Family Riodinidae Grote, 1895
       
Synonyms  
[ORIG] Riodinidae Grote, 1895. Mitt. Roemer Mus. Hildesheim (1): [2], [4].  
    TG: Riodina Westwood, 1851.  
[JH] Erycinidae Swainson, 1827. Phil. Mag. (2)1(3): 185.  
    TG: Erycina Fabricius, 1807. Mag. Insektenk. 6: 286, nec Erycina Lamarck, 1805. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 413.  
Notes  
(1) List of the subfamilies found in the Western Palearctic: Nemeobiinae Bates, 1868.  
(2) List of the subfamilies not found in the Western Palearctic: Riodininae Grote, 1895.  
(3) The Family name Riodinidae Grote, 1895 was placed on the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology, name no. 484 by Opinion 1073 (ICZN, 1977. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 33(3/4): 172-173).  
(4) The Family name Erycinidae Swainson, 1827 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-group Names in Zoology, name no. 479 by Opinion 1073 (ICZN, 1977. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 33(3/4): 172-173) ; invalid because the name of its type-genus is a junior homonym.  
Bibliography  
Grote A. R. 1895.
Systema Lepidopterorum Hildesiae juxta opera praeliminaria, quae ediderunt Bates, Scudder, Guilielmus Mueller, Comstock, Dyar, Chapman, compositum.
Mittheilungen aus dem Roemer-Museum Hildesheim (1): [1]-[4]. (url)
  
  New taxon: Riodinidae.  
       
ICZN, 1977.
Opinion 1073. Validation of Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827) (Lepidoptera).
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 33(3/4): 172-173. (url)
  
       
Swainson W. 1827.
XXXVIII. A sketch of the natural affinities of the Lepidoptera diurna of Latreille.
The Philosophical Magazine or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History, and General Science 1(3): 180-188. (url)
  
  New taxon: Erycinidae.  
Reference publications  
Espeland M., Hall J. W. P., Devries P. J., Lees D. C., Callagnan M., Hsu Y.-F., Wug L.-W., Campbell D. L., Talavera G., Vila R., Salzman S., Ruehr S., Lohman D. J. & Pierce N. E. 2015.
Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, 4 biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 296-306, fig. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006		  
       
Seraphim N., Kaminski L. A., Devries P. J., Penz C., Callagnan C., Wahlberg N., Silva-Brandão K. L. & Freitas A. V. L. 2018.
Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae).
Systematic Entomology 43(2): 407-425, fig. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12282		  
       
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera
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