A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
TS: Papilio aracinthus Fabricius, 1777 (= P. morpheus Pallas, 1771) by subsequent designation by Hemming, 1934. Gen. names Holarct. Butt. 1: 167.
[JS]
Cyclopides Hübner, [1819]. Verz. Bekannt. Schmett. (7): 111.
TS: Papilio steropes [D. & Schiff.], 1775 (= P. morpheus Pallas, 1771) by subsequent designation by Butler, 1870. Entomol. Month. Mag. 2: 96.
Notes
(1)
List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: H. morpheus (Pallas, 1771).
(2)
List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: -.
Bibliography
Butler A. G. 1870.
The genera of Hesperidae in the collection of the British Museum. The Entomologist's monthly magazine 2: 92-99. (url)
Duméril C. 1806. Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Paris: Allais (Ed.). pp. i-xxxiii, 1-344. (url)
New taxon: Heteropterus.
Hemming A. F. 1934. The generic names of the holarctic butterflies. Vol. 1 (1758-1863). London: BMNH, Entomol. [Ed.]. pp. i-viii, 3-184. (url not available)
Hübner J. 1816-[1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)
New taxon: Cyclopides.
Reference publications
Chiba H., Bozano G. C. & Fan X. 2023. Guide to the Butterflies of the palearctic region. Hesperiidae, part 1: Subfam. Coeliadinae & Heteropterinae. Milano: Omnes Artes (Ed.). pp. 1-71, fig. (url not available).
Toussaint E. F. A., Breinholt J. W., Earl C., Warren A. D., Brower A. V. Z., Yago M., Dexter K. M., Espeland M., Pierce N. E., Lohman D. J. & Kawahara A. Y. 2018.
Anchored phylogenomics illuminates the skipper butterfly tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18(101): 1-11, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1216-z)
Toussaint E. F. A, Ellis E. A., Gott R. J., Warren A. D., Dexter K. M., Storer C., Lohman D. J. & Kawahara A. Y. 2021.
Historical biogeography of Heteropterinae skippers via Beringian and post-Tethyan corridors. Zoologica Scripta 50(1): 100-111, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12457)
Warren A. D., Ogawa J. R. & Brower A. V. Z. 2009.
Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology 34: 467–523, fig. (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x)
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