Nyceryx nephus (Boisduval, [1875])

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: Dilophonotina

Genus: Nyceryx

Species:

Nyceryx nephus (Boisduval, [1875])

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères. 1. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides 323

Type data:

[HOLOTYPE ♂] Brazil: [probably Rio de Janeiro State] [CMNH]. A holotype was inferred from Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 422.

Taxonomic Notes:

Synonymized with Perigonia continua by Maassen, 1880, Stettin. ent. Ztg 41: 69. Reinstated as a species by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 637. Transferred to Nyceryx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 416 (key), 422. The specimens referred to by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 422, as Nyceryx nephus do not match the holotype and are probably a different species.

Nomenclature notes:

First published as a nomen nudum by Ménétriés, 1857, Enumeratio Corporum Anim. Mus. imp. Acad. Sci. Petropolitanae (Ins. Lepid.) 2 (Lepid. Heterocera): 95, and attributed to "Becker, Paris".