Genus Gonepteryx Leach, 1815
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Gonepteryx Leach, 1815. In: Brewster, Edinburgh Encycl. 9: 127-128.  
    TS: Papilio rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
[JS] Rhodocera Boisduval & Leconte, [1830]. Hist. LĂ©p. Am. sept.: 70.  
    TS: Papilio rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation by Blanchard, 1840. Hist. Nat. Ins. 3: 431.
[JS] Earina Speyer, 1839. Isis 1839(2): 98.  
    TS: Papilio rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation by Klots, 1931. Entomol. Amer. (NS)12(3): 179.
[JS] Eugonepteryx Nekrutenko, 1968. Phyl. geogr. distr. Gonepteryx: 27, 57.  
    TS: Papilio rhamni Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation by Kudrna, 1975. Entomol. Gaz. 26(1) : 12.  
[JS] Isogonepteryx Nekrutenko, 1968. Phyl. geogr. distr. Gonepteryx: 27, 47.  
    TS: Papilio cleopatra Linnaeus, 1767by original designation.
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758) ; G. cleobule (HĂĽbner, [1824]) ; G. cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767) ; G. palmae Stamm, 1963 ; G. maderensis C. Felder, 1862 ; G. farinosa (Zeller, 1847).  
(2) List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Gonepteryx nepalensis Doubleday, 1847 ; G. chinensis Verity, 1909 ; G. maxima Butler, 1885 ; G. amintha Blanchard, 1871 ; G. chitralensis (Moore, 1905) ; G. niphonica Bollow, 1930 ; G. aspasia (MĂ©nĂ©triĂ©s, 1859) ; G. mahaguru Gistel, 1857 ; G. taiwana Paravicini, 1913.  
Bibliography  
Blanchard C. E. 1840.
Lépidoptères.
In: Castelnau, Histoire naturelle des insectes. Tome troisième. Paris: P. Duménil (Ed.). pp. 417-560, pl. 1-22. (url)
TS designation for Rhodocera Boisduval & Leconte, [1830].		  
       

Boisduval J.-B. A. Dechauffour de - & Leconte J. 1833 [1829]-[1834].
Histoire générale et iconographie des lépidoptères et des chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale. Tome premier. Paris: librairie encyclopédique de Roret (Ed.). pp. i-ii, 1-228, pl. 1-70, 1-8. (url)

  
  New taxon: Rhodocera.  
     
Klots O. 1975.
A generic revision of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera) ; Together with a study of the male genitalia.
Entomologica Americana (NS)12(3): 139–204. (url)
TS designation for Earina Speyer, 1839.		  
     
Kudrna O. 1975.
A revision of the genus Gonepteryx Leach.
Entomologist’s Gazette 26(1): 3–37. (url not available)
TS designation for Eugonepteryx Nekrutenko, 1968.		  
       
[Leach W. E.]. 1815.
Entomology.
In: Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Volume IX. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood (Ed.). pp. 57-172. (url)		  
  New taxon:Gonepteryx.  
     
Nekrutenko Y. P. 1968.
Filogenija i geografičeskoe rasprostranenie roda Gonepteryx (Lepidoptera, Pieridae): Opyt istoriko-zoogeografičeskogo issled  [Phylogeny and geographical distribution of the genus Gonepteryx (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). A study in historical zoogeography]. Kiev: Naukova Dumka (Ed.). pp. 1-128, pl. 1-20. (url not available)
  
  New taxa: Eugonepteryx, Isogonepteryx.  
     
Speyer A. 1839.
Lepidopterische Beyträge II.
Isis von Oken 1839(2): 89-126. (url)		  
  New taxon:Earina.  
Reference publications  
Bozano G. C., Coutsis J., Herman P., Allegrucci G., Cesaroni D. & Sbordoni V. 2016.
In: Bozano G. C., Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Pieridae part 3, Subfamily Coliadinae (partim), Subfamily Dismorphiinae. Milano: Omnes Artes (Ed.). pp. 1-70. (url not available)		  
 
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