Subfamily Lycaeninae [Leach], [1815]
       
Synonyms  
[ORIG] Lycaenida [Leach], [1815]. In: Brewster, Edinburgh Ency. 9(1): 129.  
    TG: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.  
[JH] Lycaenides Herrich-Schäffer, [1843]. Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Eur. 1(1): 16.  
    TG: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.  
Notes  
(1) List of the tribes found in the Western Palearctic: Lycaenini [Leach], 1815.  
(2) List of the tribes not found in the Western Palearctic: Heliophorini Geyer, 1832.  
Bibliography  
Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1843-1856.
Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jakob Hubner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Sechster und letzter Band. Nachtrag zum ersten Bande. Regensburg: G. J. Manz (Ed.). pp. 1-38. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): [1851]: (48): 1-24 ; [1852]: (55): 25-38 ; [1856]: (69): Index univ. 1-48). (url)
  
  New taxon: Lycaenides.  
       
[Leach W. E.]. 1815.
In: Brewster, Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Volume IX. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood (Ed.). pp. 57-172. (url)
  
  New taxon: Lycaenida.  
       
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