Genus Hermeuptychia - Hermeuptychia Satyrs

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Carolina Satyr Butterfly - Hermeuptychia sosybius

Intricate Satyr in SC - Hermeuptychia intricata - male

Intricate/Carolina Satyr complex - PML Comparison - Hermeuptychia

Butterfly to porch light - Hermeuptychia sosybius

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Subfamily Satyrinae (Satyrs, Morphos and Owls)

Tribe Satyrini (Alpines, Arctics, Nymphs and Satyrs)

Genus Hermeuptychia (Hermeuptychia Satyrs)

Pronunciation

Hermeuptychia Forster 1964. Type species: Papilio hermes Fabricius

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Has in past often been subsumed under an expansive concept of the genus Euptychia as a subgenus or synonym.

Numbers

Three North American species:

South Texas Satyr - Hermeuptychia hermes (Fabricius, 1775)

Carolina Satyr - Hermeuptychia sosybius (Fabricius, 1793)

Intricate Satyr - Hermeuptychia intricata Grishin, 2014

Remarks

Author of this genus is a bit obscure. Forster, Harold W(=Walter?) (1909-1974) (Mackechnie-Jarvis 1975, Proc. Brit. Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 60.) (1). Original publication: Forster, W. (1964). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae". Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188.

Print References

(2)

Internet References

Lepidoptera and some other life forms--Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964

Works Cited

1.	A Dictionary of Entomology George Gordh, David H. Headrick. 2003. CABI Publishing.

2.	A new Hermeuptychia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) is sympatric and synchronic with H. sosybius ... Qian Cong, Nick V. Grishin . 2014. ZooKeys, 379: 43–91.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, David Ferguson, Robert Lord Zimlich, Cliff Ivy
Last updated 4 January, 2018 - 3:02pm

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