Dynamic Checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Hyperlinked to Systematics, Genetics and Distribution Papilionoidea Synonyms
List of the genus found in the Western Palearctic: Heteropterus Duméril, 1806 ; Carterocephalus Lederer, 1853.
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List of the genus not found in the Western Palearctic: Leptalina Mabille, 1904 ; Pulchroptera Hou, Fan & Chiba, 2021 ; …
Bibliography
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New taxon: Heteropterinae.
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New taxon: Carterocephalini.
Reference publications
Chiba H., Bozano G. C. & Fan X. 2023. Guide to the Butterflies of the palearctic region. Hesperiidae, part 1: Subfam. Coeliadinae & Heteropterinae. Milano: Omnes Artes (Ed.). pp. 1-71, fig. (url not available).
Toussaint E. F. A., Breinholt J. W., Earl C., Warren A. D., Brower A. V. Z., Yago M., Dexter K. M., Espeland M., Pierce N. E., Lohman D. J. & Kawahara A. Y. 2018.
Anchored phylogenomics illuminates the skipper butterfly tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18(101): 1-11, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1216-z)
Toussaint E. F. A, Ellis E. A., Gott R. J., Warren A. D., Dexter K. M., Storer C., Lohman D. J. &Kawahara A. Y. 2021.
Historical biogeography of Heteropterinae skippers via Beringian and post-Tethyan corridors. Zoologica Scripta 50(1): 100-111, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12457)
Warren A. D., Ogawa J. R. & Brower A. V. Z. 2009.
Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology 34: 467–523, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x)
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera Editors-in-Chief: Michel Taymans & Sylvain Cuvelier