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Phasis

Number: 22614.0
Author: Walker
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/338/mode/2up
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Phasis
Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Year: 1854
Homonym Count: 2.0
Page: 312
Part: (2)
Ref Id: 8448.0
Status: Junior homonym
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Senior Syn: SHAPIS
Senior Syn Author: Nye
Senior Syn Page: 449
Senior Syn Year: 1975
Type Country: BRAZIL
Type Depository: (BMNH, London)
Type Locality: Amazonas, Tapajos
Types: Holotype
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Walker
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/338/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus.
Type Sp Page: 312
Type Sp Part: (2)
Type Sp Year: 1854
Type Sp Ref Id: 8448.0
Type Sp Genus: Josia
Type Sp: noctilux
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctuidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PHASIS']
Memo: Nye (1975) stated:- A junior homonym of Phasis Hübner, [1819] 1816, Verz. bekantter Schmett.: 73, -Lepid., Lycaenidae. The objective replacement name is Shapis nom. n. Phasis Walker was proposed as a subgenus of Josia Hübner, [1819] 1816, ibidem: 176, -Lepid., Dioptidae. See: SHAPIS Nye, 1975. Poole (1989) included PHASIS Walker, 1854 (preoccupied); and SHAPIS Nye, 1975 as junior synonyms of MELANCHROIOPSIS Dyar, 1918.

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Dataset buttmoth
Dataset ID f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457
Resource Butterflies and Moths of the World
Resource ID c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c