Dynamine postverta mexicana d'Almeida, 1952
(Mexican Sailor)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Dynamine Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 41. Type-species: Papilio mylitta Cramer, 1779, Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 107, pl. 253, figs. D, E; (24): 175 (index) (= Papilio postverta Cramer, 1779, Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 109, pl. 254, f. C, D; (24): 176 (index); synonym), by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 160, no. 361.

=    Sironia Hübner, 1823

Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: 31. Type-species: Sironia tithia Hübner, 1823, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [68], figs. 391, 392; 31, no. 196, by monotypy.

=    Eubagis Boisduval, 1832

In: d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 1(Lep): 70. Type-species: Papilio athemon Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 484, no. 157, by monotypy.

=    Arisba E. Doubleday, 1847

List Spec. Lepid. Brit. Mus. 2: 11. Type-species: Papilio agacles Dalman, 1823, Analecta Entomol.: 47, no. 19, by monotypy.

Dynamine postverta (Cramer, 1779)

Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 109, pl. 254, f. C, D; (24): 176 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Nymph[alis]. Gemm[ata]. Postverta

Type Locality: “Surinamen” “Suriname”

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

As first reviser, precedence was given to postverta over mylitta by Godart, [1824], Ency. méth. 9(Ins.)(2): 419, no. 218.

Recorded from Texas by Bordelon and Knudson (2006), News Lepid. Soc. 48(1): 3, figs. 4, 5 ♀, 6 ♂, natural photos.

            =    mylitta (Cramer, 1779)

Uitl. Kapellen 3(22): 107-108, pl. 253, figs. D, E; (24): 175 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Nymph[alis]. Gemm[ata]. Mylitta

Type Locality: “Surinamen” “Suriname”

Types: Type(s) probably lost.

            =    thoenii Anken, 1998

Facetta 1(15): 30, fig.

Original Combination: Dynamine mylitta thoenii

Type Locality: “Brazil, Minas Gerais, Pote”

Types: Holotype in Anken collection.

                   =    ‡”uniocellata” Bryk, 1953

Ark. Zool. (ns)5(1): 108-109, no. 241.

Original Combination: Dynamine mylitta fa. uniocellata

Type Locality: “Bahia, Iguassú” [Brazil]

Type: “Holotype” in NHRS.

Dynamine postverta mexicana d’Almeida, 1952

Bol. Mus. Nac. (Zool.) (Rio de Janeiro) 114: 1, fig, 2 ♂ V (holotype).

Original Combination: Dynamine mylitta mexicana

Type Locality: “de Presidio, México” [Veracruz]

Types: Holotype in UFPC.

                         =    ‡”bipupillata” Röber, 1915

In: Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5 5 (230): 507.

Original Combination: [Dynamine mylitta] ab. bipupillata

Type Locality: Not stated; listed as “[Honduras]” by Lamas et al. (2004), Atl. Neotrop. Lepid. Chcklst. Part 4A: 241.

Types: Location of type(s) not known.

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