Sarota

Sarota Westwood, [1851]

Sarota Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 424; TS: Papilio chrysus Stoll

Sarota; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Sarota (Erycininae); Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 437
Sarota (Helicopini); Hall, Harvey & Janzen, 2004, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 97 (2): 316; [NL4A], 160
Sarota (Sarotini); Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 1-21

The chrysus species-group

Chrysiformes Stichel, 1930

"chrysus"group ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6

Sarota subtessellata (Schaus, 1913)

Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia, W.Ecuador?. See [maps]

Charis subtessellata Schaus, 1913; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3): 351, pl. 53, f. 11; TL: Carrillo, Costa Rica

Charis subtessellata; [CoL]
Sarota subtessellata; [BCR2], 202; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6, f. 5a-d (a-b holotype), 25a-b; [NL4A], #812; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Sarota chrysus (Stoll, [1782])

Mexico - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso, SE.Brazil), Guianas, Trinidad. See [maps]

Papilio chrysus Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 178, pl. 380, f. D, E; TL: Surinam
Charis chrysus f. polypoecila Stichel, 1910; Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 27; TL: Bugaba, Panama
- = ; [NL4A], #813
Helicopis dematria Doubleday, 1847; nom. nud.; TL: Honduras
- = ; [NL4A], #813
Sarota dematria Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 424, pl. 71, f. 10; TL: Honduras
- = ; [NL4A], #813

Anteros chrysus; Bates, 1868, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9 (39): 435
Anteros dematria; Bates, 1868, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9 (39): 435
Charis chrysus; [BOW]: pl. 71, f. 32; [CoL]
Sarota chrysus dematria;
Sarota chrysus; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 435; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 703; [BCR2], 201; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6, f. 6a-f, 26; [NL4A], #813; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota dematria (= Sarota neglecta); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113
Sarota dematria (= Sarota neglecta); [BCR2], 202
Sarota chrysus (= Sarota neglecta); [EBW]

407x482 (~30Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Sarota neglecta Stichel, 1910

Costa Rica - Ecuador, NW.Venezuela. See [maps]

Sarota chrysus neglecta Stichel, 1910; Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 27; TL: Rio San Juan, W.Colombia
Charis chrysus neglecta f. alacer Stichel, 1929; Dt. Ent. Z. 1929 (3): 205; TL: Rio Dagua, W.Colombia
- = ; [NL4A], #814

Sarota neglecta; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 6, f. 7a-d, 27; [NL4A], #814; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]

Sarota chocoensis Hall, 1998

Panama - Ecuador. See [maps]

Sarota chocoensis Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 7, f. 8a-d, 28; TL: Ecuador, El Oro, Zaruma

Sarota chocoensis; [NL4A], #815; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Sarota turrialbensis (Schaus, 1913)

Costa Rica. See [maps]

Charis turrialbensis Schaus, 1913; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3): 352, pl. 53, f. 13; TL: Turrialba, 5800 ft, Costa Rica

Charis turrialbensis; [CoL]
Sarota turrialbensis; [BCR2], 203; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 7, f. 9a-b; [NL4A], #816; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

The acanthoides species-group

Gyadiformes Dyar, 1918; (in part)

"acanthoides"group ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9

Sarota craspediodonta (Dyar, 1918)

Mexico, Guatemala. See [maps]

Charis craspediodonta Dyar, 1918; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239): 335; TL: Presidio, Mexico

Charis craspediodonta; [CoL]
Sarota craspediodonata[sic?]; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9, f. 10a-c, c-d (f.type)
Sarota craspediodonta; [NL4A], #817; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota craspediodonata[sic?] (= Sarota acanthoides); D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053

368x407 (~21Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Sarota spicata (Staudinger, [1888])

Colombia - Peru, W.Brazil. See [maps]

Anteros acanthoides var. spicata Staudinger, [1888]; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (18): 252; TL: Pebas, Peru

Sarota spicata; [BCR2], 200; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9, f. 11a-d; [NL4A], #818; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota spicata (= Sarota sp. nr. willmotti); [BCR2]: pl. 15, 11

Sarota willmotti Hall, 1998

Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazon). See [maps]

Sarota willmotti Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 9, f. 12a-d, 31; TL: Ecuador, Napo, Rio Napo, Limoncocha, 240m

Sarota willmotti; [NL4A], #819; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Sarota acanthoides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1853])

Venezuela - Peru, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso), Guianas. See [maps]

Nymphidium acanthoides Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II) 1: 55, 1 (3): pl. 13, f. 49-50; TL: Surinam

