Badecla Duarte & Robbins, 2010
Badecla badaca (Hewitson, 1868)
Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Trinidad, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. See [maps ]
Thecla badaca Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc. : 12; TL : Brazil
Thecla zurkvitzi Schaus, 1902; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262) : 412 ; TL : Brazil, São Paulo
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Thecla fernanda Jones, 1912; 899, pl. 97, f. 7; TL : Brazil, Paraná
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Thecla angusta Lathy, 1936; in Bouvier, Livre jubilaire Bouvier : 232 , pl. 8 , f. 17 ♀; TL : Paraguay
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Arases spectaculorum Johnson & Adams, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 25 : 6; TL : Venezuela
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra melanorubra Johnson, 1993; ; TL : Surinam
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra exotissima Johnson, 1993; ; TL : Brazil(Goiás)
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Angulopis (group ceromia) microterminatis Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 18; TL : Bolivia, La Paz, Sud Yungas, Estancia Aracu, Hotel Tamampaya area, 4300'
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group simplica) mininota Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 13; TL : Bolivia, Sud Yungas, La Paz
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group simplica) solitaria Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 26; TL : Brazil, Mato Grosso
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group simplica) bahia Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 26; TL : Brazil, Bahia, Itaparica
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group exotissima) adamsi Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 30; TL : Colombia, Rio Guachaca, N.Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 50-10m
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group exotissima) necbadaca Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 31; TL : Argentina, Salta, Pichinal
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group exotissima) argenomontana Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 32; TL : Argentina, Tucuman, Yerba Buena
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Angulopis (group angusta) vioangulis Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 24; TL : N.Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Angulopis (group angusta) rubrolimbacosta Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 24; TL : Bolivia, Sud Yungas, La Paz
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Angulopis (group angusta) ruborbiculis Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 25; TL : Brazil, Santa Catarina
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra ornamentata Johnson, 1993; ; TL : French Guiana
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Angulopis (group autoclea) obscurus Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 14; TL : Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group simplica) clintoni Johnson, 1993; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 25; TL : Colombia, Choachi
= Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Gigantorubra (group simplica) fernanda ; Johnson, 1993, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 14
Gigantorubra (group simplica) zurkvitzi ; Johnson, 1993, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32 : 24
Calycopis badaca ; [BOW] : pl. 67, f. 5
"Thecla" zurkvitzi ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 153
Angulopis (group angusta) angusta ; Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 21
Thecla badaca ; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 184 , pl. 73 , f. 569-570; [BOW] : pl. 69, f. 40 (text)
Angulopis (group ceromia) badaca ; Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33 : 16
Lamprospilus badaca ; [NL4A] , #470
Badecla badaca ; Duarte & Robbins, 2010, Revta Bras. Ent. 54 (1) : 51 (note)
Badecla picentia (Hewitson, 1868)
Brazil(Pará, Rondônia). See [maps ]
Thecla picentia Hewitson, 1868; Descr. some new spec Lyc. : 23; TL : Brazil, Pará
Gigantorubra ampla Austin & Johnson, 1997; ; TL : Brazil, Rondônia
= Lamprospilus picentia ; [NL4A] , #471
Gigantorubra fuscafascia Austin & Johnson, 1997; ; TL : Brazil, Rondônia
= Lamprospilus picentia ; [NL4A] , #471
Badecla quadramacula (Austin & Johnson, 1997)
Brazil(Rondônia), French Guiana. See [maps ]
Gigantorubra quadramacula Austin & Johnson, 1997; ; TL : Brazil(Rondônia)
Gigantorubra macouria Brévignon, 2000; ; TL : French Guiana
= Lamprospilus quadramacula ; [NL4A] , #472
Badecla lanckena (Schaus, 1902)
Peru. See [maps ]
Badecla argentinensis (Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993)
Argentina. See [maps ]
Badecla clarissa (Draudt, 1920)
Brazil(São Paulo). See [maps ]
Thecla clarissa Draudt, 1920; ; TL : Brazil, São Paulo
23.4.2022 (6)
Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera
J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2)
(2): 77 -106,
(3): 145 -168
Duarte & Robbins, 2010
Description and phylogenetic analysis of the Calycopidina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): a subtribe of detritivores
Revta Bras. Ent. 54 (1)
: 45-65
Hewitson, 1873; Hewitson, 1874
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae
Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
(1): 1 -36,37* , pl. 1 -16 (1863),
(2): 37 -76, pl. 17-30 (1865),
(3): 77 -114, pl. 31 -46 (1867),
(4): 115 -136,14a -h, pl. 47 -54,3a -c, (Suppl.) 1 -16, pl. 1 -5 (1869),
(5): 137 -150,151* , pl. 55 -59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873),
(6): 151 -184,185* , pl. 60 -73 (1874),
(7): 185 -208,209* , pl. 74 -83 (1877),
(8): 209 -228, pl. 84 -85,88 -92, (Suppl.) 17 -47, pl. 1a -b,3a -b,4a ,5a -b,7 -8 (1878)
Hewitson, 1868
Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae
Descr. some new spec Lyc. : 36pp
Johnson, 1991
Neotropical hairstreak butterflies: Genera of the "Calycopis /Calystryma grade"of Eumaeini and their diagnostics
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 21
: 1-127
Johnson, 1993
Neotropical Hairstreak Butterflues: New Sister Genera of the "Electrostrymon /Angulopis " Grade of Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 32
: 1-76
Johnson, 1993
Hairstreak Butterflies of the Genus Argentostriatus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 36
: 1-19
Johnson & Adams, 1993
Elfin Butterflies from the Adams/Bernard Expedition to Colombia and Venezuela (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 25
: 1-10 (10fgs)
Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993
Revision of Angulopis (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 33
: 1-38
Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993
New genera and species of the "gem butterflies" (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 34
: 1-42
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Lathy, 1936
Thecla nouveaux d'Amérique de Sud (Lepidopt. Lycaenidae)
in Bouvier, Livre jubilaire Bouvier
: 229 -232, pl. 8
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Schaus, 1902
Descriptions of New American Butterflies
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1262)
: 383 -460
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