Taxonomic question (Anthanassa/Janatella)
Markku Savela
msa at anise.tte.vtt.fi
Wed Jun 2 14:44:47 EDT 1999
Greetings,
I'm trying to improve my list of butterflies using
Francis Hemming, 1967 The Generic Names of the Butterflies ...
However while doing the Nymphalidae/Melitaeinae, I run into a problem
with Anthanassa and Janatella, because
Hemming says
Anthanassa Scudder, 1875
TS: Eresia cincta, Edwards, 1864
(= Eresia leucodesma C. & R. Felder, 1861)
However, in Butterflies of Costa Rica deVries has both
Anthanassa Scudder, 1875
and
Janatella Higgins, 1981, which includes
Janatella leucodesma (Felder & Felder, 1861)
So, I have some missing information. Which of the following
possibilities, is the correct one?
1) Hemming has wrong type species for Anthanassa
2) Eresia cincta != Eresia leucodesma
3) Eresia leucodesma C. & R. Felder, 1861 != Janatella leucodesma
4) something else?
I suppose I could just dump all into Phyciodes and be done with
it... :)
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Markku Savela (msa at hemuli.tte.vtt.fi), Technical Research Centre of Finland
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