old scientific name

[Martin Honey]

At 11:00 PM 6/11/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Could you  tell me which current name (perhaps several species) those old
>names refer? (in Europe)

The answer to your question about the placement of your names can be found
in the 1997 French checklist by Lerault (Alexanor Suppl.):

1. dorilis Hufnalgel 1766 is a subspecies of Heodes tityrus (Poda 1761)
2. amphidamas Esper 1781 is a synonym of Helleia helle ([D. & S.] 1775)
3. argus Linnaeus 1758 is a good species in the genus Plebejus
4. astrarche Bergstrasse [1779] is a synonym of Aricia agestis ([D. & S.]
1775)
5. There are three citations of hylas. The oldest, hylas Linnaeus 1758 is a
species of Neptis (Nymphalidae). As you list it as "L." I assume that it
must be one of the two entries in the Lycaenidae: hylas [D. & S.] 1775 is a
synonym of Pseudophilotes baton (Bergstrasse [1779]), hylas Esper 1778 is a
synonym of Polyommatus dorylas ([D. & S.] 1775)
6. cyllarus Rottemburg 1775 is a subspecies of Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda 1761)
7. pasiphae Esper 1781 is preoccupied by pasiphae Cramer 1775 and is a
synonym of Pyronia bathesba (Fabricius 1783)

Hope this helps

Martin
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