Altopedaliodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Pronophilina
Genus: Altopedaliodes
Species: A. albarregas – A. belmira – A. cocytia – A. halli – A. kruegeri – A. kurti – A. llanganati – A. nebris – A. nucea – A. pasicles – A. perita – A. pilimbala – A. reissi – A. scydmaena – A. similis – A. tena – A. zsolti
Name

Altopedaliodes Forster, 1964

Type species: Pronophila tena Hewitson, 1869 by original designation.
References

Adams, M.J., 1986: Pronophiline butterflies (Satyridae) of the three Andean Cordilleras of Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 235–320.
Forster, W. 1964. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188. full aticle (PDF). Reference page.
Henao-Bañol, E.R., Páez, A. & Rodríguez-M, J.V. 2017. A new species of Altopedaliodes Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the high basin of the Bogotá river, Colombia. Boletín Científico del Centro de Museos de Historia Natural 21(1): 217-225. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Padrón, P.S., Pyrcz, T.W. & Willmott, K.R. 2021. A Contribution Towards Resolving the Systematics of the High-Altitude Tropical Andean Satyrine Genus: Altopedaliodes Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalinae: Satyrinae). Neotropical Entomology 50: 767–803. DOI: 10.1007/s13744-021-00897-9. Paywall. Reference page.
Pyrcz, T.W. 1999a. The E. Krüger collection of pronophiline butterflies, Part 1: Introduction, genera Altopedaliodes to Lymanopoda. Lambillionea 99(2): 221–240. Reference page.
Pyrcz, T.W. & Viloria, A.L., 1999b: Contributions to the knowledge of Ecuadorian Pronophilini, Part 1, New pedaliodines. Genus:, 10 (1): 117–150. Full article: [1].
Viloria, A.L. & Pyrcz T.W., 2001: Revalidación y revisión de Steromapedaliodes Forster, con description de dos especies nuevas (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Anartia, 15: 1–2. Full article: [2]

Altopedialiodes is a genus of satyrid butterflies.[1]

The type species, by original designation, is Pronophila tena Hewitson, 1869. [2]

There are ten recognised species in the Neotropics, including one undescribed species.[3]
Species

Altopedaliodes cocytia (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Altopedaliodes kruegeri Pyrcz, 1999
Altopedaliodes kurti Pyrcz & Viloria, 1999
Altopedaliodes nebris (Thieme, 1905)
Altopedaliodes pasicles (Hewitson, 1872)
Altopedaliodes perita (Hewitson, 1868)
Altopedaliodes reissi (Weymer, 1890)
Altopedaliodes tena (Hewitson, 1869)
Altopedaliodes zsolti Pyrcz & Viloria, 1999

References

"Altopedaliodes Forster, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Forster (1964) Veröff. zool. Staatssamml. München 8:148 (in foot-note), figs
Gerardo Lamas 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. CheckList: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea Scientific Publishers.