Dynamic Checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Hyperlinked to Systematics, Genetics and Distribution Papilionoidea Synonyms
List of the genera found in the Western Palearctic: Leptidea Billberg, 1820.
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List of the genera not found in the Western Palearctic: -.
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The genus Leptosia (TS: Leptosia chorographa Hübner, [1818], Indomalian fauna) has been used by some authors to designate the genus of the species sinapis Linnaeus, 1758. Braby et al. 2014 now place this genus in the subfamily Pierinae.
Bibliography
Grote A. R. 1897.
Die Schmetterlingsfauna von Hildesheim, Erste Theil: Tagfalter. Mittheilungen aus dem Roemer-Museum Hildesheim 8: 1-44, pl. 1-4. (url)
New taxon: Leptidiinae.
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)
New taxon: Leptideidi.
Wheeler G. 1903. The butterflies of Switzerland and the Alps of central Europe. Lodon: Elliot Stock (Ed.). pp. 1-162. (url) Reference. (url)
New taxon: Leptosiidi.
Reference publications
Kawahara A. et al. 2023.
A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 903-913. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9 /Supplementary Materials (url)
Wei F., Huang W., Fang L., He B., Zhao Y., Zhang Y., Shu Z., Su C. & Hao J. 2023.
Spatio-temporal evolutionary patterns of the Pieridae Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) inferred from Mitogenomic Data. Genes 14(72): 1-17, fig. DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010072
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera Editors-in-Chief: Michel Taymans & Sylvain Cuvelier
