Genus Belenois Hübner, [1819]
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Belenois Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 92.  
    TS: Papilio calypso Drury, 1773 [African fauna] by monotypy.
[JS] Glycestha Billberg, 1820. Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 76.  
    TS: Papilio coronea Cramer, 1775 by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Amer. Arts Sci. 10(2): 178.
[JS] Pseudohuphina Stoneham, 1940. Bull. Stoneham Mus. (40): 4.  
    TS: Pieris raffrayi Oberthür 1878. Étud. Entomol. ?: 17, pl. 1, fig. 3 by original designation.
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793).  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Belenois calypso (Drury, [1773]) ; B. raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878) ; B. margaritacea Sharpe, 1891 ; B. java (Linnaeus, 1768) ; B. gidica (Godart, 1819) ; ...  
Bibliography  
Billberg G. J. 1820.
Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Stockholm: Gadelianis (Ed.). pp. i-ii, 1-138. (url)		  
  New taxon: Glycestha.  
     
Hübner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)		  
  New taxon: Belenois.  
     
Stoneham H. F. 1940.
Notes on the African genus Colotis, Hubnr. (Teracolus Swin.) and some new forms.
Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (40): 1-4. (url not available)		  
  New taxon: Pseudohuphina.  
Reference publications  
Della Bruna C., Galbo E. & Sbordoni V. 2004.
In: Bozano G. C., Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Pieridae part 1, Subfamily Pierinae (partim), Tribe Pierini (partim). Second Edition.
Milano: Omnes Artes (Ed.). pp. 1-86.		  
       
Janiczek A., Palahí A., Dapporto L., Díaz-Martínez G., Nazari V., García-Berro A., Bahleman F., Collins S. C., Akite P., Braby M. F., Backström N., Vila R., Suchan T. & Talavera G. 2026.
An Equatorial Hemispheric Barrier Shapes the Diversification of Migratory Belenois Butterflies.
Molecular Ecology 35(6): e70310. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70310		  
       
   
       
   
       
   
       
   
       
   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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