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

18.v.2024


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	Genus Archon Hübner, 1822

Synonyms
[ORIG]	Archon Hübner, 1822. Syst.-alph. Verz.: 2, 6, 8-9.
		TS: Papilio thia Hübner, [1806] (=P. apollinus Herbst, 1798) by designation by Scudder, 1875. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. (NS)10: 117.
[JS]	Dorarchon Rothschild, 1918. Novit. Zool. 25: 219.
		TS: Papilio apollinus Herbst, 1798 by monotypy.

Notes
(1)	List of the species found in the Western Palearctic: Archon apollinus (Herbst, 1798), Archon apollinaris (Staudinger, [1892]).
(2)	List of the species not found in the Western Palearctic: Archon bostanchii Freina & Naderi, 2003 (LT: Lorestan, Iran).

Bibliography
Hübner J. 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen. Ausburg: bey dem Verfasser (Ed.). pp. i-vi, 1-92. (url) New taxon: Archon.

Rothschild Lord W. 1918. Catalogue of the Parnassiinae in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae, a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum 25: 218-262. (url) New taxon: Dorarchon.

Scudder S. H. 1875. V. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies: a contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (NS)10: 91-293. (url) Designation TS: Papilio thia Hübner, [1806] for Archon Hübner, 1822.

Reference publications
Carbonell F. 1991. Contribution à la connaissance du genre Archon Hübner, 1822; Découverte de zones de sympatrie pour Archon apollinus (Herbst) et A. apollinaris Staudinger (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica, revue belge d’entomologie 13(1): 3-11, fig. (url)

Carbonell F. & Michel F. 2007. Une espèce jumelle méconnue du genre Archon Hübner, 1822 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 112(2): 141-150, fig. (url)

Freina J. J. de-. 1985. Revision der Gattung Archon Hübner 1822 mit Angaben zur Biologie, Verbreitung, Morphologie und Systematik von Archon apollinus (Herbst 1798) und Archon apollinaris Staudinger [1892] 1891 (stat. nov.) (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae). Nota lepidopterologica 8(2): 97-128. (url)

Stetten J. M. von- & Bozano G. C. 2021. Papilionidae part III, Subfamily Parnassiinae, Tribes Zerynthiini, Luehdorfiini. In: Bozano G. C., Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Milano: Omnes Artes (Ed.). pp. 1-96. (url not available)