If you notice any other mistakes or inconsistencies in our book please contact Hank Brodkin
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Olive-clouded Skipper Lerodea dysaules should read: Violet-clouded Skipper Lerodea arabus
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Red-spotted Patch Chlosyne Marina should perhaps best be called C. eumeda according to Jim Brock and Andy Warren. C. eumeda (the one illustrated in the book) is the low elevation form and is the one that has been recorded in Arizona. Andy Warren expressed it much better than I could:
"I actually just finished going over all of this a few days ago....
Higgins (1960) treated C. marina as a separate species from C. eumeda (and included melitaeoides as a ssp. of
eumeda).
Scott (1986) lumped these all into one species, which has resulted in a lot of confusion. More recently,
Kons (2000- see below) and Luis-Martinez et al. (in press) have treated eumeda, marina, and melitaeoides all as distinct species (and this is apparently [Doug} Mullins' opinion on the status of these taxa....
The bug Hank et al. [Priscilla Brodkin] recently photographed mear Maycoba sounds like the Sonoran variety of marina (which I have seen in good numbers around Rio Pedegroso with Jim Brock).
C. marina Maycoba, Sonora, 3 September, 02 Priscilla Brodkin
The bug illustrated in Stewart et al (2001) is a C. eumeda. Excellent illustrations of melitaeoides are provided by Kendall & McGuire (1984: p. 29).
C. eumeda, Yecora, Sonora, August, 1999 Priscilla Brodkin
I hope this helps,
Best,
Andy
LITERATURE:
Higgins, L.G. 1960. A revision of the melitaeine genus Chlosyne and allied species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 112(14):381-475.
Kendall, R.O. & W.W. McGuire. 1984. Some new and rare records of Lepidoptera found in Texas. Bulletin of the
Allyn Museum 86:1-50.
Kons, H.L. 2000. Phylogenetic studies of the Melitaeini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) and a revision of the genus
Chlosyne Butler. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville. 812 pp. [NOTE that this
manuscript can be downloaded FOR FREE from the following site (check out other papers on the taxonomy
of the melitaeini by Wahlberg et al. while you are there):
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/wahlberg/downloads/
Luis-Martinez, A., J. Llorente-Bousquets, I. Vargas-Fernandez & A.D. Warren. (in press- to appear in December). Biodiversity and biogeography of Mexican butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
Scott, J.A. 1986. The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford University
Press. 583pp.
Stewart, B., P. Brodkin & H. Brodkin. 2001. Butterflies of Arizona, A Photographic Guide. West Coast Lady
Press, Arcata, California. ii + 415 pp. "
Olive-clouded Skipper Lerodea dysaules should read: Violet-clouded Skipper Lerodea arabus
Page 364:
Red-spotted Patch Chlosyne Marina should perhaps best be called C. eumeda according to Jim Brock and Andy Warren. C. eumeda (the one illustrated in the book) is the low elevation form and is the one that has been recorded in Arizona. Andy Warren expressed it much better than I could:
"I actually just finished going over all of this a few days ago....
Higgins (1960) treated C. marina as a separate species from C. eumeda (and included melitaeoides as a ssp. of
eumeda).
Scott (1986) lumped these all into one species, which has resulted in a lot of confusion. More recently,
Kons (2000- see below) and Luis-Martinez et al. (in press) have treated eumeda, marina, and melitaeoides all as distinct species (and this is apparently [Doug} Mullins' opinion on the status of these taxa....
The bug Hank et al. [Priscilla Brodkin] recently photographed mear Maycoba sounds like the Sonoran variety of marina (which I have seen in good numbers around Rio Pedegroso with Jim Brock).
C. marina Maycoba, Sonora, 3 September, 02 Priscilla Brodkin
The bug illustrated in Stewart et al (2001) is a C. eumeda. Excellent illustrations of melitaeoides are provided by Kendall & McGuire (1984: p. 29).
C. eumeda, Yecora, Sonora, August, 1999 Priscilla Brodkin
I hope this helps,
Best,
Andy
LITERATURE:
Higgins, L.G. 1960. A revision of the melitaeine genus Chlosyne and allied species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 112(14):381-475.
Kendall, R.O. & W.W. McGuire. 1984. Some new and rare records of Lepidoptera found in Texas. Bulletin of the
Allyn Museum 86:1-50.
Kons, H.L. 2000. Phylogenetic studies of the Melitaeini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) and a revision of the genus
Chlosyne Butler. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville. 812 pp. [NOTE that this
manuscript can be downloaded FOR FREE from the following site (check out other papers on the taxonomy
of the melitaeini by Wahlberg et al. while you are there):
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/wahlberg/downloads/
Luis-Martinez, A., J. Llorente-Bousquets, I. Vargas-Fernandez & A.D. Warren. (in press- to appear in December). Biodiversity and biogeography of Mexican butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
Scott, J.A. 1986. The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. Stanford University
Press. 583pp.
Stewart, B., P. Brodkin & H. Brodkin. 2001. Butterflies of Arizona, A Photographic Guide. West Coast Lady
Press, Arcata, California. ii + 415 pp. "