[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
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Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1
: 1-690, pl. 1-24
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 & Druce, 1874
List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3)
: 330-370
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
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6)
: 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Fabricius, 1776
Genera Insectorum eorumque characters naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem ...
Genera Insectorum
: 1-310
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)
Godart, [1824]
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes
Encyclopédie Méthodique 9
(1): 3-328 (1819),
(2): 329-828 ([1824])
Herbst, 1804
Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzun der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte
in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 11
: 1-392
Hewitson, 1867; Hewitson, 1869; Hewitson, 1874; Hewitson, 1877
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae
Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
(1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863),
(2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865),
(3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867),
(4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869),
(5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873),
(6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874),
(7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877),
(8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of some new species of LycaenidaeDescr. some new spec Lyc.: 36pp
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, 1821
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)
Johnson, 1991
Types of neotropical Theclinae (Lycaenidae) in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
J. Lep. Soc. 45 (2): 142-157
Johnson, 1993
Hairstreak Butterflies of the Genus Tigrinota (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 37
: 1-20
Kaye, 1904
A catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (2)
: 159-224, pl. 17-18
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Lathy, 1926
Notes on the American Theclinae
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 17 (97)
: 35-47
Lathy, 1930
Notes on South American Lycaenidae, with description of new species
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 78
: 133-137
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Pelham, 2008
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada
J. Res. Lepid. 40
: 1-652
[NAB]; Pyle, 1981
Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society
Robbins, 2000
The New World Hairstreak Genus Arawacus Kaye (Lepidopera: Lycaenidae)
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 102 (1)
: 162-169
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262)
: 383-460
Schaus, 1913
New Species of Rhopalocera from Costa Rica
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3)
: 339-367, pl. 50-54
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1888
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)
Sulzer, 1776
Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linaeischen System
Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: -
(1): 1-274,
(2): pl. 1-32
Weeks, 1906
New species of butterflies
Ent. News 17 (6)
: 195-204
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