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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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Gegenes pumilio (Hoffman[n]segg, 1804)
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Papilio pumilio Hoffman[n]segg, 1804. Mag. Insektenk. 3: 202.  
    TL: Amalfi (Salerno prov., Italy).
[JH] Papilio (Plebejus Urbicola) pygmaeus Cyrillo, [1791]. Entomol. Neapol.: pl. 5, fig. 5.  
    TL: Naples (S Italy) ; nec Fabricius, 1775. Syst. entomol.: 536.  
[JS] Hesperia aetna Boisduval, 1840. Gen. Ind. Meth. Eur. Lepid.: 35.  
    TL: Sicily (S Italy).  
[JS] Philoodus lefebvrii Rambur, [1842]. Faune entomol. Andal. 2(5): 308.  
    TL: Sicily (S Italy).  
[JS] Gegenes pumilio ssp. balearica Fernández Vidal, 1987. SHILAP 15(60): 346-347, fig.  
    TL: Bunyola (Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain).  
Notes  
(1) The nominal species Papilio pumilio Hoffmansegg, 1803 (gender: masculine) was designated as type of Gegenes Hübner, [1819] by Opinion 827 (ICZN, 1967. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 24(4) : 226-227).  
(2) The specific name Papilio pumilio Hoffmansegg, 1803 was placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, name no. 2211 by Opinion 827 (ICZN, 1967. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 24(4) : 226-227).  
(3) List of the taxa not found in the Western Palearctic: Gegenes pumilio gambica Mabille, 1878 ; Gegenes pumilio occulta Trimen, 1891 ; Gegenes pumilio monochroa Rebel, 1907 ; …  
Bibliography  
Boisduval J.-B. A. Dechauffour de -. 1840.
Genera et Index Methodicus Europaeorum Lepidopterorum. Paris: Roret (Ed.). pp. i-vii, [1-2], 1-238. (url)
New taxon: Hesperia aetna.		  
       
Cyrillo D. M. L. 1787-[1792].
Entomologiae Neapolitanae Specimen primum. Neapoli. pp. [1]-[12], pl. 1-12 [note on publication dates: Evenhuis, 1997 : [1787]: pl. 1-4 ; [1791]: pl. 5-8 ; [1792]: pl. 9-12].
New taxon: Papilio pygmaeus.		  
       
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)		  
       
Fernández Vidal E. H. 1987.
Sobre la presencia de Gegenes pumilio (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) en España (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).
SHILAP, revista de lepidopterología 15(60): 321-367, fig. (url)
New taxon: Gegenes pumilio balearica.		  
       
Hoffman[n]segg J. C. von -, 1804.
IV. Alphabetisches Verzeichniss zu J. Hübner's Abbildungen der Papilionen mit beigefügten vorzüglichsten Synonymen.
In: Illiger, Magazin für Insektenkunde 3: 181-206. (url)
New taxon: Papilio pumilio.		  
       
ICZN. 1967.
Opinion 827. Gegenes Hübner, [1819] (Insecta, Lepidoptera) : designation of a type-species under the plenary powers.
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 24(4) : 226-227. (url)		  
       
Mabille M. P. 1878.
Descriptions de lépidoptères nouveaux de la famille des Hespérides.
Petites nouvelles entomologiques (2)10(197): 233-234. (url)
New taxon: Pamphila gambica.		  
       
Rambur J. P. [1838]-[1842].
Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. [Tome II]. Paris: A. Bertrand (Ed.). pp. 1-336, pl. 1-12, 14-15, 17-18. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): [1838]: (2): 1-16), (3): 16-96 ; [1839]: (4): 97-176, pl. 1-12, 14-15, 17-18 ; [1840]: (5): 177-304 ; [1842]: (6): 305-336 incomplete) (url not available)
New taxon: Hesperia lefebvrii.		  
       
Trimen R. 1891.
On butterflies collected in tropical south-western Africa by Mr. A. W. Eriksson.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(1): 59-107. (url)
New taxon: Pamphila occulta.		  
       

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