ARCHIVES WPL CL synonyms

ARCHIVES WPL CL synonyms
CHECKLIST PAPILIONOIDEA W-PAL

A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions
at species, genus and family level
(Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

Michel Taymans

Sylvain Cuvelier

30.xii.2025


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	Subgenus Spialia Swinhoe, [1912]

Synonyms
[ORIG]	Spialia Swinhoe, [1912]. In: Moore, Lepid. ind. 10: 99.
		TS: Hesperia galba Fabricius, 1793 by original designation.
[JH]	Powellia Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 218.
		nec Maskell, 1879. Trans. Proc. New Zeal. Inst. 11: 223. TS: Papilio sao Hübner, 1800 (= Papilio sertorius Hoffmansegg, 1804) by original designation.
[RN]	Spialia sect. Neospialia Koçak, 1989. Priamus 5(1/2): 67.
		Replacement name for Powellia Tutt, 1906 nec Maskell, 1879. TS: Papilio sertorius Hoffmansegg, 1804 by original designation.

Notes
(1)	List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Spialia (Spialia) ali (Oberthür, 1881); Spialia (Spialia) therapne (Rambur, 1832) ; Spialia (Spialia) sertorius (Hoffman[n]segg, 1804) ; Spialia (Spialia) rosae Hernández-Roldán, Dapporto, Dincă, Vicente & Vila, 2016 ; Spialia (Spialia) orbifer (Hübner, [1823].
(2)	List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Spialia (Spialia) mafa (Trimen, 1870); Spialia (Spialia) galba (Fabricius, 1793); Spialia (Spialia) spio (Linnaeus, 1764).

Bibliography
Koçak A. Ö. 1989. On the butterflies of Taurus Mountains in the provinces Antalya and Konya (S. Turkey), with some taxonomic descriptions and remarks (Lepidoptera). Priamus, serial publication of Center for Entomological Studies 5(1/2): 33-68. (url) New taxon: Neospialia.

Maskell 1879. On some Coccidae in New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11: 193-228, pl. (url)

Swinhoe C. 1912-1913. In: Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. X - Rhopalocera, Fam. Hesperiidae (concluded). London: Lovell Reeve & Co (Ed.). pp. i-x, 1-364, pl. 757-835. (url) New taxon: Spialia.

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: Powellia.

Reference publications
Jong R. de -. 1974. Systematics and evolution of the Palaearctic Spialia species (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 117(6) : 225-271, fig. 1-37. (url)

Jong R. de -. 1978. Monograph of the genus Spialia Swinhoe (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 121(3) : 23-146, pl. 1-7. (url)

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