Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775) (northern segregate)
(Apricot Sulphur)

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Synonymy

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

Genus Phoebis Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 98. Type-species: Phoebis cypris Hübner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 98, no. 1044 (and unjustified emendation of Papilio cipris Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): 5, pl. 99, figs. E, F; (16): 148 (index); = Papilio argante Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 470, no. 116; synonym), by designation of Butler (1873), Lepid. Exot. (13): 155.

      =    ‡Colias Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 99. Type-species: Papilio sennae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 470, no. 72, by designation of Hemming (1939), Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (B)8(7): 136. Preoccupied by Colias [Fabricius], 1807, in: Illiger, Mag. f. Insektenk. 6: 284.

=    Callidryas Boisduval & Le Conte, [1830]

Hist. Lépid. Amér. sept. (8): 73. Type-species: Papilio eubule Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 764, no. 102 (= Papilio sennae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 470, no. 72; synonym), by designation of Blanchard (1840), in: Castelnau, Hist. Nat. Ins. 3: 432.

      =    ‡Metura Butler, 1873

Lepid. Exot. (13): 155. Type-species: Callidryas bracteolata Butler, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(2): 458, pl. 26, fig. 6 (= Colias neocypris Hübner, [1823], Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [136], figs. 1, 2; synonym), by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 218, no. 695. Preoccupied by Metura Walker, 1855, in: Allen's Nat. Libr., Lepid. 2: 229.

=    Parura W. F. Kirby, 1896

In: Allen, Nat. Libr. Lepid. 2: 229. Type-species: Callidryas bracteolata Butler, 1865, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(2): 458, pl. 26, fig. 6 (= Colias neocypris Hübner, [1823], Samml. exot. Schmett. 2: pl. [136], figs. 1, 2; synonym), as a replacement name. Proposed to replace Metura Butler, 1873, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8).

Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775)

Phoebis argante argante (Fabricius, 1775)

Syst. Entomol.: 470, no. 116.

Original Combination: P[apilio]. D[anaus]. C[andidus]. Argante

Type Locality: “Brasilia” Fabricius cited “Mus. Banks” and L. Miller and F. Brown (1981), Mem. Lepid. Soc. (2): 191, state that only Rio de Janeiro was visited by Banks.

Types: Syntype in BMNH.

                   =    cipris (Cramer, 1777)

Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): 5, pl. 99, figs. E ♀ D, F ♀ V; (16): 148 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Dan[aus]. Candidi Cipris

Type Locality: “Surinamen” “Suriname”

Types: Syntypes (#665064, 665065) in BMNH.

                   =    volcanica (Perry, 1811)

Arcana 1: [161], pl. [83].

Original Combination: Papilio Volcanica

Type Locality: “Rio de la Plata” [Argentina]

Types: Types probably lost.

                         =    ‡cnidia (Godart, 1819)

In: Ency. méth. 9(Ins.)(1): (86), 93-94, no. 14; cited Papilio cipris Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): pl. 99, figs. E, F: (16): 148 (index), and Herbst (1792), in: Jablonsky, Natursyst. Ins., Schmett. 5: pl. 111, figs. 3, 4.

Original Combination: Colias Cnidia

Proposed to replace Papilio cipris Cramer, 1777, erroneously thought preoccupied.

                         =    ‡cypris (Hübner, [1819])

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (7): 98, no. 1044; cited Papilio cipris Cramer, 1777, Uitl. Kapellen 2(9): pl. 99, figs. E, F; (16): 148 (index).

Original Combination: P[hoebis]. Cypris

An unjustified emendation of Papilio cipris.

                   =    aurantia Larrañaga, 1923

Escrit. Larrañaga. publica Instit. Hist. Geogr. Uruguay: 418.

Original Combination: Papilio aurantia

Type Locality: “frequens in floribus civitatis” [frequent at flowers in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay]

Types: Type(s) lost.

                         =    ‡”albante” F. Brown, 1929

Am. Mus. Novit. (368): 13.

Original Combination: Phoebis argante argante female form albante

Type Locality: “Tegucigalpa, Honduras”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

‡”alba” Scott, 1986

Butts. N. Am.: 205, no. 52.

Original Combination: [Phoebis argante ♀] form alba

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

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