Tarsoctenus corytus

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

The synonym Papilio pyramus was also applied (invalidly) to the species now known as Haematera pyrame

Tarsoctenus corytus
Depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
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

Subspecies
  • Tarsoctenus corytus corytus (Suriname)
  • Tarsoctenus corytus corba Evans, 1952 (Peru)
  • Tarsoctenus corytus gaudialis (Hewitson, 1876) (Panama)

References
  1. Funet
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tarsoctenus corytus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.


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