The lectotype of Hesperocharis erota (Lucas, 1852)
(Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Pieridae)

‘Pieris Erota’ Lucas, 1852 (Description de nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris. — Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2) 4: 329). Type locality: ‘Colombie?’ (Lucas, 1852: 329).

Lectotype male, in MNHN Paris, designated by Abadjiev (2005: 130), with labels:
— (1) printed (on white paper with light green frame and lines) ‘MUSÉUM DE PARIS’, on the back side green label sticked, handwritten ‘P. Erota | Boisd’; (2) circle printed (on white paper with blue frame) ‘SYN- | TYPE’; (3) printed (on white paper in red) ‘TYPE’.
Type material originally not stated (Lucas, 1852: 329). Originally described and currently treated as a taxonomic species.


REFERENCES

Abadjiev, S. P. (2005): The primary types of Neotropical Pierinae in the collection of Laboratoire d’Entomologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Pieridae). — Atalanta 36 (1/2): 127—139, col. pls 3—5.
Lucas, P. H. (1852): Description de nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris. — Rev. Mag. Zool., Paris (2) 4: 189—198, 290—295, 327.
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