Bolla (butterfly) explained

Bolla is a genus of spread-winged skippers found from Mexico to South America.^[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.^{[1] [2]}

• Bolla antha Evans, 1953
• Bolla atahuallpai (Lindsey, 1925) – Atahuallpa bolla
• Bolla boliviensis (Bell, 1937) – Bolivian bolla
• Bolla brennus (Godman & Salvin, [1896]) – obscure sooty wing or obscure bolla
• Bolla catharina (Bell, 1937)
• Bolla cupreiceps (Mabille, 1891) – gold-headed bolla, golden-headed bolla
• Bolla cybele Evans, 1953 – Veracruz bolla
• Bolla cyclops (Mabille, 1877) – cyclops bolla
• Bolla cylindus (Godman & Salvin, [1896]) – green bolla
• Bolla dorsolaciniae Steinhauser, 1989
• Bolla eusebius (Plötz, 1884) – spatulate sootywing, mauve bolla
• Bolla evippe (Godman & Salvin, [1896]) – Salvin's bolla
• Bolla fenestra Steinhauser, 1991 – Oaxacan bolla
• Bolla giselus (Mabille, 1883) – variable bolla
• Bolla imbras (Godman & Salvin, [1896])
• Bolla mancoi (Lindsey, 1925)
• Bolla morona (Bell, 1940)
• Bolla nigerrima Mabille & Boullet, 1917
• Bolla oiclus (Mabille, 1889) – rounded bolla
• Bolla orsines (Godman & Salvin, [1896]) – Goodman's bolla
• Bolla phylo Mabille, 1903
• Bolla saletas (Godman & Salvin, [1896]) – coppery bolla
• Bolla solitaria Steinhauser, 1991 – solitary bolla
• Bolla sonda Evans, 1953 – Evans' bolla
• Bolla subapicatus (Schaus, 1902) – pine-oak bolla
• Bolla zora Evans, 1953
• Bolla zorilla (Plötz, 1886) – shining bolla

Former species

• Bolla clytius (Godman & Salvin, [1897]) - transferred to Clytius clytius (Godman & Salvin, [1897])
• Bolla litus (Dyar, 1912) - transferred to Pholisora litus (Dyar, 1912)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/bolla/index.html Bolla
2. Jeffrey Glassberg (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. . pp.183-185.