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CHECKLIST PAPILIONOIDEA W-PAL

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(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier

30.xii.2025


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	Pyrgus (Scelotrix) cacaliae (Rambur, [1839])

Synonyms
[ORIG]	Hesperia cacaliae Rambur, [1839]. Faune entomol. Andal. 2: pl. 8, fig. 6-7, k, [1840]: 313-314 (nota).
		TL: Alps (SE France).
[JS]	Hesperia cacaliae cantoniera Belling, 1926. Int. Entomol. Z. 20: 198.
		TL: St. Gotthardo, Ticino Alps (Switzerland).
[JS]	Pyrgus cacaliae race prosensis Kauffmann, 1946. Boll. Soc. Ticin. Sci. Nat. 41: 75-81, fig. 1-3.
		TL: St. Gotthardo, Ticino Alps (Switzerland).
[JS]	Pyrgus (Scelotrix) cacaliae race pyrenaeus Picard, 1947. Rev. fr. Lépid. 11(4): 94-95.
		TL: Masivul Bucegi, above Sinaia, jud. Prahova (Romania).
[JS]	Pyrgus cacaliae ssp. hebsgaardi Bjerregård & Mølgaard, 2023. Phegea 51(1): 42-46, fig.
		TL: Masivul Bucegi, above Sinaia, jud. Prahova (Romania).

Notes

Bibliography
Belling H. 1926. Schmetterlingsfang im Ortlergebiete. Ein Wegweiser fur Sammler von Grossschmetterlingen im Trafoi-, Stilfserjoch-und Suldental. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 20: 133-137, 141-148, 153-156, 161-167, 169-172, 177-180, 197-201, 209-213, 221-224, 245-248. New taxon: Hesperia cacaliae cantoniera.

Bjerregård E. B. & Mølgaard M. S. 2023. A new taxon in the genus Pyrgus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. Phegea 51(1): 42-46. (url) New taxon: Pyrgus cacaliae hebsgaardi.

Kauffmann G. 1946. Contributo allo studio della Pyrgus cacaliæ Rbr. (lep. Hesperides) nelle Alpi Ticinesi (Descrizione di una nuova razza e di alcune variazioni individuali). Bollettino della Società ticinese di scienze naturali 41: 74-82, fig. (url) New taxon: Pyrgus cacaliae prosensis.

Picard J. 1947. Nouvelles notes sur Pyrgus (Scelotrix) cacaliae Rbr. Revue Française de Lépidoptérologie 11(4): 94-95. (url not available) New taxon: Pyrgus cacaliae pyrenaeus.

Rambur J. P. [1838]-[1840]. 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) New taxon: Hesperia cacaliae.

Reference publications
Jong R. de -. 1972. Systematics and geographic history of the genus Pyrgus in the Palaearctic region (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 115(1): 1-121, pl. 1-6. (url)

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