Potamis
| Number: | 23756.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Hübner | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44052#page/148/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Nymphalidae | |
| Genus: | Potamis | |
| Journal: | Samml. exot. Schmett. | |
| Year: | 1807 | |
| Homonym Count: | 2.0 | |
| Page: | pl.[79] | |
| Ref Id: | 2831.0 | |
| Status: | Suppressed name | |
| Subfamily: | Morphinae | |
| Subtribe: | Morphina | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Tribe: | Morphini | |
| Volume: | 1 | |
| Senior Syn: | LEONTE | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Hübner | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 52 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1819 | |
| Type Country: | See BHL scanned Type-species page | |
| Type Des: | by monotypy | |
| Type Sp Author: | Hübner | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44052#page/170/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Samml. exot. Schmett. | |
| Type Sp Page: | pl.[79], figs 1-2 | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 1 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1807 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 2831.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Potamis | |
| Type Sp: | leonte | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=POTAMIS', 'http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- The situation which was found to exist in regard to this name, after the determination of the dates of publication of the plates in Hübner's Samml. exot. Schmett. in the light of the discovery of Hübner's manuscripts, was very similar to that already described in the note on the name Pontia Fabricius. In this case also a well-known Fabrician name - Morpho Fabricius, 1807 - was found to be a subjective synonym of a Hübnerian name - the name Potamis Hübner, [1807] here under consideration - and, as these names were both published in the same year there was a risk that through the discovery of additional information as to the exact dates on which these names were published, the name Potamis Hübner might be found to have priority over, and would therefore replace, the name Morpho Fabricius. The greatest confusion would inevitably have ensued, since the name Morpho is the eponym of the family Morphidae, whereas the name Potamis was totally unknown in connection with this family. It was accordingly decided to submit this case, concurrently with that of the names Pontia Fabricius and Mancipium Hübner to the Commission with a request that in this case also the Fabrician name be protected under the Plenary Powers against the Hübnerian name (Potamis). This case, which was placed before the Commission in 1935, was dealt with by the Commission with the other names referred to above in its Opinion 137, promulgated in 1942. The ruling then given by the Commission under its Plenary Powers was that the name Morpho Fabricius was to be accorded precedence over its subjective synonym Potamis Hübner ; this decision, like those relating to the other names in question, was amplified by the Commission in 1954 in its Direction 4, in which it ruled that the Hübnerian names rejected under the Plenary Powers in Opinion 137 were to be treated as having been suppressed under the foregoing Powers in that Opinion for the purposes of the Law of Priority but not for those of the Law of Homonymy. The name Potamis Hübner (as of the Samml. exot. Schmett.) was thereupon placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology as Name No. 212. The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). |
Cite this as
We track changes to records and therefore you have a choice of citation options:
To cite the most up to date record data use the Latest URL.
Or to cite this specific version of a record's data, ensuring any followers of the link see the same data every time they visit the link, use the Version URL.
Version Permanent URL for this version of the record data:
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/record/c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c/23727/1677508006952
Retrieved: 25 Apr 2025 14:24:01 (UTC)
Latest Permanent URL for the most up to date record data:
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/record/c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c/23727
Retrieved: 25 Apr 2025 14:24:01 (UTC)
Additional Information
| Format | unknown |
|---|---|
| License | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| Dataset | buttmoth |
| Dataset ID | f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457 |
| Resource | Butterflies and Moths of the World |
| Resource ID | c1727662-2d1e-426f-818c-d144552a747c |