Didonis
| Number: | 8549.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Author: | Hübner | |
| Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103196#page/24/mode/2up | |
| Family: | Nymphalidae | |
| Genus: | Didonis | |
| Journal: | Verz. bekannt. Schmett. | |
| Year: | 1819 | |
| Homonym Count: | 1.0 | |
| Page: | 17 | |
| Ref Id: | 2846.0 | |
| Status: | Available name | |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae | |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea | |
| Tribe: | Elymniini | |
| Type Country: | See BHL scanned Type-species page | |
| Type Des Ref Id: | 5223.0 | |
| Type Des: | by subsequent designation by | |
| Type Des Author: | Scudder | |
| Type Des Year: | 1875 | |
| Type Des Journal: | Proc. amer. acad. Arts Sci., Boston | |
| Type Des Title: | Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston | |
| Type Des Volume: | 10 | |
| Type Des Part: | (2) | |
| Type Des Page: | 156 | |
| Type Des Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22173#page/164/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp Author: | Stoll | |
| Type Sp Bhl Page: | http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95058#page/246/mode/2up | |
| Type Sp In Author: | Cramer | |
| Type Sp Journal: | Uitl. Kapellen | |
| Type Sp Page: | 116, pl.349, figs E-F | |
| Type Sp Volume: | 4 | |
| Type Sp Year: | 1781 | |
| Type Sp Ref Id: | 8316.0 | |
| Type Sp Genus: | Papilio | |
| Type Sp: | vitellia | |
| Memo Links: | ['http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/gbn/Lamas_Genera_04ii08.xls', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127039', 'http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=DIDONIS', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphalidae'] | |
| Memo: | Hemming (1967) stated:- The name Didonis Hübner was formerly widely used as though its type-species was the Nymphalid species Papilio biblis Fabricius, 1807, but this usage was incorrect, Scudder, the first author to select a type-species, having (as shown above) selected the Satyrid (Elymniine) Papilio vitellia Stoll. Fortunately, no ill-result was involved in the correction of this misusage : (i) because the name Didonis Hübner could not in any circumstances have been validly used for Papilio biblis Fabricius, 1775, since that species is the type-species of the older established nominal genus Biblis Fabricius, 1807; (ii) because the fact that the true type-species of Didonis Hübner is an Elymniine Satyrid gives rise to no confusion, since according to modern taxonomic ideas Papilio vitellia Stoll, the type-species of Didonis Hübner is congeneric with Elymnias jynx Hübner (better known as undularis Drury), the type-species of the older-established nominal genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818. Thus, Didonis Hübner is a junior subjective synonym of Elymnias Hübner. The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008). |
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