Graya panamensis, (Buchecker, [1899])

Worthy, Robert, González, Jorge M. & Zilli, Alberto, 2022, A review of the genera Amauta Houlbert, 1918 and Divana J. Y. Miller, 1982 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) with description of a new genus, Zootaxa 5194 (3), pp. 301-342 : 332

panamensis (Buchecker, [1899])

( Fig. 6C )

“ Graya panamensis . Buch.” Buchecker, [1899], Systema entomologiae sistens insectorum Classes, Genera, Species. Pars 6: Pl. 15, fig. 20.

Type material: Heinrich Buchecker ([1899]) illustrated a single specimen which appears to be a male, this is the holotype by monotypy (fig. 6C). The whereabouts of the specimen used for this painting are not known.

Type locality: Given only as Panama .

Taxonomic status: A junior subjective synonym of Castnia cacica procera Boisduval, [1875] (now in Amauta ). Originally described as a species but synonymised by Miller (1995).

Male genitalia: Not available.

Distribution: Not relevant.

Figures

FIGURE 6. A–C: Amauta procera (Boisduval, [1875]): A, ♂, Chiriqui, [Panama], ex Joicey, NHMUK010474218 (NHMUK); B, ♀ HT, Mexico, ex Oberthür, NHMUK010474220 (NHMUK); C, ♂ HT, panamensis (Buchecker, [1899]), Panama (Original painting). D, E: Amauta cacica (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]): D, ♂, Santé (sic) Fé de Bogota, [Colombia], ex Oberthür, NHMUK010474223 (NHMUK); E, ♀ ST, ex Boisduval, LT designation by J.Y. Miller, NHMUK010474223 (NHMUK).