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Euptychia

Number: 11196.0
Author: Hübner
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45770#page/24/mode/2up
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptychia
Journal: Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.
Year: 1818
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: 20
Ref Id: 2844.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Tribe: Satyrini
Volume: 1
Type Country: ? COUNTRY
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: ? Locality
Types: ? Type status
Type Des Ref Id: 7414.0
Type Des: by subsequent designation by
Type Des Author: Hemming
Type Des Year: 1937
Type Des Journal: Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond.
Type Des Title: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London
Type Des Series: (B)
Type Des Volume: 6
Type Des Part: (8)
Type Des Page: 150
Type Sp Author: Hübner
Type Sp Journal: Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett.
Type Sp Page: 20, pl.[19], figs 105-106
Type Sp Volume: 1
Type Sp Year: 1818
Type Sp Ref Id: 10068.0
Type Sp Genus: Euptychia
Type Sp: mollina
Memo Links: ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Euptychia_a.htm', 'http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=EUPTYCHIA']
Memo: Hemming (1967) stated:- At a time when it was erroneously supposed that the name Euptychia was first published by Hübner in the Verzeichniss ((4) : 54), which was then treated as having been published in 1816, whereas in fact the greater part of the butterfly section, including signature 4 here in question, is now considered not to have been published until 1819, Butler selected (1868, Ent. mon. Mag. 4 : 194) Papilio herse Cramer, [1775] (Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1) : 15, pl. 10, figs C,.D) as type-species and Euptychia came to be accepted as the name for the large Neotropical genus of which the above species is a member. When it came to be realized that the name Euptychia was first published in the Zuträge in 1818 (that is, one year before the relevant portion of the Verzeichiss), it became impossible to maintain Papilio herse as the type-species, as it was not one of the two species placed in Euptychia in the Zuträge. Fortunately, one of those species, Euptychia mollina Hübner, belonged to the same general group, and its selection as type-species by myself in 1937 gave a valid basis for the current interpretation of this genus. Cowan (1968: 12) stated:- EUPTYCHIA, line 7; "1819. Butler should read; 1819, Butler. EUPTYCHIA was included within the subfamily NYMPHALIDAE: SATYRINAE by Ackery et al., in Kristensen (1999). The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). See images at Butterflies of America.

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