Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Papilio sinapis Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)1: 468.  
    TL: Sweden.
[JH] Papilio candidus Retzius, 1783. Gen. Spec. Ins.: 30.  
    TL: - ; nec Papilio candida Cramer, [1780]: 82.
[JS] Papilio erysimi Borkhausen, 1788. Naturg. eur. Schmett.1: 132-133.  
    TL: Germany.
[RJ] Leptosia lathyri Hübner, [1819]. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 95.  
    TL: -.  
[JS] Leucophasia loti Rennie, 1832. Consp. Brit. Butt. Moths: 4-5.  
    TL: Kent, Surrey,… (UK).
[JS] Leucophasia sinapis var. diniensis Boisduval, 1840.Gen. Ind. Meth. Eur. Lepid.: 6.  
    TL: Digne (S France).
[JS] Leucophasia umbratica Trimoulet, 1858. Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 22: 12.  
    TL: Pessac (Gironde dep., SW France).
[JS] Leucophasia sinapis var. sartha Rühl, 1893. In: Heyne, Pal. Grossschmett.: 143.  
    TL: S Europe, Asia Minor.  
[IFS] Leptidea sinapis sinapis deserticola Verity, [1908]. Rhopal. Pal.: 202.  
    TL: Shar Deresy (Syria).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis var. syriaca Culot, 1909. Bull. Soc. Lépid. Genève1(3): 248.  
    TL: Syria.
[JS] Leptidea sinapis race corsica Verity, [1911]. Rhopal. Pal.: 343.  
    TL: Corsica (S France).  
[JS] Leptidea sinapis race majorides Verity, [1911]. Rhopal. Pal.: 344.  
    TL: Kiev (Ukraine).
[JS] Leptidea (Leucophasia) sinapis ssp. stabiarum Stauder, 1914. Z. Wiss. Insektbiol. 10: 371, pl. 2, fig. 5-6.  
    TL: Monte Faito (Campania, Italy).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis f. obscurata Verity, 1916. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 48: 182.  
    TL: Elba Isl. (Italy).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis f. transiens Verity, 1916. Entomol. Rec. J. Var.28(5): 98.  
    TL: New Forest (UK).  
[JS] Leptidea sinapis f. bivittata Verity, 1916. Entomol. Rec. J. Var.28(5): 98.  
    TL: Tuscany (Italy).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis race nigrescens Verity, 1919. Entomol. Rec. J. Var.31(5): 87.  
    TL: Arno (Italy).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis detersa Rocci, 1920. Atti Soc. Ligust. Sci. Nat. 30: 185.  
    TL: Liguria (NW Italy).  
[JS] Leptidea sinapis lineata Rocci, 1920. Atti Soc. Ligust. Sci. Nat. 30: 185.  
    TL: Liguria (NW Italy).
[JS] Leptiosia sinapis race acuta Verity, 1922. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 34(5): 90.  
    TL: Austria.
[SN] Leptiosia sinapis race deserticola Verity, 1922. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 34(5): 90.  
    Stat. nov. for. Leptidea sinapis sinapis deserticola Verity, 1908.
[SN] Leptosia sinapis race bivittata Verity, 1922. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 34(5): 91.  
    Stat. nov. for. Leptidea sinapis f. bivittata Verity, 1917.  
[JS] Leptosia sinapis monovittata Verity, 1924. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 36(7-8): 111.  
    TL: Forte dei Marmi (Lucca prov., Italy).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis race pseudodiniensis Pfeiffer, 1927. Mitt. Munch. Entomol. Ges. 17: 35-36.  
    TL: Anatolia (W Turkey).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis pumilia Dannehl, 1933. Entomol. Z. 46(22): 232.  
    TL: S Maiella (C Italy).  
[JS] Leptidea sinapis mendesi Bryk, 1940. Arkiv Zool. 32A(22): 9.  
    TL: Cintra (C Portugal).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis race lathyri-cana Verity, 1947. Farfalle diurne Italia 3: 131.  
    TL: Sappada (Udine prov. NE Italy).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis ssp. maitenensis Schmidt-Koehl, 1968. Entomol. Z. 75: 227.  
    TL: TL: Granada, Sierra Nevada (S Spain).
[JS] Leptidea sinapis ssp. colladoi Fernandez-Rubio, 1969. Alexanor 6: 13.  
    TL: Sierra Nevada (S Spain).  
[JS] Leptidea sinapis ssp. realiformis Mazel, 2001. Linneana Belgica 18(4): 200.  
    TL: Kildare (Ireland).
Notes  
(1) List of the taxa found in the Western Palearctic: Leptidea sinapis sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758).  
(2) List of the taxa not found in the Western Palearctic: Leptidea sinapis bibremis Matsumura, 1939 ; Leptidea sinapis manchurica Matsumura, 1939 ; Leptidea descimoni Mazel, 2004 ; …  
(3) sinapis Linnaeus, 1758, as published in the binomen Papilio sinapis, was placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, Name no. 1707 by Opinion 584 (ICZN, 1960. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 17(9-11): 290-293).  
(4) lathyri Hübner, [1819], as published in the binomen Leptosia lathyri, was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology, Name no. 611 by Opinion 584 (ICZN, 1960. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 17(9-11): 290-293).  
Bibliography  
Boisduval J.-B. A. Dechauffour de -. 1840.
Genera et Index Methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum. Paris: Roret (Ed.). pp. i-vii, [1-2], 1-238. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leucophasia sinapis diniensis.  
       
