A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
The Family name Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 was placed on the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology, name no. 548 by Opinion 1240 (ICZN, 1983. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 40(1): 27-28).
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List of the subfamilies found in the Western Palearctic: Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 ; Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809 ; Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878.
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List of the subfamilies not found in the Western Palearctic: Trapezitinae Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914, Eudaminae Mabille, 1877 ; Euschemoninae Kirby, 1897 ; Coeliadinae Evans, [1937] ; Tagiadinae Mabille, 1878 ; Pyrrhopyginae Mabille, 1877 ; Katreinae Grishin, 2019 ; Chamundinae Grishin, 2019 ; Barcinae Grishin, 2019.
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Some small families of the Lepidoptera which are not included in the key to the families in the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, list of the families and subfamilies of the Lepidoptera with their types and a key to the families. Novitates Zoologicae 25(2): 366-394. (url)
New taxon: Erynnidae.
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Opinion 1240. Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 (Insecta, Lepidoptera) added to Official List. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 40(1): 27-28. (url)
New taxon: Erynnidae.
Latreille P. A. 1809. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Tomus quartus et ultimus. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: Amand Kœnig [Ed.]. pp. 1-399. (url)
New taxon: Hesperides.
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New taxon: Urbicolae.
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New taxon: Hesperiidae.
Reference Bibliography
Huang Z., Chiba H., Hu Y., Deng X., Fei W., Sáfián S., Wu L., Wang M. & Fan X. 2024.
Molecular phylogeny of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) with an emphasis on Asian and African genera.
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Zhu L., Han Y., Hou Y., Huang Z., Wang M., Chiba H., Chen L. & Fan X. 2023. Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses provide novel insights into the taxonomic problems of several hesperiid taxa (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Scientific Reports 13(7901): 1-10, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34608-8)
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