A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
TS: Papilio proto Esper, 1830 by original designation.
[JS]
Tuttia Warren, 1926. Trans. R. entomol. Soc. Lond. 74: 15.
TS: Papilio tessellum Hübner, 1800 by original designation.
Notes
(1)
List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Muschampia tessellum (Hübner, [1803]) ; Muschampia proto (Esper, [1808]) ; Muschampia proteides (Wagner, 1929) ; Muschampia alta (Schwingenschuss, 1942) ; Muschampia mohammed (Oberthür, 1887) ; Muschampia leuzeae (Oberthür, 1881).
(2)
List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Muschampia gigas (Bremer, 1864).
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.
Warren B. C. S. 1926.
Monograph of the tribe Hesperiidi (European species) with revised classification of the subfamily Hesperiinae (Palearctic species) based on the genital armature of the males. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 74(1): 1–167, fig. (url)
New taxon: Tuttia.
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)
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