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CHECKLIST PAPILIONOIDEA W-PAL

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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	Erynnis (Erynnis) tages (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms
[ORIG]	Papilio tages Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)1: 485.
		TL: Sweden.
[JS]	Papilio morio Scopoli, 1763. Entomol. Carn.: 181-182.
		TL: Krain (Slovenia).
[JS]	Papilio geryon Rottemburg, 1775. Naturforscher 6: 31-32.
		TL: Germany.
[JS]	Thanaos cervantes Graslin, 1836. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 5: 558-561, pl. 17 B., fig. 1-2.
		TL: Sierra Nevada (S Spain).
[JH]	Hesperia cervantes Freyer, [1842]. Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 5(67): 56-57, pl. 417, fig. 3.
		nec Graslin, 1836..
[JS]	Hesperia unicolor Freyer, [1847]. Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 6(85): 37, pl. 505 fig. 1.
		TL: Islands in Greece.
[IFS]	Nisoniades tages ab. clarus Caradja, 1895. Dt. Entomol. Z. 8: 61.
		TL: Grumăzești (Romania).
[JS]	Nisoniades tages race subclarus Verity, 1921. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 33(10): 172.
		TL: Campodazzo, Merano (prov. South Tyrol, NE Italy).
[JS]	Erynnis tages race magnatages Verity, 1938. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 50(suppl.): 1.
		TL: Skala (N Greece).
[SR]	Erynnis tages race clarus Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurn. It. 1: 8-9.
		Statut rev. for Nisoniades tages ab. clarus Caradja, 1895.
[JS]	Erynnis tages race brunnea Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurn. It. 1: 9.
		TL: Torre Pellice (Piedmont, NW Italy).
[JS]	Erynnis tages ssp. baynesi Higgins, 1956. Entomologist 89: 241-242.
		TL: The Burren (Ireland).

Notes
(1)	List of the taxa not found in the Western Palearctic: Erynnis tages elbursina (Bytinski-Salz & Brandt, 1937) ; …

Bibliography
Caradja A. von -. 1895. Die Grossschmetterlinge des Königreiches Rumänien. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 8 : 1-102. (url) New taxon: Nisoniades tages clarus.

Freyer C. F. [1842]-1845. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde, mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Fünfter Band, Hefte 65 bis 80. Augsburg: Math. Rieger (Ed.). (Register): [1]-[2], (65): i-ii, 3-14, pl. 385-390 ; (66): 15-24, pl. 391-396 ; (67): 25-32, pl. 397-402 ; (68): 33-44, pl. 403-408 ; (69): 45-52, pl. 409-414 ; (70stes Heft): 53-62, pl. 415-420 ; (71): 63-74, pl. 421-426 ; (72): 75-86, pl. 427-432 ; (73): 87-96, pl. 433-438 ; (74): 97-106, pl. 439-444 ; (75): 107-116, pl. 445-450 ; (76): 117-124, pl. 451-456 ; (77): 125-134, pl. 457-462 ; (78): 135-144, pl. 463-468 ; (79): 145-156, pl. 469-474 ; (80): 157-166, pl. 475-480. note on publication dates: Tremewan, 1988 (url): [1842]: (65)-(67) ; [1843]: (68)-(71) ; [1844]: (72)-(75) ; 1845: (76)-(80)) (url) New taxon: Hesperia cervantes.

Freyer C. F. [1846]-1852. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde, mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Sechster Band, Hefte 81 bis 100. Augsburg: Math. Rieger (Ed.). (Register): [1]-2], (81): 3-12, pl. 481-486 ; (82): 13-20, pl. 487-492 ; (83): 21-28, pl. 493-498 ; (84): 29-36, pl. 499-504 ; (85): 37-48, pl. 505-510 ; (86): 49-60, pl. 511-516 ; (87): 61-68, pl. 517-522 ; (88): 69-78, pl. 523-528 ; (89): 79-88, pl. 529-534 ; (90): 89-96, pl. 535-540 ; (91): 97-104, pl. 541-546 ; (92): 105-112, pl. 547-552 ; (93): 113-120, pl. 553-558 ; (94): 121-130, pl. 559-564 ; (95): 131-142, pl. 565-570 ; (96): 143-152, pl. 571-576 ; (97): 153-160, pl. 577-582 ; (98): 161-168, pl. 583-588 ; (99): 169-186, pl. 589-594 ; (100): 187-195, pl. 595-600]. (note on publication dates: Tremewan, 1988 (url): [1846]: (81)-(82) ; [1847]: (83)-(86) ; [1848]: (87)-(88) ; [1849]: (89)-(90) ; [1850]: (91)-(94) ; [1851]: (95)-(98) ; [1852]: (99)-(100)) (url) New taxon: Hesperia unicolor.

Graslin A. 1836. Notice sur une expédition entomologique en Andalousie, suivie de la description, accompagnée de figures, de plusieurs lépidoptères nouveaux, trouvés dans cette partie de l’Espagne. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 5: 547-572, pl. 17. (url) New taxon: Zerynthia cerisyi abanti.

Higgins L. G. 1956. The Burren subspecies of Erynnis tages Linn. The Entomologist 89: 241-242. (url not available) New taxon: Erynnis tages baynesi.

Linnaeus C. 1758. Caroli Linnaei, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I ; Editio Decima, Reformata. Holmiae (= Stockholm): Laurentii Salvii (Ed.). pp. 1-823, i. (url) New taxon: Papilio tages.

Rottemburg, S.A. Freiherr von -. 1775. Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Erste Abtheilung. Der Naturforscher 6: 1-34, pl. 1. (http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufkl/naturforscher/naturforscher.htm) New taxon: Papilio geryon.

Scopoli G. A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica exhibens Insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Vindobonae (= Wien): I. T. Trattner (Ed.). pp. [i-xxxvi], 1-420, Notanda & Errata [1], [i], pl. 1-[43]. (url) New taxon: Papilio morio.

Verity R. 1921. Seasonal polymorphism and races of some european Grypocera and Rhopalocera. The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 33(10): 170-176. (url) New taxon: Thaïs cerisyi caucasica.

Verity R. 1938. Supplement to the ‘Butterfly races and Zygaenae of Macedonia’. The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 50(suppl.): 1-16. (url) New taxon: Erynnis tages magnatages.

Verity R. 1940. Le Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Volume primo, Considerazioni generali e Superfamiglia Hesperides. Firenze: Marzocco SA (Ed.). pp. i-xxxiv, 1-131, pl. 1-4, pl. [morphology] I-II. (url not available) New taxa: Erynnis tages clarus, Erynnis tages brunnea.

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