Genus Pithecops Horsfield, 1828

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Genus Pithecops Horsfield, 1828

Pithecops Horsfield, T. 1828. 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 1 Vol. 1 80 pp. [66] [placed on the Official List of Generic Names No. 1763; 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 [364] discussed nomenclatural problems].
Type species:
Pithecops corax Fruhstorfer, 1919 by designation under Plenary Powers, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1967. Opinion 822. Pithecops Horsfield, [1828] (Insecta, Lepidoptera): Designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24(4): 216-217 [Date published September, 1967] [216] (ICZN ruling on type species designation, Opinion No. 822).
Eupsychellus Röber, J.K.M. 1891. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Indo-Australischen Lepidopterenfauna. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 34: 261-334 [316].
Type species:
Lycaena dionisius Boisduval, 1832 by monotypy.

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Queensland

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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)