Erebia c. callias W. H. Edwards, 1871

Erebia c. callias W. H. Edwards, 1871
(Colorado Alpine)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Erebia Dalman, 1816

K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 37(1): 58. Type-species: Papilio ligea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 473, no. 97, by original designation. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 506 placed this name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 1255.

= ‡Epigea Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 62. Type-species: Papilio ligea Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 473, no. 97, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 198. A junior objective synonym of Erebia. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 506 placed this name on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 1143.

= Syngea Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 62. Type-species: Papilio pronoe Esper, 1780, Die Schmett. 1(2)(1): 23-24, pl. 54 (Cont. 4), fig. 1, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 198.

= Phorcis Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 62. Type-species: Phorcis epistygne Hübner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 62, no. 591, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 198.

= Marica Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 63. Type-species: Papilio stygne Ochsenheimer, 1807, Schmett. Europa 1(1): 276, no. 52 (= Papilio meolans de Prunner, 1798, Lepid. Pedemont.: 71; synonym), by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 198.

= Gorgo Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 64. Type-species: Papilio ceto Hübner, [1804], Samml. Europ. Schmett. 1: pl. 112, figs. 578, 579 (= Papilio alberganus de Prunner, 1798, Lepid. Pedemont.: 71; synonym), by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 198.

= ‡Oreina Westwood, 1841

In: Brit. Butts. Transf. (ed. 1): 76. Type-species: Papilio cassiope Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Ins. 2: 42, no. 417, by designation of Butler (1868), Entomol. Mon. Mag. 4(45): 194. Preoccupied by Oreina Chevrolet, 1835, in: Dejean, Cat. Coléopt. (ed. 2): 402.

= Medusia Verity, 1953

Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 179. Type-species: Papilio medusa [Schiffermüller], 1775, Ankündung eines syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener Gegend: 167, no. 10, by original designation.

= Triariia Verity, 1953

Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 186. Type-species: Papilio triarius de Prunner, 1798, Lepid. Pedemont.: 70, by original designation.

= Truncaefalcia Verity, 1953

Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 188. Type-species: Papilio aethiops Esper, 1777, Die Schmett. 1(1)(5): pl. 25 (Supp. 1), fig. 3; (9): 312-313, by original designation.

= ‡Simplicia Verity, 1953

Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 5: 194. Type-species: Papilio epiphron Knoch, 1783, Beitr. Insektengesch. 3: 131, no. 3, pl. 6, fig. 7, by original designation. Preoccupied by Simplicia Guenée, 1854, Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 51.

= Simplospinosia Verity, 1957

Entomol. Rec. & J. Var. 69(10): 225. Type-species: Papilio epiphron Knoch, 1783, Beitr. Insektengesch. 3: 131, no. 3, pl. 6, fig. 7, as a replacement name. Proposed to replace Simplicia Verity, 1953, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8).

pluto group B. Warren, 1936

Monogr. Erebia: 247.

Erebia callias W. H. Edwards, 1871

Erebia callias callias W. H. Edwards, 1871

Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 3(3/4): 266, 274, no. 15.

Original Combination: Erebia Callias

Type Locality: “Colorado”; suggested to be “Mosquito Pass” and probably “Mt. Elbert and LaPlata Peak just to the south of it” by F. Brown (1934), J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 42(2): 161; further defined as “[Mosquito Pass, Park Co.]” by L. Miller and F. Brown (1981), Mem. Lepid. Soc. (2): 199.

Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown (1964), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 90(4): 408, fig. 33 ♂ D&V.

= ‡”sinocho” Scott, 1981

Papilio (n.s.) 1: 3.

Original Combination: Erebia callias form sinocho

Proposed as a “form” with no nomenclatural standing; a nomen nudum.

= ‡”brucei” Scott, 1986

Butts. N. Am.: 246, no. 123.

Original Combination: [Erebia callias] form brucei

Proposed as a “form” with no nomenclatural standing; a nomen nudum. This is a case of Scott proposing a “form” name to correspond with an already named “form” of another species.

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