Zonilia
| Number: | 31091.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Walker | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120096#page/204/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Sphingidae | |
| Genus: | Zonilia | |
| Journal: | List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. | |
| Year: | 1856 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 78 [key], 192 | |
| Part: | (8) | |
| Ref Id: | 6168.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae | |
| Superfamily: | Bombycoidea | |
| Tribe: | Tribe unassigned | |
| Type Country: | [SOUTH AFRICA] | |
| Type Depository: | (? Depository) | |
| Type Lectotyped: | Fletcher & Nye (1982) Generic Names Moths World 4: 173 | |
| Type Locality: | [Natal, Durban] Port Natal | |
| Types: | Lectotype - male | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 8624.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Rothschild & Jordan | |
| Type Des Year: | 1903 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Novit. zool. | |
| Type Des Title: | Novitates Zoologicae / London | |
| Type Des Volume: | 9 | |
| Type Des Part: | (Suppl.) | |
| Type Des Page: | 100 | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53816#page/246/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Walker | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120096#page/204/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Journal: | List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. | |
| Type Sp Page: | 192 | |
| Type Sp Part: | (8) | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1856 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 6168.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Zonilia | |
| Type Sp: | viridescens | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=ZONILIA', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae'] | |
| Memo: | Fletcher & Nye (1982) stated:- Z. viridescens is a junior subjective synonym of Sphinx funebris Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 371. The syntypic series of five specimens of Zonilia viridescens, all of which are in the BNHM, is a mixture of two species, Sphinx funebris Fabricius, 1793, and Nephele comma Hopffer, 1858. In order to fix the identity of the type-species of Zonilia Walker, 1856, a LECTOTYPE male of Zonilia viridescens Walker, bearing the following data, is here designated. Port Natal 49-29 [Purchased from Mr S. Stevens, collected by Gueinzius of Leipsig] / Zonilia viridescens [cut from a copy of Walker's Catalogue]. A male paralectotype labelled: 49-29 Port Natal [as for lectotype]. Both are conspecific with Sphinx funebris Fabricius, 1793. The other three syntypes are conspecific with Nephele comma Hopffer, 1858, Mber. K. preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1857: 421. (1) Zonilia viridescens Walker var. B./ 43-56 [Congo, presented by Dr Richardson], male. (2) Zonilia viridescens Walker var. G / 43-56 Congo [presented by Dr Richardson]. (3) Zonilia viridescens Walker var. G / 49-29 Port Natal [as for lectotype]. Zonilia was a Boisduval manuscript name made available by Walker. Kitching & Cadiou (2000) list ORNEUS Hübner, 1824 and ZONILIA Walker, 1856 as junior synonyms of NEPHELE Hübner, 1819. |
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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 |