Incertae Sedis

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2014, An updated and annotated checklist of the Hedylidae and Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2014 (393), pp. 1-40 : 18

Tribus Incertae Sedis

(from Evans 1955 Carystus group)

Perichares philetes philetes (Gmelin, [1790])

Carystus corydon Fabricius : Crowfoot (1893) [misspelling of coridon, preoccupied]

Perichares corydon (Fabricius) : Kaye (1904, no. 284), Kaye (1921, no. 450), Barcant (1970, no. 603) [misspelling of coridon, preoccupied]

Perichares philetes (Gmelin) : Box (1953), Beccaloni et al. (2008)

Perichares philetes philetes (Gmelin) : Evans (1955), Cock (1982, no. 213), Cock (2005)

Although Mielke (2004) treats P. philetes as having subspecies, Warren et al. (2014) treat it as monotypic. The discovery by Burns et al. (2008) that in Costa Rica there is a complex of at least four species treated as P. philetes certainly indicates that P. philetes needs reevaluation throughout its range, so the subspecies question is considered open and left unchanged for now.

Perichares philetes group (palm feeder)

Burns et al. (2008) divided P. philetes into four species in Costa Rica, two feeding on grasses and two on palms, and pointed out that there must be at least two species treated under this name in Trinidad since both food plant groups are used ( Cock 2005).

Perichares lotus (Butler, 1870)

Perichares heroni Kaye : Kaye (1904, no. 285) TL, Draudt (1921 –1924) [synonym]

Perichares lotus (Butler) : Kaye (1904, no. 286), Kaye (1921, no. 448), Evans (1955), Barcant (1970, no. 601), Cock (1982, no. 214), Cock (2005)

Orses cynisca (Swainson, 1821)

Carystus cynisca (Swainson) : Crowfoot (1893)

Orses cynisca (Swainson) : Godman and Salvin (1893 –1901), Kaye (1904, no. 283), Kaye (1921, no. 444), Evans (1955), Barcant (1970, no. 591), Cock (1982, no. 216), Cock (2005), Beccaloni et al. (2008)

(from Evans 1955 Calpodes group)

Pyrrhopygopsis socrates (Ménétriés, 1885) orasus (Druce, 1876)

f. orasus (Druce1876)

f. socrates (Ménétriés, 1885)

Pyrrhopygopsis socrates (Ménétriés) : Kaye (1921, no. 453), Barcant (1970, no. 592)

Pyrrhopygopsis socrates orasus (Druce) f. orasus: Evans (1955)

Pyrrhopygiopsis socrates orasus (Druce): Cock (1982, no. 272), Cock (2003a) [misspelling of genus] Pyrrhopygopsis socrates orasus (Druce) : Beccaloni et al. (2008)

Although f. socrates seems to be the normal form in Trinidad, f. orasus also occurs ( Cock 2003a).