Genus Cacyreus Butler, 1898
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Cacyreus Butler, 1898. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897(4): 845.  
    TS: Papilio lingeus Stoll, 1782 [Afrotropical fauna] by original designation.
[JH] Hyreus Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 70.  
    TS: Papilio lingeus Stoll, 1782 [Afrotropical fauna] by subsequent designation Butler, 1898: 845 ; nec Stephens, 1816.
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898.  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Cacyreus audeoudi Stempffer, 1936 ; Cacyreus darius (Mabille, 1877) ; Cacyreus dicksoni Pennington, 1962 ; Cacyreus ethiopicus Tite, 1961 ; Cacyreus lingeus (Stoll, [1782]) ; Cacyreus niebuhri Larsen, 1982 ; Cacyreus fracta (Grünberg, 1911) ; ...  
Bibliography  
Butler A. G. 1898.
On three consignments of Butterflies collected in Natal in 1896 and 1897 by Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S.
Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London 1897(4): 835-857, pl. 1. (url)
New taxon: Cacyreus.		  
       
Hübner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)
New taxon: Hyreus.		  
 
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