Thoraessa
| Number: | 29047.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| In Author: | Doubleday | |
| Author: | Westwood | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49324#page/82/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Nymphalidae | |
| Genus: | Thoraessa | |
| Journal: | Gen. diurn. Lep. | |
| Year: | 1850 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 326 | |
| Ref Id: | 6455.0 | |
| Status: | Unavailable name | |
| Subfamily: | Morphinae | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Tribe: | Amathusiini | |
| Volume: | 2 | |
| Senior Syn: | AMATHUSIA | |
| Senior Syn Author: | Fabricius | |
| Senior Syn Page: | 279 | |
| Senior Syn Year: | 1807 | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=THORAESSA'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- This name was introduced by Westwood as "Thoraessa Boisduval MS." in the synonymy of Amathusia Fabricius, 1807. Prior to the introduction of the present (1961) text of the Code, the question whether a name published in a synonymy did or did not possess any status in nomenclature was matter of doubt. Accordingly, in order to ensure the relegation of Thoraessa in synonymy without any chance of subsequent emergence, I selected in 1939 (Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 8 : 133) Papilio phidippus Linnaeus, 1763 to be the type-species. In consequence, even if Thoraessa Westwood had not been invalidated by having been published in a synonymy, it would nevertheless have been invalid as a junior objective synonym of Amathusia Fabricius, 1807, of which also the above species is the type-species. Cowan (1970: 28) stated:- "THORAESSA" Westwood, [l850] : 326, 327. Not available. Introduced as "Boisd. ms." in the synonymy of Amathusia Fabricius, and mentioned in the synonymy of the two included species as "Boisd. Coll." No other mention. Never raised out of synonymy. The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). |
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| License | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike |
| Dataset | buttmoth |
| Dataset ID | f8bc9b9c-009a-4689-bd01-ed621095c457 |
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