Subgenus Helleia Verity, 1943
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Lycaena (Helleia) Verity, 1943. Farfalle diurne Italia 2: 20, 48.  
    TS: Papilio helle [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 by original designation.
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Lycaena (Helleia) helle ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775).  
(2) List of the subgenera not found in the Western Palearctic: -.  
(3) Zhang et al. (2022) treat the taxon Helleia as a distinct genus from Lycaena.  
Bibliography  
Verity R. 1943.
Le Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Volume secundo, Divisione Lycaenida. Firenze: Marzocco SA (Ed.). pp. i-xii, 1-401, pl. 5-19, pl. [morphology] III-IX. (url)
New taxon: Lycaena (Helleia).		  
Reference publications  
Zhang J., Cong Q., Shen J., Song L., Gott R., Boyer P. , Guppy C., Kohler S., Lamas G., Opler P.. & Grishin N. 2022.
Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies.
The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 10(7): 1-59, fig. (url)		  
 
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera
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