Genus Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 110.  
    TS: Papilio alceae Esper, [1780] by designation by Opinion 181 (ICZN, 1946: 607) and by Opinion 270 (ICZN, 1954: 29).
[JS] Spilolhyrus Duponchel, [1835]. Hist. Nat. Lépid. suppl. 1. (url).  
    TS: Papilio alceae Esper, [1780] by designation by Opinion 270 (ICZN, 1954: 29).
[IS] Spilothyrus Duponchel, [1835]. Hist. Nat. Lépid. suppl. 1: 419.  
    Incorrect spelling for Spilolhyrus Duponchel, [1835].
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Carcharodus alceae (Esper, [1780]) ; Carcharodus tripolina (Verity, 1925).  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: -.  
(3) Carcharodus Hübner, [1819] was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, Name No. 686 by the Opinion 270.  
(4) Spilothyrus Duponchel, 1835 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology, Name No. 69 by the Opinion 270.  
Bibliography  
Duponchel P. A. J. 1832-[1835].
In: Godart, Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères ou papillons de France - Diurnes. Supplément aux tomes premier et deuxième. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis (Ed.). pp. 1-467, Pl. 1-50. (note on publication dates: 1832: 1-368, pl. 1-42 ; [1835]: 369-467, pl. 43-50) (url)		  
  New taxa: Spilolhyrus, Spilothyrus.  
     
Hübner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)		  
  New taxon: Carcharodus.  
     
ICZN. 1946.
Opinion 181: On the type of the genus Carcharodus Hübner, [1819], and its synonym Spilothyrus Duponchel, 1835 (Class Insecta, order Lepidoptera), genera based upon erroneously determined species.
Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2(51): 589-612. (url)		  
       
ICZN. 1954.
Opinion 270: Addition to the ‘Official List of Generic Names in Zoology’ of the names of five nominal genera of butterflies (Class Insecta, order Lepidoptera), originally established with misidentified type species, for which type species in harmony with accustomed usage were designated under the plenary powers in 1935.
Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(2): 25-40. (url)		  
Reference publications  
Coutsis J. G. 2016.
The male and female genital structures of skippers currently placed in the genus Carcharodus Hübner, [1819] and their taxonomic significance (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Pyrginae).
Phegea 44(3): 66-75, fig. (url)		  
       
Hinojosa J. C., Dapporto L., Brockmann E., Dincă V., Tikhonov V., Grishin N., Lukhtanov V. A. & Vila R. 2021.
Overlooked cryptic diversity in Muschampia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) adds two species to the European butterfly fauna.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2021(193): 847-859, fig. (url)		  
       
Zhang J., Brockmann E., Cong Q., Shen J. & Grishin N. V. 2020.
A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini).
Zootaxa 4748(1): 182-194, fig. (doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10)		  
       
Zhang J., Cong Q., Shen J., Song L. & Grishin N. V. 2023.
Genomics-based taxonomic rearrangement of Achlyodini and Carcharodini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae).
Insecta Mundi 1016: 1-33, fig. (url)		  
 
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