Genus Colotis HĂĽbner, [1819]
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Colotis HĂĽbner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 97.  
    TS: Papilio amata Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10(2): 146.
[JH] Aphrodite HĂĽbner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 95.  
    TS: Papilio euippe Linnaeus, 1758 ; nec Aphrodite Link, 1807.
[JS] Idmais Boisduval, 1836. Hist. Nat. Ins. Spec. gĂ©n. LĂ©pid. 1: 584-585.  
    TS: Pontia chrysonome Klug, 1835 by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10(2): 196.
[JH] Calais Boisduval, 1836. Hist. Nat. Ins. Spec. gĂ©n. LĂ©pid. 1: 584-585.  
    [JS] of Idmais Boisduval, 1836 ; [JH] nec Calais Rafinesque, 1815.  
[JS] Callosune Doubleday, [1847]. In: Doubleday & Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lepid.: 57.  
    TS: Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10(2): 132.  
[JS] Anthopsyche Wallengren, 1857. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 2(4): 10-11.  
    TS: Papilio achine Stoll, 1781 by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 10(2): 114.
[JH] Ptychopteryx Wallengren, 1857. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 2(4): 17-18.  
    TS: Ptychopteryx bohemani Wallengren, 1857 by monotypy ; nec Ptychopteryx Leach, 1817.
[NN] Thespia Wallengren, 1858. Ă–fvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 15(2): 76-77.  
    TS: Thespia bohemani Wallengren, 1857 by monotypy ; Nom. nov. for Ptychopteryx Wallengren, 1857.
[[JS]] Calicharis OberthĂĽr, 1876. Étud. Entomol. 1: 18-19.  
    TS: Anthocharis delphine Boisduval, 1836 by subsequent designation by Hemming, 1939. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. B 8(7): 135.  
[JS] Madais Swinhoe, 1909. In: Moore, Lepid. Indica 7(79): 152.  
    TS: Papilio fausta Olivier, 1807 by original designation.  
     
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829) ;C. danae (Fabricius, 1775) ; C. chrysonome (Klug, 1829) ; C. fausta (Olivier, [1804]) ; C. phisadia (Godart, 1819).  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Colotis ephyia (Klug, 1829) ; C. evarne (Klug, 1829) ; C. incretus (Butler, 1881) ; C. auxo (Lucas, 1852) ; C. antevippe (Boisduval, 1836) ; C. euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) ; C. pallene (Hopffer, 1855) ; C. lais (Butler, 1876) ; C. daira (Klug, 1829) ; C. evanthe (Boisduval, 1836) ; …  
Bibliography  
Boisduval J.-B. A. Dechauffour de -. 1836.
Histoire naturelle des insectes - Species gĂ©nĂ©ral des lĂ©pidoptères. Vol. 1. Paris: Roret (Ed.). pp. i-xii, 1-690, 1-6 [explication des planches], pl. 1-24. (url)		  
  New taxa: Idmais, Calais.  
     
Doubleday E. [1847].
In: Doubleday & Westwood, The genera of diurnal lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (Ed.). pp. i-xi, 1-250, pl. 1-30. (url)		  
  New taxon: Callosune.  
     
HĂĽbner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)		  
  New taxa: Aphrodite, Colotis.  
     
OberthĂĽr C. 1876.
I. Étude de la Faune des Lépidoptères de l'Algérie.
Études d'entomologie, faunes entomologiques, description d'insectes nouveaux ou peu connus 1: [i]-xIii, 15-74, pl. 1-4. (url)		  
  New taxon: Calicharis.  
     
Scudder S. H.  1875.
Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10(2): 91-293. (url)		  
       
Swinhoe C. 1905-1910.
In: Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII - Rhopalocera, Fam. Papilionidae (subfamily Pierinae continued), Family Lycaenidae (subfamilies Gerydinae, Lycaenopsinae and Everinae). London: Lovell Reeve & Co (Ed.). pp. i-x, 1-256, pl. 551-634. (url)		  
  New taxon: Madais.  
     
Wallengren H. D. J. 1857.
Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum.
Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (4)2: 3-55. (url)		  
  New taxa: Anthopsyche, Ptychopteryx.  
     
Wallengren H. D. J. 1858.
Nya Fjäril-slägten.
Ă–fversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 15(2): 75-84. (url)		  
  New taxon: Thespia.  
Reference publications  
Nazari V., Larsen T. B., Lees D.C., Brattström O., Bouyer T., Van de Poel G. & Hebert P. D. N. 2011.
Phylogenetic systematics of Colotis and associated genera (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): evolutionary and taxonomic implications.
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49(3), 204–215, fig. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00620.x		  
 
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