler, A.G. 1877c. On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by James W. H. Trail, Esq., during the years 1873 to 1875. Transactions of the Entomological Society London 25: 105–156. BHL. Reference page. 
• Butterflies of America
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., 1878. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de la famille des Hespérides. Petites nouvelles entomologiques, Vol.2, Nos.198-210: 114, 161, 165, 197, 201, 205, 229, 233, 237, 242, 261, 285. Reference page.