RHESCYNTIS OF THE WORLD
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Updated as per Lemaire's Arsenurinae 1980,
November 4, 2005
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The Arsenurini are a primitive tribe found in tropical South and Central America. The Rhescyntis larvae are particularly interesting.
Rhescyntis hippodamia, Costa Rica, courtesy of Dan Janzen.
Many of the species listed on the web under Rhescyntis should be more properly classified with other genera listed in brown!
P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.
Listing of Rhescyntis
P descimoni Lemaire, 1975 eastern
Ecuador
P hermes (W. Rothschild, 1907)
Guyana,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Venezuela,
Brazil,
Peru
P hermes hermandensis Brechlin & Meister, 2013
Ecuador,
Peru
P hippodamia hippodamia (Cramer, 1777)
Suriname,
Ecuador,
Venezuela,
Brazil,
Peru,
Bolivia,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Colombia.
hippodamia martii Perty, 1833, Brazil, is a synonym for hippodamia hippodamia
P hippodamia colombiana Bouvier, 1927
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Peru
f. pomposa Draudt, 1930, Colombia, is a synonym for hippodamia colombiana
P hippodamia gigantea (Bouvier, 1930) southeastern
Brazil
P hippodamia norax Druce, 1897
Panama,
Mexico,
Belize,
Guatemala,
Costa Rica
septrionalis Vazquez, 1966, Mexico, is a synonym for hippodamia norax
P pseudomartii, Lemaire, 1976 southeastern
Brazil
P reducta Camargo & Becker, 2001
Brazil
The following are sometimes listed as Rhescyntis in older references or on the internet. Their current genera assignments are listed in brown.
P angulatus Bouvier, 1924
Brazil,
Bolivia,
Paraguay ? Arsenura orbignyana
P batesii arcaei Druce, 1886
Nic.,
Costa Rica,
Panama,
western Colombia,
W. Ecu.,
Bra.,
F. G. Arsenura
P armida
(Cramer, 1779) Mex., Bel., Gua., E.S.,
Nic., C.R., Pan., Ven., Ecu. F.G., Col., Ecu., Per., Guy., Sur.,
Bra., Bol Arsenura
P aspasia (Herrich Schaeffer, [1853] southeastern Brazil Arsenura
P biundulata Schaus, 1906 southeastern Brazil Arsenura
P championi (Druce, 1886) Pan., Mex.,
Gua., Nic., C.R., Pan., Ven., Col., Ecu.? Caio
P polyodonta (Jordan, 1911) central and western Mexico Arsenura
P rebeli Gschwandner, 1920 Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Arsenura
P richardsoni (Druce, 1890) Mexico Caio
P romulus (Maassen, 1869) Brazil, Peru? Bolivia? Caio
P xanthopus (Walker, 1855) southern Brazil Arsenura
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