Tarsoctenus corytus

The synonym Papilio pyramus was also applied (invalidly) to the species now known as Haematera pyrame
Tarsoctenus corytus
Depicted in Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Tarsoctenus
Species: T. corytus
Binomial name
Tarsoctenus corytus
(Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
  • Papilio corytus Cramer, [1777]
  • Papilio pyramus Cramer, 1779
  • Erycides gaudialis Hewitson, 1876
  • Erycides perissographus Mabille, 1889
  • Tarsoctenus dubius Draudt, 1921

Tarsoctenus corytus is a Neotropical species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (Pyrginae).[1][2] It was described by Pieter Cramer from Surinam, in Volume II of De uitlandsche Kapellen published posthumously in 1779.

Subspecies

References

  1. Funet
  2. A. Giusti (2004). "corytus Cramer, 1777". LepIndex. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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