A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
TS: Papilio altheae Hübner, 1800 by subsequent designation by Lindsey, 1925. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 18(1): 100.
[JS]
Lavatheria Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurne Italia 1: 11, 22.
TS: Papilio lavatherae Esper, 1783 by original designation.
Notes
(1)
List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Muschampia floccifera (Zeller, 1847) ; Muschampia orientalis (Reverdin, 1913) ; Muschampia stauderi (Reverdin, 1913) ; Muschampia baeticus (Rambur, [1839]) ; Muschampia lavatherae (Esper, [1783]).
(2)
List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Muschampiadravira (Moore, [1875]).
Bibliography
Lindsey A. W. 1925.
The Types of Hesperioid Genera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 18(1): 75-106. (doi.org/10.1093/aesa/18.1.75) (url)
Ragusa E. 1915 [1919].
Elenco dei Lepidotteri di Sicilia. (continuaz. ved. num. preced.) Il Naturalista siciliano 23(7/12): 144-178. (url)
New taxon: Reverdinus.
Verity R. 1940. Le Farfalle diurne d'Italia. Volume primo, Considerazioni generali e Superfamiglia Hesperides. Firenze: Marzocco SA (Ed.). pp. i-xxxiv, 1-131, pl. 1-4, pl. [morphology] I-II. (url not available)
New taxon: Lavatheria.
Reference publications
Coutsis J. G. 2016.
The male and female genital structures of skippers currently placed in the genus Carcharodus Hübner, [1819] and their taxonomic significance (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Pyrginae). Phegea 44(3): 66-75, fig. (url)
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)
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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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