Tribe Scolitantidini Tutt, [1907]
       
Synonyms  
[ORIG] Scolitantidi Tutt, [1907]. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 9: 327.  
    TG: Scolitantides Hübner, [1819].  
[JS] Glaucopsychidi Hemming, 1931. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 79(2): 324.  
    TG: Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872.  
[JS] Iolanidi Verity, 1943. Farfalle dirne Italia 2: 107.  
    TG: Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914.  
Notes  
(1) List of the genera or subgenera found in the Western Palearctic: Maculinea Eecke, 1915 ; Turanana Bethune-Baker, 1916 ; Rubrapterus Korshunov, 1990 ; Pseudophilotes Beuret, 1958 ; Iolana Bethune-Baker, 1914 ; Scolitantides Hübner, [1819] ; Praephilotes Forster, 1938 ;Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872 ; Apelles Hemming, 1931 ; …  
(2) List of the genera or subgenera not found in the Western Palearctic: Euphilotes Mattoni, [1978] ; Philotiella Mattoni, [1978] ;Sinocupido Lee, 1963 ; Micropsyche Mattoni, [1981] ; Caerulea Forster, 1938 ; Subsolanoides Koiwaya, 1989 ; Phengaris Doherty, 1891 ; Palaeophilotes Forster, 1938 ; Philotes Scudder, 1876 ; Phaedrotes Scudder, 1876 ; Sinia Forster, 1940 ; Shijimiaeoides Beuret, 1958 ; …  
Bibliography  
Hemming A. F. 1931.
Revision of the Genus Iolana, Bethune-Baker (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 79(2): 323-333, pl. 11. (url)
  
  New taxon: Glaucopsychidi.  
       
Tutt J. W. 1907-1908.
A natural history of the British Lepidoptera, their world-wide variation and geographical distribution ; a text-book for students and collectors. Vol. IX.
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Berlin: Friedländer & Sohn (Ed.). pp. i-x, 1-496, pl. 1-28. (url)
  
  New taxon: Scolitantidi.  
       
Verity R. 1943.
Le Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Volume secundo, Divisione Lycaenida. Firenze: Marzocco SA (Ed.). pp. i-xii, 1-401, pl. 5-19, pl. [morphology] III-IX. (url not available)
  
  New taxon: Iolanidi.  
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Taymans M. & Cuvelier S., 2026.
Toward a revised checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies, hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Part V: Rationale and framework for the Lycaenidae (part II).
AWPL 2026(2): 27-35. (url)		  
       
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera
Editors-in-Chief: Michel Taymans & Sylvain Cuvelier