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Amphidecta Butler 1867

Andrew V. Z. Brower
Containing group: Pronophilina

Introduction

Amphidecta has been a taxonomic enigma. Miller (1968) placed the genus in Pronophilina, but Lamas (2004) removed it, placing it as incertae sedis at the end of Satyrinae. Freitas (2004) described the larva of A. reynoldsi, and suggested that it is similar to larvae of the pronophiline Eteona.

References

Freitas AVL. 2004. Immature stages of Amphidecta reynoldsi (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). J. Lepid. Soc. 58.

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Miller LD. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Mem. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 24: 1-174.

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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