A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
List of the Tribes found in the Western Palearctic: Carcharodini Verity, 1940 ; Erynnini Brues & Melander, 1932 ; Pyrgini Burmeister, 1878.
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List of the Tribes not found in the Western Palearctic: Achlyodini Burmeister, 1878 ; …
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Antigonini Mabille, 1878 is a senior synonym of Pyrgidae Burmeister, 1878 but by application of Art. 35.5 of the Code ICZN - Precedence for names in use at higher rank - Pyrgidae Burmeister, 1878 have priority.
Bibliography
Burmeister C. H. C. 1878. Description physique de la République Argentine d’après des observations personnelles et étrangères. Tome cinquième, Lépidoptères, Première partie. Buénos-Ayres (Argentina): imprimerie de Paul-Émile Coni (Ed.). pp. i-vi, 1-526. (url)
New taxon: Pyrgidae.
Mabille P. 1878.
Catalogue des Hespérides. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 21(1): 12-44. (url)
New taxon:Antigonini.
Speyer A. 1879.
Die Hesperiden-Gattungen des europäischen Faunengebiets - II. Nachträge - Das Flügelgeäder. Entomologische Zeitung 40: 477-500. (url)
New taxon: Pyrginae.
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera 2025 Editors-in-Chief: Michel Taymans & Sylvain Cuvelier This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) ISSN 3041-6531
