Morys

Morys Godman, [1900]

Morys Godman, [1900]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 541; TS: Apaustus valerius Möschler
Euroto Godman, [1900]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 549; TS: Pamphila compta Butler
- = Morys; [NL4A], 72

Eureto; Weeks, 1905, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Europto; Hayward, 1941, (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Eurota; Schaefer & Breyer, 1945, (missp.)
Euroto; [NHM-BMW]
Morys; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Morys (Hesperiinae); [NL4A], 72

Morys compta (Butler, 1877) -. See [maps]
- Pamphila compta Butler, 1877; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2): 152; TL: Oca, Rio Trombetas [Brazil, Pará]
- Hesperia leucopogon Plötz, 1882
- Euroto compta; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 550, 3: pl. 99, f. 28-31
- Morys compta; [NL4A], #1788; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- M. c. compta Brazil(Pará), Venezuela, Surinam, Trinidad
  - Hesperia leucopogon Plötz, 1882; ; TL: Venezuela
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1788a
  - Hesperia aethra Plötz, 1886; ; TL: Surinam
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1788a
  - Euroto simplissima Kaye, 1914; ; TL: Trinidad
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1788a
  - Euroto campta; Hayward, 1934, (missp.)
  - Morys compta compta; [NL4A], #1788a
  - Morys simplicissima; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
- M. c. micythus (Godman, [1900]) Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador
  - Euroto micythus Godman, [1900]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 551, 3: pl. 99, f. 34-35; TL: Mexico, Guerrero; Tabasco; Costa Rica
  - Euroto incompta Hayward, 1942; ; TL: Ecuador
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1788b
  - Morys compta micythus; [NL4A], #1788b; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  - Morys micythus; [iNaturalist]
  541x493 (~27Kb) ♀ Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Morys geisa (Möschler, 1879) -. See [maps]
- Pamphila geisa Möschler, 1879; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.): 216; TL: Colombia
- Morys geisa; [NL4A], #1789; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- M. g. geisa Colombia, Trinidad
  - Euroto etelka Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262): 443; TL: Trinidad
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1789a
  - Phanis sylvia Kaye, 1914; ; TL: Trinidad
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1789a
  - Euroto otelka; Hayward, 1950, (missp.)
  - Morys etelka; [BOW]: pl. 83, f. 55
  - Morys geisa geisa; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 166; [NL4A], #1789a
  - Morys gesia; DeVries, 1983, (missp.)
  - Morys silvia; Evans, 1955, (missp.)
- M. g. lyde (Godman, [1900]) Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica
  - Euroto lyde Godman, [1900]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 551, 3: pl. 99, f. 32-33; TL: Mexico; Guatemala; Costa Rica
  - Morys geisa lyde; [NL4A], #1789b; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
  - Morys lyde; [BOW]: pl. 83, f. 57; [iNaturalist] ; [BAMONA]
  483x479 (~21Kb) ♂ Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey
Morys sinta Evans, 1955 Brazil(Pará). See [maps]
- Morys sinta Evans, 1955; ; TL: Brazil, Pará
- Morys sinta; [NL4A], #1790; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Morys sobra Mielke, 1968 Brazil(Distrito Federal). See [maps]
- Morys sobra Mielke, 1968; J. Lep. Soc. 22: 15, f. 25-26, 82-86; TL: Sobradinho woods, Brazil, Distrito Federal
- Morys sobra; [NL4A], #1791; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Morys subgrisea (Mabille, 1898) -. See [maps]
- Pamphila subgrisea Mabille, 1898; ; TL: Bolivia
- Morys subgrisea; [NL4A], #1792; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- M. s. subgrisea Bolivia, Peru
  - Vorates tupaci Lindsey, 1925; J. Sci. Lab. Denison Univ. 21 (1/3): (71-113); TL: Peru
    
    = ; Evans, 1955; [NL4A], #1792a
  - Morys subgrisea subgrisea; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 166; [NL4A], #1792a; [iNaturalist]
- M. s. paradoxa de Jong, 1983 Surinam
  - subgrisea paradoxa de Jong, 1983; ; TL: Surinam
  - Morys subgrisea paradoxa; [NL4A], #1792b
- M. s. prada Evans, 1955 Venezuela
  - subgrisea prada Evans, 1955; ; TL: Venezuela
  - Morys subgrisea prada; [NL4A], #1792c; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Morys subviridis (Hayward, 1940) Ecuador. See [maps]
- Oeonus subviridis Hayward, 1940; ; TL: Ecuador
- Morys subviridis; [NL4A], #1793; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Morys valerius (Möschler, 1878) -. See [maps]
- Apaustus valerius Möschler, 1878; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.): 223; TL: Colombia
- Morys valerius; Godman & Salvin, [1900], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 542, 3: pl. 98, f. 45-47; [NL4A], #1794; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- M. v. valerius Mexico - Colombia, Trinidad
  - Phlebodes cerdo Boisduval, 1870; (nom. nud.)
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1794a
  - Pamphila cerdo Godman, 1900; (nom. nud.)
    
    = ; [NL4A], #1794a
  - Morys cerdo; [BOW]: pl. 83, f. 54
  - Morys valerius valerius; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 166; [NL4A], #1794a
- M. v. valda Evans, 1955 Mexico
  - valerius valda Evans, 1955; ; TL: Mexico, Yucatán
  - Morys valda; [iNaturalist]
  - Morys valerius valda; [NL4A], #1794b; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
Morys yahua Evans, 1955 Peru. See [maps]
- Morys yahua Evans, 1955; Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 169; TL: Peru
- Morys yahua; [NL4A], #1795; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]

2.1.2017 (8)

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[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
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[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.

Some related literature:

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
Butler, 1877
On the Lepidoptera of the Amazons, collected by James W. H. Trail, Esq. during the years 1873 to 1875 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 (2) : 105-156, pl. 3
Evans, 1955
A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4 : 1-499, pl. 54-88
Godman & Salvin, [1900]; Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lindsey, 1925
The Cornell University Entomological Expedition to South America of 1919-1920. Scientific Results. 2. Hesperioidea J. Sci. Lab. Denison Univ. 21 (1/3): 71-113
Mielke, 1968
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. II. New Genera, Species and Subspecies of Hesperiidae J. Lep. Soc. 22: 1-20
Möschler, 1878; Möschler, 1879
Neue exotische Hesperidae Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 28 (Abh.) : 203-230
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 383-460

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