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A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

  

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


30.xii.2025
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Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Papilio (Plebeius urbicola) palaemon Pallas, 1771. Reise verschied. Prov. russ. Reichs 1: 471.  
    TL: Akhtushka river (Samara obl., Russian Federation).
[JS] Papilio (Plebejus Urbicola) paniscus Fabricius, 1775. Syst. entomol.: 531.  
    TL: Leipzig (E Germany).  
[JS] Papilio (Plebejus Urbicola) brontes [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775. Ank. syst. Werkes Schmett. Wienerg.: 160.  
    TL: Vienna area (Austria).  
[JS] Carterocephalus palaemon var. albiguttata Christoph, 1893. Dt. entomol. Z. 6(1): 87-88.  
    TL: Vilui, Irkut, Guberli, Ural merid. (Russian Federation).  
[JS] Pamphila palaemon var. freyi Hellweger, 1911. Jahresb. Privat-Gymn. Brixen 36: 71.  
    TL: Wetterstein, Haller Salzberg (Austria).  
[JS] Pamphila palaemon silvioides Muller, 1920. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 70: (52).  
    TL: Rekawinkel (Austria).  
[JS] Pamphila palaemon ssp. borealis Lingonblad, 1945. Notulae Entomol. 24: 71-75, fig.  
    TL: Vasa (Ostrobothnia prov. Finland).  
[JS] Carterocephalus palaemon ssp. tolli Krzywicki, 1967. Ann. zool., Warsz. 25(1): 119-121, 150-152, pl. 28, fig. 1-23, pl. 29, fig. 11-12.  
    TL: Puszcza Białowieska (Poland).  
[JS] Carterocephalus palaemon ssp. sarahe Gastón Ortíz & Gómez Bustillo, 1974. SHILAP 3(9): 64-66, fig.  
    TL: Peña de Orduña (Vizcaya prov., Spain).  
Notes  
(1) List of the taxa not found in the Western Palearctic: C. palaemon brontides Heyne, 1895 ; C. palaemon satakei Matsumura, 1919 ; C. palaemon murasei Matsumura, 1925 ; C. palaemon taigana Kurentzov, 1941 ; C. palaemon australis Kurentzov, 1941 ; C. palaemon akaishianus Fujioka, 1970 ; …  
Bibliography  
Christoph H. 1893.
Lepidoptera nova Faunae Palaearcticae.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 6(1): 86-96. (url)
New taxon: Carterocephalus palaemon albiguttata.		  
       
[Denis J. N. C. M.] & [Schiffermüller J. I.]. 1775.
Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend. Wien: Augustin Bernardi (Ed.). pp. 1-323, pl. 1a-b. (url)
New taxon: Papilio brontes.		  
       
Fabricius J. C. 1775.
Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Flensburgi et Lipsiae: Korti (Ed.). pp. i-xxxii, 1-832. (url) New taxon: Papilio paniscus.		  
   
Gastón Ortiz J. & Gómez-Bustillo M. R. 1975.
La especie Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771) en la Península Ibérica (Lep. Hesperiidae).
SHILAP, revista de lepidopterología 3(9): 64-66, fig. (url)
New taxon: Papilio palaemon sarahe.		  
       
Hellweger M. 1911.
Die Groß-Schmetterlinge Nordtirols. I. Teil: Tagfalter.
Jahresberichtes des Privat-Gymnasiums Vincentinum Brixen 36: 1-74. (url not available)
New taxon: Pamphila palaemon freyi.		  
       
Krzywicki M. 1967.
Fauna Papilionoidea i Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) Puszczy Białowieskiej.
Annales Zoologici 25(1): 1-213. (url not available)
New taxon: Carterocephalus palaemon tolli.		  
   
Lingonblad B. 1945.
Tre för vetenskapen nya Lepidoptera-former.
Notulae Entomologicae 24(3-4): 71-75, fig. (url)
New taxon: Pamphila palaemon borealis. 		 
       
Pallas P. S. 1771.
Anhang. Descriptiones fugitiuae animalium atque plantarum Annis 1768 et 1769 obseruatorum.
Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 1 : 453-504, pl. A-L. (url)
New taxon: Papilio palaemon.		  
       

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