ARCHIVES WPL CL synonyms

ARCHIVES WPL CL synonyms
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


Introduction	Papilionoidea	Papilionidae	Hesperiidae	Pieridae	Riodinidae	Lycaenidae	Nymphalidae	Sources	Thx	Updates



	Genus Muschampia Tutt, 1906

Synonyms
[ORIG]	Muschampia Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Butt. 8: 218.
		TS: Papilio proto Esper, 1830 by original designation.

Notes
(1)	List of the subgenera found in the Western Palearctic: Muschampia Tutt, 1906 ; Reverdinus Ragusa, [1919] ; Sloperia Tutt, 1906.
(2)	List of the subgenera not found in the Western Palearctic: Warrenohesperia Strand, 1928.

Bibliography
Tutt J. W. 1905-1906. A natural history of the British Lepidoptera, a text-book for students and collectors. Vol. VIII. London: Swan Sonnenschein, Berlin: Friedländer & Sohn (Ed.). pp. i-iii, 1-479, pl. 1-15. (url) New taxon: Muschampia.

Reference publications
Hinojosa J. C., Dapporto L., Brockmann E., Dincă V., Tikhonov V., Grishin N., Lukhtanov V. A. & Vila R. 2021. Overlooked cryptic diversity in Muschampia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) adds two species to the European butterfly fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2021(193): 847-859, fig. (url)

Zhang J., Brockmann E., Cong Q., Shen J. & Grishin N. V. 2020. A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini). Zootaxa 4748(1): 182-194, fig. (doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10)

Zhang J., Cong Q., Shen J., Song L. & Grishin N. V. 2023. Genomics-based taxonomic rearrangement of Achlyodini and Carcharodini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae). Insecta Mundi 1016: 1-33, fig. (url)

Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera 2025
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