Purple Hairstreak

[Guy_VdP at t-online.de]

Hi,

Leraut, 1997 (Systematic and Synonymic List of the Butterflies of 
France, Belgium and Corsica - 2nd Ed.) lists it as Neozephyrus quercus 
Linnaeus, 1758. 
Neozephyrus was erected by Sibatani & Ito, 1942.
In many books you will still find it as Quercusia quercus Linnaeus, 
1758. 
Quercusia was erected by Verity, 1943 (Later than Neozephyrus => it is 
a synonym). 

Guy.

Guy Van de Poel
Guy_VdP at t-online.de

Trevor Boyd schrieb:
> Can someone please tell me what is the current accepted 
> scientific name for the Purple Hairstreak?  Is it Quercus 
> quercusia or Q. neozephyrus?, and if the latter, who 
> named it and when? 
> 
> Trevor Boyd
> Butterfly Conservation Northern Ireland
> 
> 
>

 
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