Genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818
- Elymnias Hübner, J. 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge. Augsburg : Hübner 32 pp. 40 pls. [12] [before 1937 Elymnias was considered to have been first published in Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge. Augsburg : Jacob Hübner 17–176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] (37) with subsequent designation of the type species as Papilio lais Cramer, [1777] by 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 (162), but this was erroneous and was subsequently corrected by 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. (185)].
Type species:
Elymnias jynx Hübner, 1818 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1943. Notes on the generic nomenclature of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, II. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 12(2): 23-30 [24]. - Didonis Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [17] [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 (145) discussed the history of the name Didonis and the selection of a type species].
Type species:
Papilio vitellia Stoll, 1781 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 [156]. - Dyctis Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [138].
Type species:
Dyctis agondas Boisduval, 1832 by monotypy. - Agrusia Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144].
Type species:
Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 29(19) (Oct. 1894) pp. 161-176. [issued Oct. 1894, dated 1893] [169]. - Bruasa Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144].
Type species:
Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 29(19) (Oct. 1894) pp. 161-176. [issued Oct. 1894, dated 1893] [164]. - Melynias Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144] [name introduced in a key to genera on p. 144 and further described on p. 156].
Type species:
Papilio lais Cramer, 1777 by original designation. - Mimadelias Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144].
Type species:
Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 29(19) (Oct. 1894) pp. 161-176. [issued Oct. 1894, dated 1893] [165]. - Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, H. 1907. Monographie der Elymniinae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 20(3): 157-252 [171] [name introduced on p. 171 and described on p. 173].
Type species:
Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1943. Notes on the generic nomenclature of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, II. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 12(2): 23-30 [24].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [286]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [243]
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), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Kei Islands
- Papua New Guinea
Oriental Region
General References
Ackery, P.R. 1984. Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London, no. 11. Part 1 Systematics. pp. 9-21 in Vane-Wright, R.I. & Ackery, P.R. (eds). The Biology of Butterflies. London : Academic Press 429 pp. [16]
Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203 [103] (bibliography)
D'Abrera, B. 1990. Butterflies of the Australian Region. Melbourne : Hill House 416 pp. [Date published 31-Dec-90] [278]
Miller, L.D. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 24: i-iii, 1-174 [38]
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