Nymphalinae
Creators: name: Bland, Keith P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae

description: Nymphalinae
Argynnis HEGEMONE Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [258-259]. Current accepted combination: Pseudargynnis hegemone (Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819) (see Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995).
Holotype, male, pinned underside uppermost (left antenna and abdomen missing): Specimen data: “hégémone. encyc” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse bluish paper]. “Dufresne” [printed] on verso “ Argynnis | hegemone | 40” [Handwritten]. “ TYPE ” [Handwritten on oval pink label]. “Dufresne | 1936-50 | 36” on verso “ Pseudargynnis |
hegemone Godart | TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Remarks: Described from “un individu appartenant à M. Dufresne” - this is that specimen and hence is the holotype. This conclusion is in agreement with Grimshaw (1897). No type locality is given. The specimen is used for a coloured illustration of the species as figure 5 in the plate in Grimshaw (1897).
Vanessa LAODORA Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [314]. Junior subjective synonym of Precis pelarga (Fabricius, 1775) (see Butler, 1901)
Syntypes, two females, pinned (each with an antenna missing): Specimen data: Specimen reg. no.42: “Laodora. Ency | Laodice.f.cram” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse bluish paper]. “Dufresne [Printed] TYPE [Handwritten in pencil]” on verso “ Vanessa | Laodora | 28” [Handwritten in ink]. “ TYPE ” [Handwritten on oval pink label]. “Dufresne | 1936-50 | 42” on verso “ Precis pelarga Fab. |? TYPE of | Vanessa laodora | Godart” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Specimen reg. no. 43: as no.42 only without a Godart handwritten label and with registration no. 43. Remarks: These are the original two specimens present in the Dufresne Collection when it was studied by Godart and are hence part of the type series. Type locality is given as “les côtes de Guinée & Angole” [The coast of Guinea & Angola]. As indicated by Grimshaw (1897) the two syntypes represent different forms of the same taxon. The name laodora was omitted from Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright (1995).
[Kallima LIMBORGII Moore, 1878 [1879]
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1878 (4), 821–859 [828]. Combination still valid (see Bridges, 1988b)
Specimen: 1 female, pinned.
Specimen data: “Taoo March 3.5000” [Handwritten]. “ Kallima Limborgii | ♂ Moore” [Handwritten]. “Tenasserim | Clive-Bayley | 1913-72 ” [Printed] on verso “ Kallima | limborgii Moore”[Handwritten]. “Clive-Bayley | 1936-50 44” [Handwritten] on verso “ Kallima limborgii | Moore CO-TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Remarks: The type series was taken at 3000-6000 feet on Moolai whereas the present specimen was taken at 3-5000 feet on Taoo. Althought both were taken on the Upper Tenasserim Expedition of 1876-1877, the present specimen cannot be considered part of the type series as it is from an unmentioned locality.]
Vanessa LYTREA Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [299]. Current accepted combination: Anartia lytrea (Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819) (see D’Abrera, 1987b; Lamas, 2004).
Syntype, female, pinned on cork strip (abdomen and both antennae missing): Specimen data: “lytréa.encyc” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse creamy paper]. “Dufresne” [Printed] on verso “ “ Vanessa | lytrea | 5” [Handwritten]. “TYPE” [Handwritten on oval pink label]. “Dufresne | 1936-50 | 45” on verso “ Anartia lytrea | Godart |?TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Remarks: This is the single specimen (erroneously transcribed “Eytrea” in the Dufresne catalogue) from the Dufresne collection studied by Godart. It is thus a syntype. Type locality unknown, but it was supposedly collected on the expedition of Captain Baudin which went to “la Nouvelle-Hollande, de Timor, de l’Isle-de-France, du cap de Bonne-Espérance, &c.” [Australia, Timor, Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope etc.] It appears that Godart was misinformed about its origin as the specimen undoubtedly comes from Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). There is other material in the Dufresne collection from this area.
Argynnis PYGMAEA Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [290] Junior subjective synonym of Antillea pelops (Drury, 1773) (see Lamas, 2004).
Syntypes, two, both pinned on strips of cork and with abdomen missing: Specimen data: Specimen reg. no. 38: “pygmaea. Ency” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse bluish paper]. “Dufresne” [Printed] on verso “ Argynnis | pygmaea | 16” [Handwritten]. “ TYPE ” [Handwritten on oval pink label]. “Dufresne | 1935-50 | 38” on verso “ Phyciodes aegon | Fab. | CO-TYPE of | Argynnis pygmaea | Godart” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Specimen reg. no. 39: “pygmaea” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse bluish paper]. Other labels as for Reg. no.38 but with registration no. 1936-50 39. Remarks: These are the two specimens present in the Dufresne collection when it was studied by Godart. Both are thus part of the type series and furthermore are endorsed in Godart’s own hand-writing. Type locality is “Amérique” [America]. As pointed out by Grimshaw (1897) the two specimens are different and are probably different subspecies of Antillea pelops (Drury, 1773).
Argynnis THAROSSA Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [289–290]. An unjustified emendation and hence junior subjective synonym of Papilio tharos Drury, 1773. Current accepted combination Phyciodes tharos (Drury, 1773) (see Higgins, 1981).
Syntype, male, pinned: Specimen data: “tharossa. Ency. | tharos cram.” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse bluish paper]. “Dufresne” [Printed] on verso “ Argynnis | Tharossa | 15” [Handwritten]. “ TYPE ” [Handwritten on oval pink label]. “Dufresne | 1936-50 | 37” on verso “ Phyciodes tharos | Drury | Argynnis tharossa | Godart. | CO-TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Remarks: This is the single specimen present in the Dufresne collection when it was studied by Godart. It is thus part of the type series. Grimshaw (1897) is in agreement with this. Type locality is given as “l’Amérique septentrionale, & particulièrement dans l’Etat de New-York” [New York State, North America]. A neotype of Papilio tharos Drury, 1773 was designated by Scott (1994).
Vanessa VULCANIA Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [320–321]. Current accepted combination: Vanessa vulcania Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819 (see Leestmans, 1978).
Syntype, female, pinned: Specimen data: “Vulcania Encyc. | atalanta. cram. | ténériffe.” [Handwritten (by Godart) on coarse cream paper]. “Dufresne” [Printed] on verso “ Vanessa | vulcania | 37” [Handwritten]. “ TYPE ” [Handwritten on oval pink label]. “Dufresne | 1936-50 | 41” on verso “Pyrameis | vulcania Godart |?CO-TYPE” [Handwritten (by Grimshaw) on mauve paper]. Remarks: This is one of two specimens in the Dufresne Collection studied by Godart. The other cannot now be traced. The present specimen is thus part of the type series. Grimshaw’s (1897) hesitation is unfounded. Type locality “Ténériffe” [Canary Islands, Tenerife].
Vanessa ZABULINA Godart, in Latreille & Godart, 1819
Encyclopédie Méthodique Histoire Naturelle [Zoologie] 9. Entomologie i–328 [301]. Junior subjective synonym of Hypanartia bella (Fabricius, 1793) (see Willmott, Hall & Lamas, 2001).
Paralectotype, 1 male, pinned (abdomen missing), designated by G.Lamas (in Willmott, Hall & Lamas, 2001).
description: Published as part of Bland, Keith P., 2019, Name-bearing types of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea), in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, pp. 57-89 in Zootaxa 4559 (1) on pages 78-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3522349