Leonila Vazquez García, Mexican entomologist (Jimenez, Chihuahua State 17 January 1911 – Ciudad de Mexico 30 January 1995)

Authored 52 papers

DESCRIBED VALID LEPIDOPTERA TAXA

Species

Anteos atromarginatus 1952

Astala hoffmanni 1941

Oiketicus zihuatanejensis 1951

Rhescynthis septentrionalis 1965

Synopsia eximia 1939 with Hoffmann

Subspecies

Antheraea polyphemus tuxtlasensis 1994 with Balcazar

Aphrissa statira candens 1949

Aphrissa statira concolor 1949

Aphrissa statira impunctata 1949

Aphrissa statira subtermaculata 1949

Battus philenor insularis 1957

Citheronia splendes queretana 1944

Heraclides erostratus erostratinus 1947

Mimoides ilus occiduus 1957

Papilio pharnaces dissimilis 1957

Papilio pharnaces paucimaculata 1947

Phoebis intermedia subfasciata 1949

Phoebis neocypris rubrofasciata 1952

Pieriballia viardi intermedia 1954

Strymon istapa clarionica 1958

Thecla collumela socorroica 1958

Zerene caesonia albida 1949

HONOURS

Genus Vazquezitocoris Brailovsky 1990 (Hemiptera)

Honorary Member, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, England (1977)

Biographical data in The Lepidopterist’s Society Commemorative Volume (1977)