Cynthia

[Niklas Wahlberg]

Hi,
   For info about Nymphalidae in general, you might
want to look at my web pages
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/wahlberg/Nymphalidae/Nymphalidae.htm

For finding out about genus level names of Lepidoptera
(validity, type species, author, year of publication,
reference to publication, etc) have a look at the
British Museum's Catalogue
http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/perth/butmoth/SearchCatalogue.dsml

It's quite a nice searchable database!

The original author of Cynthia is Fabricius (who also
described the genus Vanessa). Have a look at the BM's
Catalogue for a story about Cynthia vs Vanessa!

Cheers,
Niklas

 --- Bill Yule <droberts03 at SNET.Net> wrote: > Thanks
Andy and Niklas for the responses to the
> question of Cynthia.
>       Lately I've seen a couple of references to
> Cynthia cardui and I
> thought hmmmm...I wonder what's happening with
> Vanessa? ...Well it should be
> a simple matter of looking it up...hmmmm...but I
> guess I should have known
> that there are no simple matters when it comes to
> generic concepts and who
> chooses to embrace which. ;>}
>       I find it interesting that not only is the
> Cosmopolite well travelled
> in terms of a worldwide distribution and well
> travelled in the sense of
> being capable of long migrations but also well
> travelled in terms of generic
> affiliations.
>       My meager library tells me this about the
> Painted Lady's generic
> travels:  Pyrameis>Cynthia>Vanessa>Cynthia (or
> Vanessa).  There must have
> been others. Did I miss any?
> Who is the original author of Cynthia?  Can anyone
> suggest a good reference
> where I might look to find these kinds of things
> out?
>                                         Thanks,
>                                                    
> Bill
>

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