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Taxonomy of Genus Helicopis Fabricius, 1807


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyRiodinidae
Grote, 1895
Metalmark Butterflies, Metalmarks
279
6693
Genera
Species
SubfamilyRiodininae
Grote, 1895
Riodinine Metalmarks, True Metalmarks
157
4939
Genera
Species
TribeHelicopini
Reuter, 1897
23
575
Genera
Species
GenusHelicopis
Fabricius, 1807
151Species
Subnodes of Helicopis Fabricius, 1807
SpeciesHelicopis acis Fabricius, 1782
5Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis acmon Doubleday, 1852
SpeciesHelicopis agardi Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis albescens Le Moult, 1939  ⇒ Helicopis gnidus
2Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis albocincta Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis amazonica Le Moult, 1939  ⇒ Helicopis gnidus
SpeciesHelicopis androgyne Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis beaulieui Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis bergeri Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis brasiliensis Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis conspecifica Bryk, 1953
SpeciesHelicopis convulsa Stichel, 1919  ⇒ Helicopis cupido
SpeciesHelicopis coria Stichel, 1919
SpeciesHelicopis cupido Linnaeus, 1758
Spangled Cupid
44Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis curusamba Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis diluta Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis divergens Seitz, 1913  ⇒ Helicopis cupido
SpeciesHelicopis elegans Kaye, 1904
SpeciesHelicopis endymiaena Hübner, 1819
4Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis endymion Cramer, 1779
5Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis erotica Seitz, 1913
SpeciesHelicopis fleuryi Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis fournierae Le Moult, 1939  ⇒ Helicopis gnidus
SpeciesHelicopis galatea Stichel, 1919  ⇒ Helicopis acis
SpeciesHelicopis gnidus Fabricius, 1787
Gnidus Metalmark
15Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis gradiva Stichel, 1919
SpeciesHelicopis horrackae Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis incerta Meier-Ramel, 1928  ⇒ Helicopis cupido
SpeciesHelicopis ininiensis Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis interrupta Le Moult, 1939
3Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis latmica Seitz, 1913  ⇒ Helicopis endymion
SpeciesHelicopis lecerfi Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis lesoudierae Le Moult, 1939  ⇒ Helicopis gnidus
3Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis lindeni Grote, 1877  ⇒ Helicopis cupido
SpeciesHelicopis madeirensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis manaos Bryk, 1953
SpeciesHelicopis manicorensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis marini Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis medialis Schaus & Cockerell, 1923
SpeciesHelicopis melissa Edwards, 1873
SpeciesHelicopis nigra Riley, 1919  ⇒ Helicopis cupido
SpeciesHelicopis nigrobasalis Aurivillius, 1929
SpeciesHelicopis nigromaculata Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis obidonus Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis paraensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis pluto Le Moult, 1940  ⇒ Helicopis endymion
SpeciesHelicopis poleti Le Moult, 1939  ⇒ Helicopis gnidus
2Subspecies
SpeciesHelicopis pompeius Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis pseudalbescens Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis pseudalbocincta Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis pseudolindeni Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis putumayensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis santaremensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis satanas Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis saturnus Le Moult, 1940
SpeciesHelicopis selene Felder, 1865  ⇒ Helicopis endymion
SpeciesHelicopis shasta Edwards, 1862
SpeciesHelicopis solimoensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis stupenda Seitz, 1913  ⇒ Helicopis cupido
SpeciesHelicopis subalbocincta Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis subandrogyne Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis sublatmicus Le Moult, 1940  ⇒ Helicopis endymion
SpeciesHelicopis sulphurea Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis tapajonus Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis teffeensis Le Moult, 1939
SpeciesHelicopis tersa Stichel, 1919
SpeciesHelicopis trinitatis Seitz, 1916
SpeciesHelicopis wardi Le Moult, 1939  ⇒ Helicopis gnidus

Synonyms
Erotion (G.J. Billberg, 1820)
Erycinus (P. Boitard, 1828)
Helicopis (Illiger, 1807)
Hexuropteris (J. Hübner, 1819)
Rusticus (J. Hübner, 1807)


Distribution of Helicopis Fabricius, 1807
Angola, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Republic South Africa, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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