A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
TS: Papilio carthami Hübner, [1813] by designation by Hemming, 1934. Stylops 3(6): 143.
Notes
(1)
List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Pyrgus carthami (Hübner, [1813]) ; Pyrgus sidae (Esper, [1784]) ; Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, [1839]) ; Pyrgus cacaliae (Rambur, [1839]) ; Pyrgus andromedae (Wallengren, 1853).
(2)
List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Pyrgus badachschana (Alberti, 1939) ; Pyrgus alpinus (Erschoff, 1874) ; Pyrgus darwazicus Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 ; Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore, 1874 ; Pyrgus sibiricus (Reverdin, 1911).
Bibliography
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Notes on nine genera of Holarctic Rhopalocera.
Stylops 3(6): 143-144. (url)
Rambur J. P. 1858-[1866]. Catalogue systématique des lépidoptères de l'Andalousie. Paris: J.B. Baillière (Ed.). pp. i-ii, 1-412, i-xi [Tableau et Errata], pl. 1-22. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): 1858: 1-92 ; [1866]: 93-412, pl. 1-22) (url)
New taxon: Scelotrix.
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 1926(1): 1-170, fig. (url)
New taxon: Hesperia (Hemiteleomorpha).
Watson E. Y. 1893.
A proposed Classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 3-132, pl. 1-3. (url)
Reference publications
Hernández-Roldán J. L., Munguira M. L., Wagner W. & Vila R. 2012.
Comparative analysis and taxonomic use of the morphology of immature stages and natural history traits in European species of Pyrgus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Pyrginae). Zootaxa 3470(1): 1-71, fig. (doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3470.1.1)
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)
Pitteloud C., Arrigo N., Suchan T., Mastretta-Yanes A., Vila R., Dinca V., Hernández-Roldán J., Brockmann E., Chittaro Y., Kleckova I., Fumagalli L., Buerki S., Pellissier L. & Alvarez N. 2017.
Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatricthan allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1852): 1-10, fig. (doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0208)
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 1926(1): 1-170, fig. (url)
Zhang J., Cong Q., Shen J. & Grishin N. V. 2022.
Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1-135, fig. (url)
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