Genus Cupido Schrank, 1801
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Cupido Schrank, 1801. Fauna Boica 2(1): 153, 206-220.  
    TS: Papilio minimus Fuessly, 1775 by subsequent designation by Opinion 503 (ICZN, 1958: 123).
Notes  
(1) Cupido Schrank, 1801 (with type species Papilio minimus Fuessly, 1775) was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology, no. 1248 by Opinion 503 (ICZN, 1958. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18(5): 121-140).  
(2) List of the subgenera found in the Western Palearctic: Cupido (Cupido) Schrank, 1801 ;Cupido (Everes) Hübner, [1819].  
(3) List of the subgenera not found in the Western Palearctic: Cupido (Lacturnea) Nazari & Fric, 2025 ;Cupido (Huegelia) Nazari & Fric, 2025 ;Cupido (Sinocupido) Lee, 1963 ; …  
Bibliography  
ICZN. 1958.
Opinion 503. Designation under the Plenary Powers of a type species in harmony with existing usage for the generic name Cupido Schrank, 1801 (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) and matters incidental thereto.
Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological 18(5): 121-140. (url)		  
       
Schrank F. von Paula - . 1801.
Schmetterlinge.
Favna Boica : durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere 2(1): 152-220. (url)
New taxon: Cupido.		  
Reference publications  
Nazari V., Hagen W. ten-, Walter J., Bartoňová A. S., Naderi A., Krupitsky A. V. & Fric Z. F. 2025.
Cupid’s sisterhood: comprehensive sampling sheds light on the systematics and evolution of the cosmopolitan butterfly genus Cupido Schrank, 1801 and its relatives (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(4): zlaf160, 1-15, fig. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf170		  
 
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera
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