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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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Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, [1821])
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Gegenes thrax Hübner, [1821]. Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [150], fig. 1-4.  
    TL: Syria (?).
[JS] Pelopidas midea Walker, 1870. Entomologist 5(76): 56.  
    TL: Cairo (Egypt).  
Notes  
(1) List of the taxa not found in the Western Palearctic: P. thrax masta Evans, 1949 ; P. thrax inconspicua (Bertolini, 1850) ; P. thrax mohopaani Wallengren, 1857 ; P. thrax micipsa Trimen, 1862 ; P. thrax lodra Plötz, 1879 ; …
Bibliography  
Hübner J. [1819]-[1826] & Geyer C. [1827]-[1832].
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Zweiter Band. Augsburg: Hübnersche Werke (Ed.). pp. [1]-[8] [Index Systematicus], pl. [1]-[225]. (note on publication dates: Hemming, 1937: Hübner, [1819]: pl. 90, 180, 223 ; Hübner, [1820]: pl. 2, 12, 16, 78, 141, 182 ; Hübner, [1821]: pl. 11, 13-14, 18-19, 24, 26, 39, 43, 68, 70-71, 74, 77, 83-84, 86, 92, 94-95, 97, 102-103, 106, 108-109, 114, 116-117, 121-122, 147, 150, 161, 164, 169, 174, 177-179, 183-184, 194-195, 197, 200, 204-205, 207-208, 210, 212-214 ; Hübner, [1822]: pl. 32-33, 72, 75-76, 81, 93, 105, 115, 129, 131, 138-139, 153, 198, 211, 218, 220 ; Hübner, [1823]: pl. 1, 6, 22-23, 25, 27, 29-31, 34-37, 40-42, 48, 50-53, 56, 58-59, 64-66, 69, 73, 87, 89, 91, 96, 98-101, 107, 110, 124, 128, 130, 132-137, 142, 155-158, 160, 162-163, 165-167, 170-172, 173, 175-176, 187-188, 196, 201-202, 206, 215-216, 219, 222, 224 ; Hübner, [1824]: pl. 54, 118, 143, 149, 159, 179, 181, 185, 203, 217 ; Hübner, [1825]: pl. 3-5, 8-9, 10, 15, 20, 45, 49, 55, 60, 62-63, 67, 79-80, 88, 104, 111-113, 120, 125, 127, 140, 144-146, 148, 151-152, 154, 168, 189-193, 221, 225 ; Hübner, [1826]: pl. 7, 17, 21, 28, 44, 46-47, 57, 61, 82, 123, 126 ; Geyer, [1827]: pl. 85, 119, 186, 209) (url)
New taxon: Gegenes thrax.		  
       
Walker F. 1870.
A list of the butterflies collected by J. K. Lord Esq., in Egypt, along the african shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science.
The Entomologist 5(76): 48-57. (url)
New taxon: Pelopidas midea.		  
       

Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera 2025
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