A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
TS: Aubertia dulcis Oberthür, 1896 (= C. christophi Gr.-Grsh., 1891) by subsequent designation by Lindsey, 1925. Ann. entomol. Soc. Am. 18(1): 79.
[JS]
Pamphilida Lindsey, 1925. Ann. entomol. Soc. Am. 18(1): 95.
TS: Papilio palaemon Pallas, 1771 by original designation.
Notes
(1)
List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: C. silvicola (Meigen, [1829]) ; C. palaemon (Pallas, 1771).
(2)
List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: C. houangty Oberthür, 1886 ; C. alcina Evans, 1939 ; C. longimaculatus Hou, Fan & Li, 2021 ; C. stax Sugiyama, 1992 ; C. abax Oberthür, 1886 ; C. patra Evans, 1939 ; C. trifasciatus Della Bruna & Bozano, 2023 ; C. avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) ; C. argyrostigma (Eversmann, 1851) ; C. flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 ; C. niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 ; C. dieckmanni Graeser, 1888 ; C. canopunctatus Nabokov, 1941 ; C. christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 ; C. urasimataro Sugiyama, 1992 ; C. micio Oberthür, 1891 ; C. mandan (Edwards, 1863) ; C. skada (Edwards, 1870) ; …
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