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A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
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(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

  

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


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Borbo borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Hesperia borbonica Boisduval, 1833. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. 2(2): 213-214.  
    TL: Réunion (Overseas department, France).
[JS] Hesperia zelleri Lederer, 1855. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 5(Abhandl.): 194.  
    TL: Syria.  
[JS] Pamphila borbonica holli Oberthür, 1910. Étud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 363-365.  
    TL: Hussein Dey (Algeria).  
[NN] Borbo zelleri tarraconensis Meliá & Gómez-Bustillo, 1974. Marip. Peníns. Ibér. 2: 31.  
    TL: Amposta (Tarragona prov., NE Spain).  
Notes  
(1) List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: B. borbonica (Boisduval, 1833).  
(2) List of the genus not found in the Western Palearctic: B. fatuellus (Hopffer, 1855) ; B. fallax (Gaede, 1916) ; B. micans (Holland, 1896) ; …  
Bibliography  
Boisduval J.-B. A. Dechauffour de -. 1833.
Description des Lépidoptères de Madagascar.
Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 149-270. (url)
New taxon: Hesperia borbonica.		  
       
Lederer J. 1855.
Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens - Verzeichniss der von Franz Zach bei Beirut gesammelten Schmetterlinge.
Verhandlungen des zoologisch-botanischen Vereins in Wien 5(Abhandlungen): 187-234, pl. 1-5. (url)
New taxon: Hesperia zelleri.		  
       
Meliá V. & Gómez-Bustillo M. R. 1974.
Mariposas de la Península Ibérica. Ropaloceros II. Madrid: Ministerio de Agricultura. pp. 1-258. (url not availble)
New taxon: Borbo zelleri tarraconensis.		  
       
Oberthür C. 1910.
Notes pour servir à établir la faune française et algérienne des Lépidoptères (suite).
Études de lépidoptérologie comparée 4: 15-691, Pl. 35-58. (url)
New taxon: Pamphila borbonica-holli.		  
       

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