Subgenus Lycaena Fabricius, 1807
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Lycaena Fabricius, 1807. In: Illiger, Mag. Insektenk. 6: 285-286.  
    TS: Papilio phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 by subsequent designation by Curtis, [1828]. Brit. Entomol. 5: 12.
[NN] Lycia Sodoffsky, 1837. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 10: 81-82.  
    TS: Papilio phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 through Article 67.8 Code ICZN (Lycia is a replacement name for Lycaena Fabricius, 1807).
[JS] Rumicia Tutt, 1906. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 18(5): 131.  
    TS: Papilio phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 by original designation.
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761).  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Lycaena (Lycaena) hypophlaeas (Boisduval, 1852) ; L. (Lycaena) kiyokoae Sakai, 1978 ; L. (Lycaena) sichuanica Bozano & Weidenhoffer, 2001 ; …  
Bibliography  
Curtis J. 1823-1840.
British entomology ; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland,… London: Ellis & Co (Ed.). unnumbered. (url)		  
       
Fabricius J. C. 1807.
Systema Glossatorum.In: Illiger, Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx.
Magazin für Insektenkunde 6: 279-289. (url)
New taxon: Lycaena.		  
       
Sodoffsky W. 1837.
Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge.
Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 10: 76-97. (url)
New taxon: Lycia.		  
       
Tutt J. W. 1906.
A Study of the Generic names of the British Lycaenides and their close allies.
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 18(5): 129-132. (url)
New taxon: Rumicia.		  
 
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