Dynamic Checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Hyperlinked to Systematics, Genetics and Distribution Papilionoidea Synonyms
List of the subtribe found in the Western Palearctic: Zizeerina Chapman, 1910 ; Tarucina Verity, 1943.
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List of the subtribe not found in the Western Palearctic:
Bibliography
Chapman T. A. 1910.
XVI. On Zizeeria (Chapman), Zizera (Moore), a group of Lycaenid Butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910(4): 479-497, pl. 51-60. (url)
New taxa: Zizeeriidi, Zizeeria,Zizina.
Stradomsky B. V. 2016.
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 12(1): 145-156. (url)
Reference publications
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A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 903-913. Article: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9. Supplementary Materials: (url)
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