Orontes
| Number: | 20594.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Swainson | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92613#page/212/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Uraniidae | |
| Genus: | Orontes | |
| Journal: | Zool. Illustr. | |
| Page Comment: | Nomenclaturally available, but without included species until Hemming, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 9: 324. | |
| Year: | 1833 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | pl.125 | |
| Ref Id: | 11319.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Uraniinae | |
| Superfamily: | Geometroidea | |
| Volume: | 3 | |
| Type Country: | [INDONESIA] | |
| Type Depository: | (? Depository) | |
| Type Locality: | [Moluccas, Ambon Island] | |
| Types: | Type(s) | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent monotypy | |
| Type Sp Author: | Linnaeus | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41302#page/28/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp In Author: | Johansson | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Centuria Insect. Rariorum | |
| Type Sp Page: | 19 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1763 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 7747.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Papilio | |
| Type Sp: | orontes | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ORONTES', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraniidae'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- In the explanation to plate 125, Swainson gave short diagnoses for what he regarded as four genera of butterflies. Of these the first (Leilus Swainson) is a genus of moths, the second is Orontes Swainson (the genus here under consideration), the third (Ripheus Swainson) was based upon a fictitious species (consisting of a moth with the antennae of a butterfly), the fourth (Leptocircus) is a well-known genus of the Papilionidae, to which family Swainson erroneously supposed the three other genera also belonged. Swainson cited no species as belonging to the genus Orontes but his diagnosis for this genus agrees with the characters shown by the nominal species Papilio orontes Linnaeus, 1763, Amoen. acad. 6 : 402, which represents a moth not a butterfly. This supposition is all the more probable in view of Swainson's well-known liking for tautonymy between generic names and the specific name of one of the species included in the genus concerned. In order finally to determine the status of this nominal genus, the nominal species Papilio orontes Linnaeus, 1763, is here placed as sole species in the genus Orontes Swainson, and accordingly becomes under the provisions of Article 69 (a)(ii)(2) the type-species of that genus by subsequent monotypy. Fletcher (1979) stated:- See also: Alcides Hübner, [1822]. |
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