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Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775)
 
 
Synonyms
[ORIG] Papilio (Plebejus Urbicola) acteon Rottemburg, 1775. Naturforscher 6: 30-31.  
    TL: Landsberg an der Warthe, current city of Gorzów Wielkopolski (Lubuskie prov., Poland).
[JH] Papilio actaeon [sic] Hübner, [1803]. Samml. eur. Schmett. 1: pl. 96, fig. 488-490, [1806]: 73.  
    Incorrect subsequent spelling of Papilio acteon Rottemburg, 1775.  
[CN] Thymelicus actaeon [sic] Hübner, [1819]. Verz. Bekannt. Schmett.(7): 113.  
    Comb. nov. for Papilio acteon Rottemburg, 1775.  
[JS] Thymelicus heydeni Plötz, 1884. Entomol. Ztg. 45(7-9): 285.  
    TL: Syria [?].  
[IFS] Thymelicus acteon ab. virescens Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 118.  
    TL: United Kingdom.  
[IFS] Thymelicus acteon ab. clara Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 119.  
    TL: Grésy-sur-Aix (Haute-Savoie dep., E France).  
[IFS] Thymelicus acteon ab. obsoleta Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 119.  
    TL: -.  
[IFS] Thymelicus acteon ab. extensa Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 119.  
    TL: Chavoire (Haute-Savoie dep., E France).  
[JS] Thymelicus acteon race ragusai Verity, 1919. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 31(2): 28.  
    TL: Palermo, S. Martino alle Scale (Sicily, S Italy).  
[JS] Thymelicus (Adopaea) acteon race obsoleta Tutt: Turner, 1920. Trans. entomol. Soc. Lond. 1920(1/2): 206.  
    Stat. nov. for Thymelicus acteon ab. obsoleta Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 119.  
[JS] Thymelicus (Adopaea) acteon f. clara-obsoleta Turner, 1920. Trans. entomol. Soc. Lond. 1920(1/2): 206.  
    TL: Cyprus.  
[JS] Thymelicus (Adopaea) acteon ssp. phoenix Graves, 1925. Trans. entomol. Soc. Lond. 73(1/2): 44-45, pl. 5, fig. 6-7.  
    TL: Jemhur-Areya, Beirut (Lebanon).  
[SR] Thymelicus acteon race clara Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurne Italia 1: 103-104, pl. 4, fig. 36-37.  
    Stat. rev. for Thymelicus acteon ab. clara Tutt, 1906.  
[SR] Thymelicus acteon race aurescens Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurne Italia 1: 103-104, pl. 4, fig. 36-37.  
    Stat. rev., replacement name for Thymelicus acteon ab. clara Tutt, 1906. Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 8: 119.  
[JS] Thymelicus acteon race pulchracteon Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurne Italia 1: 104, pl. 4, fig. 40-42.  
    TL: Gran Sasso (Abruzzo, C Italy).  
[SR] Thymelicus acteon race virescens Verity, 1940. Farfalle diurne Italia 1: 105, pl. 4, fig. 43-45.  
    Stat. rev. for Thymelicus acteon ab. virescens Tutt, 1906.  
[JS] Thymelicus actaeon [sic] ssp. orana Evans, 1949. Cat. Hesp. Eur. Asia Austr. Brit. Mus.: 345.  
    TL: Morocco, Algeria.  
[JS] Thymelicus acteon race maurus Picard, 1948. Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Maroc 28: 126-127.  
    TL: Casablanca (Morocco).  
Notes  
Bibliography  
Evans W. H. 1949.
A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Trustees of the British Museum (Ed.). pp. i-xix, 1-502, pl. 1-53. (url)
New taxon: Thymelicus acteon orana.		  
       
Graves P. P. 1925.
The Rhopalocera and Grypocera of Palestine and Transjordania.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 73(1/2): 17-125, pl. 4-5. (doi)
New taxon: Thymelicus acteon phoenix.		  
       
Hübner J. [1799-1826].
Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Lepidoptera I., Papiliones I. Augsburg: Jacob Hübner (Ed.). pp. 1-74, 1-8, pl. 1-181. (note on publication dates: Heppner, 1982 (url): [1799-1800]: pl. 1-88, fig. 1-446 ; [1800-1803]: pl. 89-96, fig. 447-490 ; [1803-1804]: pl. 97-114, fig. 491-588 ; [1805]: pl. 115-119, fig. 589-612 ; [1805-1806]: pl. 120-124, fig. 613-636 ; [1806]: p. 1-74 ; [1806-1808]: pl. 125-128, fig. 637-652 ; [1808-1813]: pl. 129-144, fig. 653-727 ; [1814-1816]: pl. 145-147, fig. 728-741 ; [1816-1817]: pl. 148-150, fig. 742-756 ; [1818-1819]: pl. 151, fig. 757-762 ; [1819-1822]: pl. 152-154, fig. 757-774 ; [1822-1823]: pl. 155, fig. 775-778 ; [1823]: pl. 156-161, fig. 779-806 ; [1823-1824]: pl. 162-175, fig. 807-868 ; [1824]: p. 1-8 [1824-1825]: pl. 176, fig. 869-874 ; [1825-1826]: pl. 177-181, fig. 875-895) (text: url ; plates: url)
New taxon: Papilio actaeon.		  
       
Hübner J. 1816-[1826].
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmett[er]linge. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. 1-431, Anzeiger: 1-72. (url)
New taxa: Thymelicus actaeon.		  
   
Plötz C. 1884.
Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Thymelicus Hüb. und ihre Arten.
Entomologische Zeitung 45(7-9): 284-290. (url)
New taxon: Thymelicus heydeni.		  
       
Picard J. 1948.
Études sur les Hesperiidae du Maroc.
Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc 28: 110-135. (url)
New taxon: Thymelicus acteon maurus.		  
       
Rottemburg S.A. Freiherr von -. 1775.
Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Erste Abtheilung.
Der Naturforscher 6: 1-34, pl. 1. (url)
New taxon: Papilio acteon.		  
   
Turner H. J. 1920.
The Butterflies of Cyprus.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1920(1/2): 170-207. (url)
New taxon: Thymelicus acteon clara-obsoleta.		  
       
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 taxa: Thymelicus acteon clara, Thymelicus acteon virescens, Thymelicus acteon extensa, Thymelicus acteon obsoleta.		  
   
Verity R. 1919.
Seasonal polymorphism and races of some european Grypocera and Rhopalocera.
The entomologist's record and Journal of Variation 31(2): 26-31, 31(3): 43-48, 31(5): 87-89, 31(7): 121-129, 31(10): 178-184, 31(11): 193-201. (url)
New taxon: Thymelicus acteon ragusai.		  
       
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)
New taxa: Thymelicus acteon aurescens, Thymelicus acteon pulchracteon.		  
       

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