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(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

  

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier


30.xii.2025
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Spialia (Spialia) sertorius (Hoffman[n]segg, 1804)
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Papilio sertorius Hoffman[n]segg, 1804. Mag. Insektenk. 3: 203.  
    TL: Germany.
[RJ] Papilio hibiscae Hübner, [1793]. Schmett. Lepid. Linn. Eur. Heer: 15.  
    Papilio hibiscae Hübner, [1793] was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and invalid specific names in Zoology, Name No 980 by Opinion 975 (ICZN, 1971).  
[JH] Papilio sao Hübner, [1803]. Samml. eur. Schmett. 1: pl. 93, fig. 471-472, [1806]: 70.  
    TL: Germany ; nec Papilio sao Bergsträsser, 1779. Nomencl. Ins. 2: 67, pl. 40, fig. 8-9.  
[JS] Papilio eucrate Ochsenheimer, [1808]. Schmett. Eur. 1(2): 213.  
    TL: Portugal.  
[IFS] Hesperia sao var.(gen.II.) aestiva Melcón, 1910. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 231.  
    TL: Serrania de Cuenca (Spain).  
[IFS] Powellia sao gen.II. gracilis Verity, 1919. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 31(2): 28.  
    TL: Florence (Italy).  
[SR] Powellia sao race gracilis Verity, 1921. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 33(10): 173-174.  
    TL: Fegana Valley (Tuscany, Italy) ; Stat. rev. for Powellia sao gen.II. gracilis Verity, 1919 (infrasubspecific).  
[IFS] Powellia sao sao Gen.II. parvula Verity, 1921. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 33(10): 173-174.  
    TL: Atzwang (South Tyrol, NE Italy).  
[JS] Powellia sao race guadarramensis Warren, 1925. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 37(5): 77.  
    TL: La Granja de San Ildefonso (prov. Segovia, C Spain).  
[JS] Powellia sertorius race gavarniensis Warren, 1926. Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 74(1): 139, pl. 49, fig. 6-8.  
    TL: Gavarnie (dep. Hautes-Pyrénées, S France).  
[JS] Powellia sao race alioides Verity, 1926. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 38(7/8): 103.  
    TL: Oulx (Piedmont, NW Italy).  
Notes  
Bibliography  
Bergsträsser J. A. B. 1779.
Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der Wetterau und der angränzenden Nachbarschaft dies und jenseits des Mains mit erleuchteten Kupfern. Zweiter Jahrgang. Hanau: Gedrukt durch Joh. Heinrich Stürner (Ed.). pp. 1-79, [1], pl. 15-48. (text: url ; plates: url)
New taxon: Papilio sao (= Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus)).		  
       
Hübner J. [1799-1826].
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Lepidoptera I., Papiliones I. Augsburg: Jacob Hübner (Ed.). pp. 1-74, 1-8, pl. 1-181. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): [1799-1800]: pl. 1-88, fig. 1-446 ; [1800-1803]: pl. 89-96, fig. 447-490 ; [1803-1804]: pl. 97-114, fig. 491-588 ; [1805]: pl. 115-119, fig. 589-612 ; [1805-1806]: pl. 120-124, fig. 613-636 ; [1806]: p. 1-74 ; [1806-1808]: pl. 125-128, fig. 637-652 ; [1808-1813]: pl. 129-144, fig. 653-727 ; [1814-1816]: pl. 145-147, fig. 728-741 ; [1816-1817]: pl. 148-150, fig. 742-756 ; [1818-1819]: pl. 151, fig. 757-762 ; [1819-1822]: pl. 152-154, fig. 757-774 ; [1822-1823]: pl. 155, fig. 775-778 ; [1823]: pl. 156-161, fig. 779-806 ; [1823-1824]: pl. 162-175, fig. 807-868 ; [1824]: p. 1-8 [1824-1825]: pl. 176, fig. 869-874 ; [1825-1826]: pl. 177-181, fig. 875-895) (text: url ; plates: url)
New taxon: New taxon: Papilio sao (= Spialia sertorius (Hoffman[n]segg)).		  
       
Hoffman[n]segg J. C. von -, 1804.
IV. Alphabetisches Verzeichniss zu J. Hübner's Abbildungen der Papilionen mit beigefügten vorzüglichsten Synonymen.
In: Illiger, Magazin für Insektenkunde 3: 181-206. (url)
New taxon: Papilio sertorius.		  
       
Hübner J. [1790-1793].
Der Schmetterlinge Lepidoptera Linnei, Europäisches Heer. pp. 1-16. (url not available)
New taxon: Papilio hibiscae.		  
       
ICZN. 1971.
Opinion 975: Hübner’s pamphlet Der Schmetterlinge Lepidoptera Linnaei europdisches Heer, [1790-1793]: Rejected for nomenclaturial purposes.
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(5/6) : 154-155. (url)
Rejected taxon: Papilio hibiscae.		  
       
Melcón P. A. 1910.
Catálogo de las mariposas diurnas recogidas en Uclés (Cuenca) y sus alrededores.
Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 10: 212-231. (url)
New taxon: Thaïs cerisyi caucasica.		  
       
Ochsenheimer F. 1808.
Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Erster Band, Zweyte Abtheilung. Leipzig: G. Fleischer dem Jüngern (Ed.). pp. i-xxx, 1-241. (url)
New taxon: Papilio eucrates.		  
       
Verity R. 1919.
Seasonal polymorphism and races of some european Grypocera and Rhopalocera.
The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 31(2): 26-31. (url)
New taxon: Powellia sao gracilis.		  
       
Verity R. 1921.
Seasonal polymorphism and races of some european Grypocera and Rhopalocera.
The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 33(10): 170-176. (url)
New taxa: Powellia sao gracilis, Powellia sao sao parvula.		  
       
Verity R. 1926.
Zygaenae, Grypocera and Rhopalocera of the Cottian Alps compared with other races.
The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 38(7/8): 101-106. (url)
New taxon: Powellia sao alioides.		  
       
Warren B. C. S. 1925.
Preliminary description of a new spanish race of Powellia sao.
The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 37(5): 77. (url)
New taxon: Powellia sao guadarramensis.		  
       
Warren B. C. S. 1926.
Monograph of the tribe Hesperiidi (european species) with revised classification of the subfamily Hesperiinae (palaearctic species) based on the genital armature of the males.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 74: 1-170, pl. 1-60, fig. (url)
New taxon: Powellia sertorius gavarniensis.		  
       

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