Charis acanthoides; [BOW]: pl. 71, f. 32 (text only); [CoL]
Sarota acanthoides; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 11, f. 13a-d, 32; [NL4A], #820; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Sarota harveyi Hall, 1998

S.Peru, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Rondonia). See [maps]

Sarota harveyi Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 11, f. 14a-d, 33; TL: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Alto Rio Arinos, Diamantino 14°13'S 56°12'W, 350-400m

Sarota harveyi; [NL4A], #821; [BOA]

Sarota psaros Godman & Salvin, [1886]

-. See [maps]

Sarota psaros Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 437; TL: Calabon, Vera Paz, Guatemala
Anteros psaros Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 3: pl. 43, f. 14-15

Sarota psaros; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 15a-j, 34; [NL4A], #822; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

S. p. psaros Mexico - Panama, Guiana

Sarota psaros psaros; [BCR2], 201; [NL4A], #822a; [BOA]

S. p. albidisca (Lathy, 1932) E.Peru

Charis psaros albidisca Lathy, 1932; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (10) 9: 70; TL: Chanchamayo, Peru

Charis psaros albidisca; [CoL]
Sarota psaros albidisca; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 15e-f; [NL4A], #822b; [BOA]

S. p. psaronius (Stichel, 1911) SE.Brazil

Charis psaros psaronius Stichel, 1911; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (B): 250; TL: Leopoldina, Espirito Santo, SE. Brazil

Charis psaros psaronius; [CoL]
Sarota psaros psaronius; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 15g-j; [NL4A], #822c; [BOA]

Sarota chloropunctata Hall, 1998

Ecuador (Choco). See [maps]

Sarota chloropunctata Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 13, f. 24a-b, 35; TL: Ecuador, Carchi nr. Lita ridge to E of Rio Baboso, 900m

Sarota chloropunctata; [NL4A], #823; [BOA]

The gyas species-group

"gyas"; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 14

Sarota estrada Schaus, 1928

-. See [maps]

Sarota estrada Schaus, 1928; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 30 (3): 48; TL: Cayuga, Guatemala; Guatemala City

Sarota estrada; [BCR2], 200; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 14, . 16a-h, 36a-b; [NL4A], #824; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

S. e. estrada Mexico - Costa Rica

Sarota estrada estrada; [NL4A], #824a; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

S. e. sabanilla Hall, 1998 S.Ecuador

Sarota estrada sabanilla Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 14, f. 16e-h, 36b; TL: Ecuador Zamora-Chinchipe, Zamora-Loja rd., nr Sabanilla, Quebrada San Ramon, 1700m

Sarota estrada sabanilla; [NL4A], #824b; [BOA]

Sarota gamelia Godman & Salvin, [1886]

Honduras - Ecuador, Venezuela - Peru, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso, SE.Brazil), Guianas, Trinidad. See [maps]

Sarota gamelia Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 436; TL: Bugaba, Panama

Charis gamelia; [BOW]: pl. 71, f. 33 (text only); [CoL]
Sarota gamelia; [BCR2], 199; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 15, f. 17a-f, 37; [NL4A], #825; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota gamelia (= Sarota myrtea); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113

S. g. gamelia Panama

Sarota gamelia gamelia; [NL4A], #825a; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

S. g. alba Hall, 1998 Peru

Sarota gamelia alba Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 16?; TL: Peru

Sarota ?sp.; D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053
Sarota gamelia alba; [NL4A], #825b; [BOA]

Sarota acantus (Stoll, 1782)

Costa Rica - Amazonas. See [maps]

Papilio acantus Stoll, 1782

Sarota acantus acantus; [iNaturalist]
Sarota acantus; [BCR2], 200; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 16?; [NL4A], #826; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Sarota acanthus[sic] (= Sarota gyas); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113
Sarota acantus (= Sarota completa); D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053
Sarota acantus (= Sarota myrtea); [BCR2]: 16 & 18

Sarota miranda Brévignon, 1998

Colombia - Bolivia, Brazil (Amazon), Guianas, Trinidad. See [maps]

Sarota miranda Brévignon, 1998; Lambillionea 98: 313, f. 45-48; TL: Lac des Américains, Matoury, French Guiana

Sarota miranda; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 17, f. 19a-d, 39; [NL4A], #827; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Sarota gyas (Cramer, [1775])

Colombia - Peru, Brazil (Amazon, Mato Grosso). See [maps]

Papilio gyas Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1: (3) 45, pl. 28, f. F,G; TL: Bartica, Guyana
Charis gyadis Hübner, [1819]; (emend.)
- = ; [NL4A], #828

Charis gyas; [CoL]
Sarota gyas; Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 436; [BCR2], 199; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 17, f. 20a-e, 40; [NL4A], #828; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Charis gyas (= Sarota acantus); [BOW]: pl. 71, f. 33
Sarota gyas (= Sarota acantus or miranda); Seitz, 1916-18, pl. 113
Sarota gyas (= Sarota acantus); D'Abrera, 1994, 1052-1053
Sarota gyas (= Sarota acantus); [BCR2]: front cov.

Sarota myrtea Godman & Salvin, [1886]

Mexico - Ecuador, Venezuela - Argentina. See [maps]

Sarota myrtea Godman & Salvin, [1886]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 437; TL: Cubilguitz, Vera Paz, Guatemala

Charis myrtea; [BOW]: pl. 71, f. 33 (text only)
Sarota myrtea; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 703; [BCR2], 199; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 17, f. 21a-f, 41; [NL4A], #829; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

Sarota lasciva (Stichel, 1911)

Colombia - Peru, Brazil (Amazon), Guianas. See [maps]

Charis gyas f. lasciva Stichel, 1911; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (B): 250; TL: Manaus, C.Brazil
Charis acanthus flavicincta Lathy, 1932; Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (10) 9: 70; TL: San Ramon, C. Peru
- = ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18; [NL4A], #830
Sarota flavicincta atlantica Brévignon & Gallard, 1998; Lambillionea 98 (2): 313, f. 41-44; TL: Matoury, French Guiana
- = ; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18; [NL4A], #830

Sarota acantus flavicincta; [iNaturalist]
Sarota lasciva; Hall, 1998, Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18, f. 22a-d, 42; [NL4A], #830; [iNaturalist]

Sarota completa Hall, 1998

S.Venezuela - Bolivia, W.Brazil. See [maps]

Sarota completa Hall, 1998; Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 18, f. 23a-d, 43; TL: Brazil, Amazonas, Ega

Sarota completa; [NL4A], #831; [iNaturalist] ; [BOA]

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Bates, 1868
A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 9 (38): 367-372 (1867), (39): 373-436 (1868), (40): 437-459 (1868)
Brévignon & Gallard, 1998
Inventaire des Riodinidae de Guyane Francaise. IV-Riodininae: Symmachini, Charitini, Helicopini. Description de nouveaux taxa (Lepidoptera) Lambillionea 98 (2): 304-320
Cramer, [1775]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
Westwood, 1851
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848), (1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Dyar, 1918
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 54 (2239) : 335-372
Godman & Salvin, [1886]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. Vol. 1. (1879-1886) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 1-487, 3: pl. 1-24,24a,25-112
Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Hall, 1998
A review of the genus Sarota Trop. Lepid. 9 (Suppl. 1): 1-21
Hall, Harvey & Janzen, 2004
Life history of Calydna sturnula with a review of larval and pupal balloon setae in the Riodinidae Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 97 (2): 310-321
Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Rhopalocera (Tagfalter) Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (II) 1 (1-2): pl. [1-10], f. 1-22 (1850), 1 (3): pl. 11-14, f. 23-60 (1853), 1 (4): pl. 15-18, f. 61-78 (1855), 1 (5): pl. [19-22], f. 79-94 (1856), 1 (?6): pl. [23-24], f. 95-102 (1858), 1: 1-52 (1856), 1: 53-84 (1858), 2: pl. [25-28], f. 103-123 (1869)
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Lathy, 1932
New species and races of Erycinidae (Lepidoptera) Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (10) 9 : 65-74
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Schaus, 1913
New Species of Rhopalocera from Costa Rica Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1913 (3) : 339-367, pl. 50-54
Schaus, 1928
New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 30 (3) : 46-58
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, [1888]
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Stichel, 1910
Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains.) (Lep. Rhop.) Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2) : 9-103
Stichel, 1911
Fam. Riodinidae. Allgemeines. Subfam. Riodininae. in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112 (A): 1-238, pl. 1-23 (1910), (B): 239-452, pl. 24-27 (1911)
Stichel, 1929
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Riodinidenfauna Südamerikas. X. (Lep. Rhop.) Dt. Ent. Z. 1929 (3): 199-208
Stoll, [1782]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
[BCR2]; DeVries, 1997
Riodinidae The Butterflies of Costa Rica 2

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