Genus Arrhenes Mabille, 1904

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• Arrhenes Mabille, P. 1904. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae. Genera Insectorum 17: 1-210, pls 1-4 (1903-1904) [142] [introduced by Mabille in the synomymy of Ocybadistes Heron, 1894, treated as available and adopted as a generic name by Evans, 1934 (Art. 11(e), ICZN 1985); Cowan, C.F. 1970. Annotationes Rhopalocerologicae 1970. Berkhamsted, Great Britain : Clunbury Press 70 pp. [29] discussed availability and validity of Arrhenes Mabille, 1904 as a generic name introduced in synonymy and subsequently validated by Evans, 1934].

  Type species:

   Pamphila marnas Felder, 1860 by subsequent designation, see Evans, W.H. 1934. Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: descriptions of new genera, species and subspecies. The Entomologist 67: 206-209 [206].
• Arrhenella Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [122] [replacement name for Arrhenes Mabille, 1904; 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 (60, 61) discussed the complicated history for the introduction of the name Arrhenella Waterhouse, 1937 and its subsequent rejection in favour of Arrhenes Mabille, 1904].

  Type species:

   Pamphila marnas Felder, 1860 by indication.

Distribution

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Queensland

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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)

General References

Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [388]

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