Borkhausen M. B. 1788.
Naturgeschichte der europäischen Schmetterlinge nach systematischer Ordnung. Vol. 1 (Tagschmetterlinge). Frankfurt: Varrentrapp, Wenner (Ed.). pp. i-xxxvi, 1-288, pl. 1. (url)
  
  New taxon:Papilio erysimi.  
       
Bryk F. 1940.
Die von Prof. Dr. Lundblad gesammelten Gross-Schmetterlinge der Iberischen Halbinseln.
Arkiv för Zoologi 32A(22): 1-36, pl. (url not available)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis mendesi.  
       
Dannehl F. 1933.
Neues aus meiner Sammlung. (Macrolepidoptera).
Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(22): 229-232. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis pumilia.  
       
Fernández-Rubio F. 1969.
Une nouvelle forme de Leptidea sinapis: L. sinapis colladoi n. ssp.
Alexanor 6: 13–14. (url not available)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis colladoi.  
       
Hübner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leptosia lathyri.  
       
ICZN. 1960.
Opinion 584. Addition to the official list of specific names in zoology of the specific name duponcheli Staudinger, 1871, as published in the binomen Leucophasia duponcheli (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) and associated matters.
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 17(9-11): 290-293. (url)
  
       
Mazel R. 2001.
Leptidea sinapis L., 1758 – L. reali Reissinger, 1989, le point de la situation (Lepidoptera : Pieridae, Dismorphiinae).
Linneana Belgica  18(4): 199-202, fig. (url)
  
  New taxon: Leptidea sinapis realiformis.  
       
Pfeiffer E. 1927.
Ein Beitrag zur Insektenfauna von Kleinasien (Anatolien) (Fortsetzung).
Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 17: 35-55. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis pseudodiniensis.  
       
Rennie J. 1832.
A conspectus of the butterflies and moths found in Britain: with their English and systematic names, times of appearances, sizes, colours, their caterpillars, and various localities. London: William Orr (Ed.). pp. i-xxxviii, 1-287. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leucophasia loti.  
   

Retzius A. J. 1783.
Genera et species insectorum e generosissimi auctoris scriptis extraxit, digessit, latine quoad partem reddidit, et terminologiam insectorum Linneanam additit. Lipsiae: Apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium (Ed.). pp. 1-220. (url)

  
  New taxon:Papilio candidus.  
   
Rühl F. 1893.
In: Heyne, Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte. Erster Band: Tagfalter. Leipzig: Ernst Heyne (Ed.). pp. 1-857. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leucophasia sinapis sartha.  
       
Schmidt-Koehl W. 1965.
Neue Beiträge zur Macrolepidopteren-Fauna Oberandalusiens aus den Provinzen Granada, Almería und Málaga (Südspanien).
Entomologische Zeitschrift 75: 225-240. (url cfr. Schmidt-Koehl, 1968. Miscel. Zool. 2(3): 101-151)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis maitenensis.  
       
Stauder H. 1914.
Eine Sammelreise nach Unteritalien. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lepidopterenfauna der sorrentinischen Halbinsel und des Cocuzzo-Massivs in Calabrien (Fortsetzung aus Heft 8. 9.).
Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 10: 369-379, pl. 2. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea (Leucophasia) sinapis stabiarum.  
       
Verity R. 1905-1911.
Rhopalocera Palearctica, iconograhie et description des papillons diurnes de la région Paléarctique (Papilionidae et Pieridae).
Florence [Italy]: R. Verity. [Vol. 1 - texte]: i-lxxxvi, 1-368, [Vol. 2 - planches]: i-xii, pl. 1-86. (note on publication dates: Kudrna, 1983 (url): 1905: 1-36, pl. 1-7 ; 1906: 37-68, pl. 8-9, 11-13, 15, 21 ; 1907: 69-124, pl. 10, 14, 16-20, 22-23, 26, 41, 43-44 ; 1908: 125-220, pl. 27-34, 40, 42, 45-49 ; 1909: 221-284, pl. 24, 35-39, 48 ; 1911: i-lxxxvi, 285-368, pl. 25, 50-72). (url not available)
  
  New taxa: Leptidea sinapis sinapis deserticola, Leptidea sinapis corsica, Leptidea sinapis majorides.  
       
Verity R. 1916.
Nuove osservazioni sui Lepidotteri Ropaloceri dell'Isola d'Elba.
Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 48: 175-193. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis obscurata.  
       
Verity R. 1916.
The British Races of Butterflies: their relationships and nomenclature.
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 28(5): 97-102. (url)
  
  New taxa: Leptidea sinapis transiens, Leptidea sinapis bivittata.  
       
Verity R. 1922.
Seasonal Polymorphism and Races of some European Grypocera and Rhopalocera.
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 34(5): 89-93. (url)
  
  New taxa: Leptiosia sinapis deserticola, Leptosia sinapis bivittata.  
       
Verity R. 1924.
Additions and Corrections to « List of Grypocera and Rhopalocera of Peninsular Italy ».
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 36(7-8): 106-111. (url)
  
  New taxon:Leptosia sinapis monovittata.  
       
Verity R. 1947.
Le Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Volume terzo, Divisione Papilonida, serione Papilionina (Famiglie Papilionidae e Pieridae). Firenze: Marzocco SA (Ed.). pp. i-xvi, 1-318, pl. 20-37, pl. [morphology] X-XIV. (url not available)
  
  New taxon:Leptidea sinapis lathyri-cana.  
 
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