Genus Phalanta Horsfield, 1829
- Phalanta Horsfield, T. 1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species and of the metamorphosis of Indian Lepidoptera, with introductory observations on a general arrangement of this order of insects. London : Parbury, Allen and Co. Pt 2 Vol. 2 81-144 pp., 5-8 pls. [publication date: Corbet, A.S. 1939. The date of Thomas Horsfield's "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects Contained in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company". Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1(7): 196 [196]] [pl. 7 figs 5a-5g].
Type species:
Papilio phalantha Drury, 1773 by monotypy. - Atella Doubleday, E. in Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1847. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Illustrated by W.C. Hewitson. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1 pp. xii 1-18 pls A 1-4. [issued 1847, dated 1846-1850, publication dates] [pl. 22 fig. 3] [Hemming, F. 1941. The types of genera established by Doubleday, (E.) in the Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera, and by Westwood, (J.O.) in the continuation thereof. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1(11): 413–446 [423] pl. 22 published 2 Nov 1847, relevant text p. 165 published 3 May 1848].
Type species:
Atella eurytis Doubleday, 1847 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 [123]. - Albericia Dufrane, A. 1945. Lépidoptères du Kivu. (3e note) (1). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 81: 90-143 [98].
Type species:
Albericia gomensis Dufrane, 1945 by original designation.
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] [327]
- 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. [246]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
Oriental 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 [140] (bibliography)
History of changes
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |