Pierella

Taxobox
name = "Pierella"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Pierella hecate"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Satyrinae
tribus = Haeterini
genus = "Pierella"
genus_authority = Westwood, 1851
type_species = "Papilio nereis"
type_species_authority = Drury, 1782
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* About 15 species, see text.

Pierella is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico through Central America to South America. The species of "Pierella" have larger hind-wings than fore, unique among butterflies. The oval green flash on the forewing is also unique. It is caused by diffraction, the wing scales forming a diffraction grating.

Larvae have been found on "Heliconia" and "Calathea" host plants.

Selected species

* "Pierella amalia"
* "Pierella astyoche"
* "Pierella helvina"
* "Pierella hortona"
* "Pierella hyalinus"
* "Pierella hyceta"
* "Pierella lamia"
* "Pierella lena"
* "Pierella lucia"
* "Pierella luna"
* "Pierella nereis"

Species list

Note: Names preceded by an equal sign ( = ) are synonyms. ORIG indicates original name. Source: [http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Haeterini.htm Nymphalidae Study Group website]

* "Pierella" Westwood, 1851 ( = "Pieris" Hübner, [1819] ; = "Antirrhaea" Westwood, 1851)
** "Pierella amalia" Weymer, 1885 ( = "Pierella lena" ab. "leucospila" Staudinger, 1887)
** "Pierella astyoche" (Erichson, [1849] )
*** "Pierella astyoche astyoche" (Erichson, [1849] ) original name "Hetaera" [sic] "astyoche" Erichson, [1849] ( = "Haetera larymna" Doubleday, [1849] )
*** "Pierella astyoche bernhardina" Bryk, 1953 ( = nom. nud. "Pierella astyoche" f. "obscura" W. Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948)
*** "Pierella astyoche stollei" Ribeiro, 1931
** "Pierella helvina" (Hewitson, 1859)
*** "Pierella helvina helvina" (Hewitson, 1859) original name "Haetera helvina" Hewitson, 1859
*** "Pierella helvina hymettia" Staudinger, [1886] ( = "Pierella incanescens werneri" Hering & Hopp, 1925)
*** "Pierella helvina incanescens" Godman & Salvin, 1877 ( = Pierella "incanescens costaricana" Niepelt, 1927)
*** "Pierella helvina ocreata" Salvin & Godman, 1868 ( = nom. nud. "Pierella ocreata" Butler, 1868)
*** "Pierella helvina pacifica" Niepelt, 1924 ( = "Pierello" [sic] "ocreata johnsoni" Talbot, 1932)
** "Pierella hortona" (Hewitson, 1854)
*** "Pierella hortona hortona" (Hewitson, 1854) original name "Haetera hortona" Hewitson, 1854 ( = "Haetera hortensia" C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862; = "Pierella hortona" f. "albopunctata" F.M. Brown, 1948; = "Pierella hortona" f. "ocellata" Smart, 1975)
*** "Pierella hortona albofasciata" Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914 ( = "Pierella albofaciata" [sic] "decepta" F.M. Brown, 1948)
** "Pierella hyalinus" (Gmelin, [1790] )
*** "Pierella hyalinus hyalinus" (Gmelin, [1790] ) original name "Papilio hyalinus" Gmelin, [1790] ( = "Pieris dracontis" Hübner, [1819] ; = "Pierella hyalinus fusimaculata" F.M. Brown, 1948)
*** "Pierella hyalinus extincta" Weymer, 1910
*** "Pierella hyalinus schmidti" Constantino, 1995
*** "Pierella hyalinus velezi" Constantino, 1995
** "Pierella hyceta" (Hewitson, 1859)
*** "Pierella hyceta hyceta" (Hewitson, 1859) original name "Haetera hyceta" Hewitson, 1859
*** "Pierella hyceta ceryce" (Hewitson, 1874) original name "Haetera ceryce" Hewitson, 1874
*** "Pierella hyceta latona" (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) original name "Haetera latona" C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867
** "Pierella lamia" (Sulzer, 1776)
*** "Pierella lamia lamia" (Sulzer, 1776) original name "Papilio lamia" Sulzer, 1776 ( = "Papilio rhea" Fabricius, 1775; = "Papilio dyndimene" Cramer, 1779; = "Pierella luna" ab. "albina" Oberthür, 1896; = "Pierella lamia" f. "fabriciana" Ebert, 1965)
*** "Pierella lamia boliviana" F.M. Brown, 1948
*** "Pierella lamia chalybaea" Godman, 1905 ( = "Haetera lamia" f. "columbina" E. Krüger, 1925)
** "Pierella lena" (Linnaeus, 1767)
*** "Pierella lena lena" (Linnaeus, 1767) original name "Papilio lena" Linnaeus, 1767 ( = "Papilio sectator" (Meerburgh, 1775))
*** "Pierella lena brasiliensis" (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) original name "Haetera brasiliensis" C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 ( = "Pierella lena glaucolena" Weymer, 1910; = nom.nud. "Pierella lena" f. "melanosa" W. Zikán & Wygodzinsky, 1948; = "Pierella lena" f. "obsoleta" F.M. Brown, 1948; = "Pierella lena browni" Forster, 1964)
** "Pierella lucia" Weymer, 1885 ( = "Pierella astyoche" var. "albomaculata" Staudinger, 1887)
** "Pierella luna" (Fabricius, 1793)
*** "Pierella luna luna" (Fabricius, 1793) original name "Papilio luna" Fabricius, 1793 ( = "Pierella luna" f. "rubra" F.M. Brown, 1948)
*** "Pierella luna lesbia" Staudinger, 1887
*** "Pierella luna pallida" (Salvin & Godman, 1868) original name "Hetaera" [sic] "pallida" Salvin & Godman, 1868
*** "Pierella luna rubecula" Salvin & Godman, 1868 ( = "Haetera heracles" Boisduval, 1870)
** "Pierella nereis" (Drury, 1782) original name "Papilio nereis" Drury, 1782

References