Genus Appias Hübner, 1819

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Genus Appias Hübner, 1819

Appias Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [91].
Type species:
Papilio zelmira Stoll, 1780 by subsequent designation, see Butler, A.G. 1870. A revision of the genera of the subfamily Pierinae. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 33-58 pls 1-4 [49] (a junior subjective synonym of Papilio libythea Fabricius, 1775).
Catophaga Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [93].
Type species:
Papilio paulina Cramer, 1777 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [136].
Hiposcritia Geyer, C. 1832. pp. [1]–48 in Hübner, J. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg : Hübner. [16] [illustrated, published, but not named in pl. [113] figs 651, 652 by Hübner, 1826, described by Geyer, 1832, on p. 16 and published after Hübner's death].
Type species:
Hiposcritia pandione Geyer, 1832 by monotypy.
Trigonia Geyer, C. 1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg : Hübner. 52 pp. [publication date: Hemming, F. 1937. Hübner: a Bibliographical and Systematic Account of the Entomological Works of Jacob Hübner and of the Supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer. London : Royal Entomological Society of London Vol. 1 xxxiv 605 pp. [480]] [21, 35] [junior homonym of Trigonia Brugière, 1789 (Mollusca); Neave, S.A. 1939–1940. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A List of the Names of Genera and Subgenera in Zoology from the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the End of 1935. London : The Zoological Society of London Vol. 1–4 (555) homonymy].
Type species:
Papilio nero Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [286].
Tachyris Wallace, A.R. 1867. On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian regions. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4(3): 301-406 pls 6-9 [361] [junior objective synonym of Trigonia Geyer, 1837].
Type species:
Papilio nero Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [274].
Andropodum Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [112] [junior homonym of Andropodum Hübner, 1822; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Suppl. 9: 1–509 (44) discussed the misuse of the name Andropodum and the selection of the type species].
Type species:
Mylothris margarita Hübner, 1825 by original designation.
Glutophrissa Butler, A.G. 1887. A new genus of Pierinae allied to Appias. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 23: 248-249 [249].
Type species:
Appias poeyi Butler, 1872 by original designation ((Hemming, F., 1967) [198] discussed synonymy of the type species, Appias poeyi Butler, 1872, = synonym of Mylothris molpadia Hübner, [1819], = synonym of Papilio drusilla Cramer, 1779).
Lade de Nicéville, L. 1898. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan, and Austro-Malayan, and Australian regions. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12(1): 131-161 [153].
Type species:
Appias lalassis Grose-Smith, 1887 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Butler, A.G. 1870. A revision of the genera of the subfamily Pierinae. Cistula Entomologica 1(3): 33-58 pls 1-4 [49] (as first reviser gave priority to Appias Hübner over Catophaga Hübner which was published simultaneously)
Talbot, G. 1932. Familia Pieridae I. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 53 pp. 1–320. [183] (synonymy of Andropodum Scudder, 1875 and Glutophrissa Butler, 1887 = subgenus of Appias Hübner, [1819])
Heppner, J.B. & Inoue, H. (eds) 1992. Lepidoptera of Taiwan. Checklist. Gainsville : Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Vol. 1(2) xlix 276 pp. [135] (synonymy of Appias Hübner, [1819], Catophaga Hübner, [1819], Hiposcritia Geyer, 1832, Trigonia Geyer, 1837, Tachyris Wallace, 1867, Lade de Nicéville, 1898)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Kei Islands
- Maluku
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Western Samoa