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» Nyceryx nictitans - (Boisduval, 1875)
Taxonomy
Nyceryx
nictitans
(Boisduval, 1875)
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Subtribe:
Dilophonotina
Genus:
Nyceryx
Species:
Nyceryx
nictitans
(Boisduval, 1875)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères. 1. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides
322
Type data:
TYPE(S) [♀] Brazil: Minas [Gerais] [CMNH].
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Nyceryx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 415 (key), 419.
Nomenclature notes:
This species was listed but not named by Bönninghausen, 1899, Dt. ent. Z., Iris 12: 133.
Synonyms:
2
Media
Nyceryx nictitans, male, upperside.
Nyceryx nictitans, male, upperside.
Nyceryx nictitans, male, underside.
Nyceryx nictitans, male, underside.
Nyceryx nictitans, female, upperside. Brazil, Petropolis
Nyceryx nictitans, female, upperside. Brazil, Petropolis
Nyceryx nictitans, female, underside. Brazil, Petropolis
Nyceryx nictitans, female, underside. Brazil, Petropolis
Nyceryx nictitans, male, upperside.
Nyceryx nictitans, male, underside.
Nyceryx nictitans, female, upperside. Brazil, Petropolis
Nyceryx nictitans, female, underside. Brazil, Petropolis
Distribution
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker
, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft
,
Ben Scott
,
Vince Smith
