Rhabdoides Scudder, 1889

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Subgenus Rhabdoides Scudder, 1889 ; type species Eudamus cellus Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]

alector species group

Telegonus alector (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867)

Telegonus alector alector (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867); Colombia: Bogota

Telegonus alector ecuadoricus Grishin, ssp. n.; Ecuador: Esmeraldas

Telegonus hopfferi ( Plötz, 1881) , stat. rest.; Mexico [likely C or S Mexico] | was a subspecies of alector = Thracides uridon Dyar, 1912 ; Mexico: Guerrero

Telegonus missionus Grishin, sp. n.; USA: Texas, Hidalgo Co.

Telegonus gilberti (Freeman, 1969) , stat. rest.; Mexico: San Luis Potosí | was a synonym of hopfferi

Telegonus panavenus Grishin, sp. n.; Panama: Panamá

Telegonus pacificus Grishin, sp. n.; Peru: Piura

Telegonus amazonicus Grishin, sp. n.; Brazil: Rondônia

Telegonus bifascia ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ; likely Brazil

Telegonus bifascia bifascia ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ; likely Brazil

Telegonus bifascia siges Mabille, 1903 , comb. nov.; Brazil [likely S] | was a subspecies of creteus

elorus species group Telegonus crana (Evans, 1952) , stat. rest.; Guatemala: San Gerónimo | was a subspecies of creteus = Astraptes escalantei Freeman, 1967 ; Mexico: Chiapas | junior subjective synonym Telegonus pallidus Grishin, sp. n.; Panama: Darién

Telegonus subfuscus Grishin, sp. n.; Brazil: Santa Catarina

Telegonus cyprus (Evans, 1952) , stat. rest. | was a subspecies of creteus Telegonus cyprus crilla (Evans, 1952) , new ssp. placement; Ecuador: Zamora Telegonus cyprus cyprus (Evans, 1952) ; Bolivia: Yungas & La Paz Telegonus elorus (Hewitson, 1867) ; no data [likely SE or S Brazil]

= Eudamus blasius Plötz, 1881 ; “ Cuba ” [likely SE or S Brazil] | junior subjective synonym = Telegonus pheres Mabille, 1903 ; Brazil: Santa Catarina | junior subjective synonym = Telegonus subblasius Strand, 1921 ; Argentina: Misiones | junior subjective synonym

creteus species group

Telegonus grullus ( Mabille, 1888) , stat. rest.; Panama: Chiriquí | was a synonym of latimargo

Telegonus perumazon Grishin, sp. n.; Peru: Madre de Dios

Telegonus steinhauseri Grishin, sp. n.; Mexico: Veracruz

=‡ Telegonus chiriquensis form godmani Williams, 1927; Mexico (Tab) and Nicaragua | infrasubspecific Telegonus chiapus Grishin, sp. n.; Mexico: Chiapas

Telegonus chiriquensis Staudinger, 1875 ; Panama: Chiriquí

= Aethilla weymeri Plötz, 1882 ;? [ Panama] | junior subjective synonym

Telegonus colotrix Grishin, sp. n.; Colombia: Cauca

Telegonus erana (Evans, 1952) , stat. nov.; Ecuador: Balzapamba | was a subspecies of chiriquensis

Telegonus flavimargo Grishin, sp. n.; Costa Rica: Limón

Telegonus tinda (Evans, 1952) , stat. conf.; Brazil: Pará | Evans (1952) treated it as a subspecies of latimargo Telegonus creteus (Cramer, 1780) ; Suriname

Telegonus sobrasus Grishin, sp. n.; Brazil: Santa Catarina

parmenides species group

Telegonus chuchuvianus Grishin, sp. n.; Ecuador: Esmeraldas

Telegonus parmenides ( Stoll, 1781) , stat. rest.; likely Suriname | was a synonym of creteus

Telegonus panamus Grishin, sp. n.; Panama: Barro Colorado Island

Telegonus tatus Grishin, sp. n.; Panama: Panamá

Telegonus cretatus Hayward, 1939

Telegonus cretatus cretatus Hayward, 1939 ; Ecuador: Napo

= Astraptes alfius alfius Evans, 1952 ; Brazil: Amazonas | junior subjective synonym

Telegonus cretatus adoba (Evans, 1952) ; Brazil: Espirito Santo

Telegonus meretrix ( Hewitson, 1876) , stat. rest.; Ecuador | was a subspecies of chiriquensis

Telegonus fulvimargo Grishin, sp. n.; Peru: Cuzco

latimargo species group

Telegonus latimargo ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Telegonus latimargo aquila (Evans, 1952) , comb. n.; Colombia: Valle | was a subspecies of alardus

Telegonus latimargo latimargo ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ; Tropical America to USA

=‡ Telegonus cartomes Mabille & Boullet, 1912 ; no data | nomen nudum (proposed in synonymy)

= Telegonus fabrici Ehrmann, 1918 ; Venezuela: Caura Valley | junior subjective synonym (was of alardus ) Telegonus alardus (Stoll, 1790)

Telegonus alardus latia (Evans, 1952) ; Costa Rica

Telegonus alardus alardus (Stoll, 1790) ; Suriname

Telegonus alardinus Grishin, sp. n.; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro

Telegonus habana (Lucas, 1857) ; Cuba

Telegonus heriul Mabille & Boullet, 1912 ; " Brazil " [ Dominican Republic]

= Telegonus antiquus Skinner, 1920 ; Dominican Republic | junior subjective synonym

= Telegonus domingensis Joicey & Talbot, 1924 ; Dominican Republic | junior subjective synonym

galesus species group

Telegonus subflavus Grishin, 2022; Ecuador: Chimborazo

=‡ Telegonus galesus form subflavus Williams, 1927 ; Ecuador: Chimborazo | infrasubspecific name Telegonus galesus Mabille, 1888 ; Peru: Chanchamayo

Telegonus cassius (Evans, 1952) ; Costa Rica: Irazú

synonym of Aroma aroma (Hewitson, 1867) (type locality in Brazil: Pará) in the subfamily Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809 (pending search for it syntypes or neotype designation) and do not include this name in the list because it does not belong to Telegonus (Rhabdoides) . Evans (1952) treated this taxon as “ Astraptes chiriquensis oenander ” thus considering it to be related to the species in the above list.