Genus Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur & Graslin, [1833]
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur & Graslin, [1833]. Coll. icon. hist. Chen. Eur.: [31], pl. [Papillonides] 5.  
    TS: Papilio cardamines Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
[JH] Midea Herrich-Schäffer, 1867. Corresp.-Bl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 21(9): 105 ; 21(11): 143.  
    TS: Papilio genutia Fabricius, 1793 ; nec Bruzelius, [1855]. Beskr. Hydrachn.: 35.
[JS] Tetracharis Grote, 1898. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 37: 37.  
    TS: Anthocharis cethura Felder C. & Felder R., [1865] by monotypy.
[JS] Paramidea Kuznetsov, 1929. Lepid. Fauna U.S.S.R 1(2): 58.  
    TS: Anthocharis scolymus Butler, 1866 by original designation.
[JS] Anthocharis (Falcapica) Klots, 1930. Bull. Brooklyn Entomol. Soc. NS 25(2): 83.  
    TS: Papilio genutia Fabricius, 1793 by original designation ; Nom. nov. for Midea Herrich-Schäffer, 1867.  
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758) ; A. belia (Linnaeus, 1767) ; A. euphenoides Staudinger, 1869 ; A. gruneri Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] ; A. damone Boisduval, 1836.  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Anthocharis carolinae Back, 2006 ; A. thibetana Oberthür, 1886 ; A. bambusarum Oberthür, 1876 ; A. scolymus Butler, 1866 ; A. mandschurica (Bollow, 1939) ; A. bieti Oberthür, 1844 ; A. midea (Hübner, 1809) ; …  
Bibliography  
Boisduval J.-B. A. Dechauffour de - , Rambur P. & Graslin A. H. de - . 1832-[1837].
Collection iconographique et historique des chenilles, ou description et figures des chenilles d'Europe, avec l'histoire de leurs métamorphoses, et des applications à l'agriculture. Paris: Roret (Ed.). pp. [unnumbered], 126 pls. (url)		  
  New taxon: Anthocharis.  
     
Grote A. R. 1898.
Specializations of the lepidopterous wing ; the Pieri-Nymphalidae.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge 37: 17-44, pl. 1-3. (url)		  
  New taxon: Tetracharis.  
     
Herrich-Schäffer G. A. W.  1867.
Prodromus, Systematis Lepidopterorum (Fortsetzung).
Correspondenz-blatt des Zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereins in Regensburg 21(9): 100-106 (url) ; 21(11): 138-144. (url)		  
  New taxon: Anthocharis.  
     
Klots A. B. 1930.
A generic revision of the Euchloini (Lepidoptera, Pieridae).
Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, New Series 25(2): 80-95, pl. 6. (url)		  
  New taxon: Anthocharis (Falcapica).  
     
Kuznetsov N. Y.  1929.
Nasekomyye cheshuekrylyye (Lepidoptera) [Lepidoptera insects (Lepidoptera)].
Fauna Rossii i sopredelnykh stran [Fauna of Russia and adjacent countries] 1(2): ? (url not available)		  
  New taxon: Paramidea.  
Reference publications  
Back W. 2020.
In: Bozano G. C., Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Pieridae part 4, Subfamily Pierinae (partim), Tribe Anthocharidini. Milano: Omnes Artes (Ed.). pp. 1-102.		  
 
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