Genus Neptis Fabricius, 1807
- Neptis Fabricius, J.C. 1807. Systema glossatorum. In Illiger, Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 6: 279-289 [282] [this name has been placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Name No. 662) International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 232. Suppression, under Plenary Powers, of twelve generic names in the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) published by Illiger in 1807 in senses different from those in which those names were published by Fabricius later in the same year. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 4(22): 249–274 (252, 267)].
Type species:
Papilio aceris Esper, 1783 by subsequent designation, see Crotch, M.A. 1872. On the generic nomenclature of Lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 59-71, 91-92 [66]. - Philonoma Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [78] [junior objective synonym of Neptis Fabricius, 1807; introduced Philonoma as a replacement name for Neptis Fabricius, 1807, but unnecessarily as Neptis Fabricius, 1807 was available].
Type species:
Papilio aceris Esper, 1783 by indication. - Paraneptis Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 146, published 27 Aug 1898, further generic description on p. 214, published 28 Nov 1898].
Type species:
Papilio lucilla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 by original designation. - Kalkasia Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 146, published 27 Aug 1898, further generic description on p. 214, published 28 Nov 1898].
Type species:
Limenitis alwina Bremer & Grey, 1852 by original designation. - Hamadryodes Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 147, published 27 Aug 1898, further generic description on p. 215, published 28 Nov 1898].
Type species:
Athyma lactaria Butler, 1866 by original designation. - Bimbisara Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 147, further generic description Moore, F. 1899. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Limenitina, Nymphalina, and Argynnina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 4(37–41) pp. 1–112 (1)].
Type species:
Neptis amba Moore, 1858 by original designation. - Stabrobates Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 147, further generic description Moore, F. 1899. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Limenitina, Nymphalina, and Argynnina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 4(37–41) pp. 1–112 (15)].
Type species:
Neptis radha Moore, 1857 by original designation. - Rasalia Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 147, further generic description Moore, F. 1899. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Limenitina, Nymphalina, and Argynnina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 4(37–41) pp. 1–112 (44)].
Type species:
Athyma gracilis Kirsch, 1885 by original designation. - Neptidomima Holland, W.J. 1920. Lepidoptera of the Congo, being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 43: 109-369 9 pls [116] [introduced in the Table of Contents on p. 116, described on p. 164].
Type species:
Neptis exaleuca Karsch, 1894 by original designation. - Seokia Sibatani, A. 1943. Über einige Nymphaliden-Formen aus Nippon (Lepidoptera). Transactions of the Kansai Entomological Society 13(2): 12-24 pl. 1 [21].
Type species:
Limenitis pratti Leech, 1890 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Eliot, J.N. 1969. An analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 15: 1-156 pls 1-3 [6]
- Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995] [364]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Kei Islands
- Papua New Guinea
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
General References
Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203 [152] (bibliography)
Eliot, J.N. 1969. An analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 15: 1-156 pls 1-3 [3]
History of changes
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