Dalla (skipper)

Dalla
Dalla caenides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Heteropterinae
Genus:	Dalla Mabille, 1904
Synonyms
Eumesia C. & R. Felder, [1867] Della Hayward, 1934 (misspelling) Dala DeVries, 1983 (misspelling)

Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Dalla:

• Dalla agathocles (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
• Dalla austini A.D. Warren, 2011
• Dalla bubobon (Dyar, 1921)
• Dalla caicus (Hewitson, 1868)
• Dalla calaon (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla cocha Evans, 1955
• Dalla cola Bell, 1959
• Dalla costala Evans, 1955
• Dalla cupavia (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla curia Evans, 1955
• Dalla cyprius (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla cypselus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
• Dalla dimidiatus (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
• Dalla diraspes (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla dividuum (Dyar, 1913)
• Dalla dognini (Mabille, 1889)
• Dalla dora Bell, 1947
• Dalla epiphaneus (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
• Dalla eryonas (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla faula (Godman, [1900])
• Dalla frater (Mabille, 1878)
• Dalla freemani Warren, 1997
• Dalla frontinia Evans, 1955
• Dalla gelus (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla genes (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla geon (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla grovius (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla hesperioides (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
• Dalla hilina (Butler, 1870)
• Dalla huanca Evans, 1955
• Dalla jelskyi (Erschoff, 1875)
• Dalla kemneri Steinhauser, 1991
• Dalla lalage (Godman, [1900])
• Dalla lenda Evans, 1955
• Dalla lethaea (Schaus, 1913)
• Dalla ligilla (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla lorda Evans, 1955
• Dalla mentor Evans, 1955
• Dalla merida Evans, 1955
• Dalla mesoxantha (Plötz, 1884)
• Dalla miser Evans, 1955
• Dalla nona Evans, 1955
• Dalla nubes Steinhauser, 1991
• Dalla octomaculata (Godman, [1900])
• Dalla orsines (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla oxaites (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla pincha Steinhauser, 1991
• Dalla polycrates (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
• Dalla pota Bell, 1959
• Dalla pulchra (Godman, [1900])
• Dalla quasca Bell, 1947
• Dalla ramirezi Freeman, 1969
• Dalla riza (Mabille, 1889)
• Dalla scylla (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla semiargentea (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
• Dalla sepia Evans, 1955
• Dalla spica Hayward, 1939
• Dalla steinhauseri Freeman, 1991
• Dalla superargentea Viloria, Warren & Austin, 2008
• Dalla superior Draudt, 1923
• Dalla taza Evans, 1955
• Dalla thalia Evans, 1955
• Dalla vinca Evans, 1955
• Dalla wardi Steinhauser, 2002
• Dalla xantha Steinhauser, 1991

Former species

Species formerly classified in the genus Dalla include:

• Dalla bos Steinhauser, 1991 transferred to Ladda bos (Steinhauser, 1991)
• Dalla caenides (Hewitson, 1868) transferred to Ladda caenides (Hewitson, 1868)
• Dalla calima Steinhauser, 1991 transferred to Ladda calima (Steinhauser, 1991)
• Dalla carnis Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda carnis (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla celsus Steinhauser, 2002 transferred to Ladda celsus (Steinhauser, 2002)
• Dalla connexa Draudt, 1923 transferred to Ladda connexa (Draudt, 1923)
• Dalla crithote (Hewitson, 1874) transferred to Ladda crithote (Hewitson, 1874)
• Dalla cuadrada (Weeks, 1901) transferred to Ladda cuadrada (Weeks, 1901)
• Dalla cypselides Weeks, 1901 (nom. nud.)
• Dalla decca Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda decca (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla disconnexa Steinhauser, 2002 transferred to Ladda disconnexa (Steinhauser, 2002)
• Dalla eburones (Hewitson, 1877) transferred to Ladda eburones (Hewitson, 1877)
• Dalla granites (Mabille, 1898) transferred to Ladda granites (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla ibhara (Butler, 1870) transferred to Ladda ibhara (Butler, 1870)
• Dalla mars Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda mars (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla mora Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda mora (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla monospila (Mabille, 1898) transferred to Ladda monospila (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla morva (Mabille, 1898) transferred to Ladda morva (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla ochrolimbata Draudt, 1923 transferred to Ladda ochrolimbata (Draudt, 1923)
• Dalla pantha Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda pantha (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla parma Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda parma (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla pedro Steinhauser, 2002 transferred to Ladda pedro (Steinhauser, 2002)
• Dalla plancus (Hopffer, 1874) transferred to Ladda plancus (Hopffer, 1874)
• Dalla pura Steinhauser, 1991 transferred to Ladda pura (Steinhauser, 1991)
• Dalla puracensis Steinhauser, 1991 transferred to Ladda puracensis (Steinhauser, 1991)
• Dalla quadristriga (Mabille, 1889) transferred to Ladda quadristriga (Mabille, 1889)
• Dalla roeveri Miller L.D. & J.Y. Miller, 1972 transferred to Piruna roeveri (L.D. Miller & J.Y. Miller, 1972)
• Dalla rosea Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda rosea (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla rubia Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda rubia (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla seirocastnia Draudt, 1923 transferred to Ladda seirocastnia (Draudt, 1923)
• Dalla simplicis Steinhauser, 1991 transferred to Ladda simplicis (Steinhauser, 1991)
• Dalla ticidas (Mabille, 1898) transferred to Ladda ticidas (Mabille, 1898)
• Dalla tona Evans, 1955 transferred to Ladda tona (Evans, 1955)
• Dalla vista Steinhauser, 2002 transferred to Ladda vista (Steinhauser, 2002)
• Dalla xicca (Dyar, 1913) transferred to Ladda xicca (Dyar, 1913)

References

• Mabille, 1904, in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 17B: 107
• Ackery, P., R. de Jong and R. I. Vane-Wright, 1999, The Butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea. in Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology 4(35):263-300 (ed. N. P. Kristensen). Berlin: de Gruyter.
• Freeman, H.A., 1969: Records, new species, and a new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico (Supplement 2). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23 (suppl. 2): 1-64. Full article: [1].
• Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
• Mielke, O.H.H., 1992 (1991): Notas sinonímicas sobre Hesperiidae Neotropicais, com descrições de novos géneros, espécies e subespécies (Lepidoptera). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 7 (4): 503-524. Full article: [2].
• Miller, L.D. & J.Y. Miller, 1972: New high-altitude Hesperiinae from Mexico and Ecuador (Hesperiidae). Bull. Allyn Museum 7: 1-7. Full article: [3]
• Steinhauser, S.R., 2002: Five new species of Dalla from Colombia and Ecuador (Hesperiidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56 (1): 53-61. Full article: [4].
• Viloria, A.L. ; A.D. Warren & G.T. Austin 2008: A spectacular new Dalla Mabille, 1904 from Venezuela-Colombia (Hesperiidae: Heteropterinae). Bulletin of the Alyyn Museum 156: 1-12. Full article [5].
• Warren, A.D., 2011: A new species of Dalla from Chiapas, Mexico (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Heteropterinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 21 (1): 7-12.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database