Genus Abraxas Leach, 1815

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• Abraxas Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology. pp. 57-172 in Brewster (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Edinburgh : William Blackburn Vol. 9(1) 764 pp. [reprint 1830] [134].

  Type species:

   Phalaena grossulariata Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Spilote Hübner, J. 1806. Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denomnationis singularum stirpium Lepidoptorum, peritis ad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum. Augsberg. [2] pp. [2] [suppr.].
• Spilota Hübner, J. 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic]. 1. Augsburg. 40 pp., pls [1]-[35] ([1808]-1818) [year of publication not confirmed] [32, [34]] [nomen nudum].
• Spilota Hübner, J. 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen. Augsburg : Hübner vi 81 pp. [39-43, 45-47, 51] [nec Billberg, 1820].

  Type species:

   Phalaena grossulariata Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.
• Zerene Treitschke, G.F. in Oschenheimer, F. 1825. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Vol. 5(2). [444] [objective synonym; junior homonym of Zerene Hübner, [1819] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), and junior objective synonym of Abraxas Leach, [1815]].

  Type species:

   Phalaena grossulariata Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Calospilos Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816–[1825]) 431 pp. [305].

  Type species:

   Phalaena ulmata Fabricius, 1775 by original designation.
• Callispilus Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. Nomenclatoris Zoologici. Index universalis continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera) Fasc. 9–10 [1846], (Index universal) Fasc. 12 [1847] 181 pp. [publication date: Cowan, C.F. 1970. Annotationes Rhopalocerologicae 1970. Berkhamsted, Great Britain : Clunbury Press 70 pp. [14]] [60, 61] [emendation of Calospilos Hübner].
• Potera Moore, F. 1879. A list of the lepidopterous insects collected by Mr. Ossian Limborg in Upper Tenasserim, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4): 821-859 pls 51-53 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [852].

  Type species:

   Potera marginata Moore, 1879 by original designation.
• Omophyseta Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 366-466 [414].

  Type species:

   Abraxas triseriaria Herrich-Schäffer, [1855], 1850-1858 by original designation.
• Silabraxas Swinhoe, C. 1900. Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 2. Noctuina, Geometrina and Pyralidina. Pteropophoridae and Tineina by Right Hon. Lord Wasingham and John Hartley Durrant. Oxford : Claredon Press (a) vi+630 pp., 8 pls. [305].

  Type species:

   Abraxas lobata Hampson, 1895 by original designation.
• Chooreechillum Lucas, T.P. 1901. Queensland Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 16: 73-95 [73].

  Type species:

   Chooreechillum distitans Lucas, 1901 by original designation.
• Dextridens Wehrli, E. 1934. Revision einiger subgenerischen Gruppen der Gattung Abraxas (die picaria-, die sinopicaria-, die celidota- und z. Teil auch die grossulariata-Gruppe). Entomologische Zeitung, Frankfurt am Mainz 48: 138-140.

  Type species:

   Abraxas sinopicaria Wehrli, 1934 by original designation.
• Isostictia Wehrli, E. 1934. Revision einiger subgenerischen Gruppen der Gattung Abraxas (die picaria-, die sinopicaria-, die celidota- und z. Teil auch die grossulariata-Gruppe). Entomologische Zeitung, Frankfurt am Mainz 48: 138-140 [139].

  Type species:

   Abraxas picaria Moore, 1868 by original designation.
• Diceratodesia Wehrli, E. 1935. Zur Revision der Abraxas sylvata Scop.-Gruppe, Subgenus Calospilos Hbn., auf Grund anatomischer Untersuchungen. Neue Untergattungen und neue Arten der Gruppe. Entomologische Rundschau 52: 100-103, 115-119, 121-124, 3 pls [117].

  Type species:

   Abraxas pusilla Butler, 1880 by original designation.
• Mesohypoleuca Wehrli, E. 1935. Ueber die Metamorpha-Gruppe, ein neues Subgenus der Gattung Abraxas, Mesohypoleuca und ihre Arten (Geometrinae, Lep.). Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 1-3, 15-18, 25-33, 37-39, 49-51, 4 pls [1].

  Type species:

   Abraxas metamorpha Warren, 1893 by original designation.
• Rhabdotaedoeagus Wehrli, E. 1935. Zur Revision der Abraxas sylvata Scop.-Gruppe, Subgenus Calospilos Hbn., auf Grund anatomischer Untersuchungen. Neue Untergattungen und neue Arten der Gruppe. Entomologische Rundschau 52: 100-103, 115-119, 121-124, 3 pls [101].

  Type species:

   Abraxas martaria Guenée, [1858] by original designation.
• Spinuncus Wehrli, E. 1935. Zur Revision der Abraxas sylvata Scop.-Gruppe, Subgenus Calospilos Hbn., auf Grund anatomischer Untersuchungen. Neue Untergattungen und neue Arten der Gruppe. Entomologische Rundschau 52: 100-103, 115-119, 121-124, 3 pls [162].

  Type species:

   Abraxas celidota Wehrli, 1931 by original designation.
• Trimeresia Wehrli, E. 1935. Zur Revision der Abraxas sylvata Scop.-Gruppe, Subgenus Calospilos Hbn., auf Grund anatomischer Untersuchungen. Neue Untergattungen und neue Arten der Gruppe. Entomologische Rundschau 52: 100-103, 115-119, 121-124, 3 pls [119].

  Type species:

   Abraxas miranda Butler, 1878 by original designation.
• Empriononyx Wehrli, E. 1936. Einige neue Arten und Rassen aus den Ausbeuten des Herrn Ernst Pfeiffer, München. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 26: 33-37 [37] [replacement name; unnecessary replacement name for Priononyx Wehrli, 1935].

  Type species:

   Zerene leopardina Kollar, [1844] 1848 by original designation.
• Priononyx Wehrli, E. 1935. Zur Revision der Abraxas sylvata Scop.-Gruppe, Subgenus Calospilos Hbn., auf Grund anatomischer Untersuchungen. Neue Untergattungen und neue Arten der Gruppe. Entomologische Rundschau 52: 100-103, 115-119, 121-124, 3 pls [116] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Priononyx Dahlbom [1844] 1843-1845, (Hymenoptera)].

  Type species:

   Zerene leopardina Kollar, [1844] by original designation.
• Zirene Unger, R. 1856. Zum Berftändnib der in der Lepidoterologie gebräuchlichen Namen. Archiv des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg 10: 53-63 [61] [emendation; emendation of Zerene Treitschke].

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