Subgenus 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).
[JS] Zizera Moore, 1881. Lepid. Ceylon 1: 78.  
    TS: Papilio alsus Schiffermüller, 1775 (=Papilio minimus Fuessly, 1775) by original designation.
[JS] Lycaena (Tiora) Evans, 1912. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21(3): 984-985.  
    TS: Papilio sebrus Hübner, 1824 by designation of Hemming, 1929. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.(10)3: 242.
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 species found in the Western Palearctic: Cupido (Cupido) osiris (Meigen, [1829]) ; Cupido (Cupido) minimus (Fuessly, 1775) ; Cupido (Cupido) lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]).  
(3) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Cupido (Cupido) staudingeri (Christoph, 1873) ; Cupido (Cupido) buddhista (Alphéraky, 1881) ; …  
Bibliography  
Evans W. H. 1912.
A list of Indian Butterflies.
The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21(3): 969-1007. (url)
New taxon:Lycaena (Tiora).		  
       
Hemming F. 1929.
Notes on the generic names of the Holarctic Lycænidæ (Lep. Rhop.).
The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology (10)3: 217-245. (url)		  
       
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)		  
       
Moore F. [1881].
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. [Volume I]. pp. i-xii, 1-190, pl. 1-71. (url)
New taxon:Zizera.		  
       
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		  
 
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