Dalla (skipper)

Genus of butterflies

Dalla

Dalla caenides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Subfamily:  | Heteropterinae
Genus:  | Dalla
Mabille, 1904[1]
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

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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

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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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dalla.

Wikispecies has information related to Dalla (skipper).

1. ^ Dalla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

* 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][permanent dead link].
* 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

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* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Taxon identifiers

Dalla|

* Wikidata: Q1768783
* Wikispecies: Dalla
* BioLib: 776933
* BOLD: 309140
* ButMoth: 7904.0
* CoL: 926KY
* EoL: 20174
* GBIF: 1948175
* iNaturalist: 87839
* Insecta.pro: 26730
* IRMNG: 1314392
* LepIndex: 182913
* NCBI: 1105815
* Open Tree of Life: 421308