Candidus elathea, CRAMER, 1777

Chainey, John E., 2005, The species of Papilionidae and Pieridae (Lepidoptera) described by Cramer and Stoll and their putative type material in the Natural History Museum in London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3), pp. 283-337 : 321

ELATHEA CRAMER, 1777

Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] elathea Cramer, 1777: 5 , 148, pl.99, figs C, D [original plate 67, figs B, B]. ‘J’ai reçu celui-ci de la Virginie’ [I have received this from Virginia] [error – Haiti? or Jamaica?].

Papilio Danaus Candidus elathea, Stoll, 1782b: 6 [No. 82].

Material examined. No potential Cramer specimens located.

Current status. Valid species in Eurema ( Lamas, 2004b) .

EPAPHIA CRAMER, 1779

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Pap[ilio] Dan[aus] Cand[idus] epaphia Cramer, 1779: 26 , 174, pl.207, figs D, E [original plate 176, figs C, C]. Sierra Leone.

Papilio Danaus Candidus epaphia, Stoll, 1782b: 5 [No. 51].

Material examined. Syntype ♀, with van Lennep label ‘ No. 51 EPAPHIA Cr. III. 207. D. E. ’ (‘ orbona Boisd’ added in pencil) ( BMNH (E)#665128) is a good match with original plate 176, figs C, C; thorax damaged with some evidence of a second pinhole .

Current status. Valid species in Appias (Glutophrissa) ( Ackery et al., 1995) .

Figures

Figures 27–32. Fig. 27. Papilio creona Cramer (possible syntype). Fig. 28. Papilio crocale Cramer (syntype). Fig. 29. Papilio delia Cramer (syntype). Fig. 30. Papilio ecclipsis of Cramer. Fig. 31. Aphrissa statira Cramer (mislabelled specimen). Fig. 32. Papilio epaphia Cramer (syntype).