Tribe Lycaenini [Leach], [1815]
       
Synonyms  
[ORIG] Lycaenida [Leach], [1815]. In: Brewster, Edinburgh Ency. 9(1): 129.  
    TG: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.  
[JS] Lycaenides Herrich-Schäffer, [1843]. Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Eur. 1(1): 16.  
    TG: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.  
[RJ] Chrysophanidi Scudder, 1889. Butt. east U.S. & Canada 2: 793.  
    TG: Chrysophanus HĂĽbner, 1818 ; rejected by Opinion 541 (ICZN, 1959).  
Notes  
(1) List of the genera found in the Western Palearctic: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.  
(2) List of the genera not found in the Western Palearctic: Lafron Grishin, 2020 ; Tharsalea Scudder, 1876 ; Iophanus Draudt, 1920 ; …  
(3) Chrysophanidi Scudder, 1889 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology, name no. 287 by Opinion 541 (ICZN, 1959. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(8): 87-102).  
Bibliography  
Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W. 1843-1856.
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  New taxon: Lycaenides.  
       
ICZN, 1959.
Opinion 541 - Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic names Chrysophanus HĂĽbner, 1818, and Bithys HĂĽbner, 1818 (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 165).
Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(8): 87-102. (url)
  
       
[Leach W. E.]. 1815.
In: Brewster, Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Volume IX. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood (Ed.). pp. 57-172. (url)
  
  New taxon: Lycaenida.  
       
Scudder S. H. 1889.
The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada with special reference to New England. Vol. II, Lycaenidae, Papilionidae, Hesperidae.
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  New taxon: Chrysophanidi.  
       
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera
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