Eurema
| Number: | 11208.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Hübner | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103196#page/104/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Pieridae | |
| Genus: | Eurema | |
| Journal: | Verz. bekannt. Schmett. | |
| Year: | 1819 | |
| Homonym Count: | 2.0 | |
| Page: | 96 | |
| Ref Id: | 2846.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Coliadinae | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Type Country: | See BHL scanned Type-species page | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 788.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Butler | |
| Type Des Year: | 1870 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Cist. ent. | |
| Type Des Title: | Cistula Entomologica / London | |
| Type Des Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Des Part: | (3) | |
| Type Des Page: | 35 | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41151#page/52/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Cramer | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95037#page/312/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Uitl. Kapellen | |
| Type Sp Page: | 144, pl.273, fig.A | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 3 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1780 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 6915.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Papilio | |
| Type Sp: | delia | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Eurema_a.htm', 'http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieridae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=EUREMA'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- Hübner introduced the name Eurema demoditas (: 96) as a replacement name for Papilio delia Cramer, [1780], which he cited in the synonymy of his new nominal species. As shown above, Papilio delia Cramer was selected as the type-species by Butler in 1870. As this nominal species is objectively identical with Eurema demoditas, one of the originally included species of this genus, Butler's selection was accepted by subsequent authors, though by some e.g. by myself in 1934 (Gen. Names hol. Butts 1 : 135) it was then considered necessary to cite the type-species of a genus under the name used for that species by the original author ; in consequence, Eurema Hübner was cited as having Eurema demoditas Hübner as its type-species. However, by a resolution taken by the International Congress of Zoology in Paris in 1948 it was decided that when on the establishment of a nominal genus, an author cited synonyms for the names of any of the species which he included in that genus, the names so cited in synonymy are themselves to be accepted as the names of originally included species. This decision was incorporated into the revised Code, published in 1961, where it appears in Article 69 (a) (i). Accordingly, as it was under the name Papilio delia Cramer that the type-species of this genus was selected by Butler, it is the nominal species so named which should be cited as the type-species of this genus. The name Papilio delia, as applied to the present species, is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of the name Papilio delia [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775] (Ankündung syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener Gegend : 179). Accordingly, as the oldest available name objectively applicable to the present species, the name Eurema demoditas Hübner is the name which should be used. The taxon represented by the nominal species Eurema demoditas Hübner [1819], is currently considered subjectively on taxonomic grounds to represent the same taxon as that represented by the nominal species Pieris daira Godart, [1819] (Ency. méth. 9 (Ins.) (1 : 137). The exact dates on which in 1819 the relevant portion of Hübner's Verzeichniss and the first part of Godart's contribution to the Ency. méth. were respectively published are not known. Accordingly, there is no certain evidence as to the relative precedence which should be accorded to the names Eurema demoditas Hübner and Pieris daira Godart respectively. In these circumstances, some choice is necessary for practical purposes. In this case this choice is not difficult, for the species-group name daira Godart is well-known and has been used extensively, while the name demoditas is not. Preference is therefore here given to the name daira Godart over the name demoditas Hübner. Accordingly, the name daira Godart is here treated as the oldest available name subjectively applicable to the present species and therefore as being its valid name. The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). Seeimages at Butterflies of America. |
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