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Prometheus

Number: 24071.0
Author: Hübner
Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43837#page/304/mode/2up
Family: Castniidae
Genus: Prometheus
Journal: Samml. exot. Schmett.
Year: 1824
Homonym Count: 1.0
Page: pl.[143]
Ref Id: 2858.0
Status: Available name
Subfamily: Castniinae
Superfamily: Cossoidea
Volume: 2
Type Country: BRAZIL
Type Depository: (? Depository)
Type Locality: [not stated]
Types: Type(s)
Type Des: by monotypy
Type Sp Author: Hübner
Type Sp Bhl Page: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43837#page/304/mode/2up
Type Sp Journal: Samml. exot. Schmett.
Type Sp Page: pl.[143]
Type Sp Volume: 2
Type Sp Year: 1824
Type Sp Ref Id: 2858.0
Type Sp Genus: Prometheus
Type Sp: casmilus
Memo Links: ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castniidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=PROMETHEUS']
Memo: Hemming (1967) stated:- Hübner treated this as a genus of butterflies. It is however a Castniid moth. Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- P. casmilus is a junior subjective synonym of Papilio cochrus Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Insect. 2: 25.

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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