Pieris marginalis reicheli Eitschberger, [1984]
(Margined White)

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Synonymy

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

Genus Pieris Schrank, 1801

Fauna boica 2(1): 152, no. 1981; 160-170, nos. 1283-1296. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Latreille (1810), Consid. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 351, 440. Robbins and Henson (1986), J. Lepid. Soc. 40(2): 79-92, discussed the various generic arrangements and concluded that Pieris [with the following synonymy] forms a monotypic genus related to Perrhybris Hübner, [1825], Itaballia Kaye, 1904, and Ganyra Billberg, 1820.

      =    ‡Pieris Latreille, 1804

Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 24(Tab.): 180, 200. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by monotypy. Preoccupied by and a junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801.

      =    ‡Mancipium Hübner, [1806]

Tentamen: [1]. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by monotypy. The Tentamen was suppressed by I.C.Z.N. Opinion 97; I.C.Z.N. Opinion 278 placed this name on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 84. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801.

      =    ‡Danaus Oken, 1815

Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3(Zool.)(1): 723. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Crotch (1872), Cist. Entomol. 1(4): 60. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 417 suppressed Oken’s work, making this name unavailable. Preoccupied by Danaus Kluk, 1780, Zwierz. Hist. Nat. Pocz. Gospod. 4: 83, and a junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801.

      =    ‡Ganoris Dalman, 1816

K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 37(1): 61-62, no. 8; 86-90, nos. 1-10; tablet 1, no. 8; tablet 2, no. 8. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by original designation. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801.

      =    ‡Andropodum Hübner, 1822

Syst.-alph Verz.: 2-5, 7-9. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(844): 199. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801. This name was spelled “Antropodum” on page 3 of the original description, representing an incorrect original spelling.

      =    ‡Tachyptera Berge, 1842

Schmetterlingsbuch: 19, 92-105. Type-species: Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 467-468, no. 58, by designation of Hemming (1934), Entomol. 67(849): 38. A junior objective synonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801.

=    Artogeia Verity, 1947

Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 3: 192-193. Type-species: Papilio napi Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 468, no. 60, by original designation.

napi group Robbins and Henson, 1986

J. Lepid. Soc. 40(2): 86.

Pieris marginalis Scudder, 1861

As first revisers, W. Barnes and McDunnough (1917), Check List Lepid. Bor. Am.: 3: no. 35, accorded precedence to marginalis over pallida, and Geiger and Shapiro (1992), Z. zool. Syst. Evolut.-forsch. 30(2): 118, accorded precedence to marginalis over venosa.

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 183.

Original Combination: Pieris marginalis

Type Locality: “Gulf of Georgia...Crescent City, California”; lectotype from “Washington Territory.” The “Gulf of Georgia” was interpreted to be “near Port Townsend, Wash. Terr.” by H. Hagen (1883), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 22: 164. [Jefferson County, Washington]

Types: Lectotype (#16598) in MCZ, designated by Eitschberger [1984], Herbipoliana 1(1): 284; (2): pl. 495, figs. 11 ♂ D, 12 ♂ V.

=    pallida Scudder, 1861

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 183.

Original Combination: Pieris pallida

Type Locality: “Gulf of Georgia”; interpreted to be “near Port Townsend, Wash. Terr.” by H. Hagen (1883), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 22: 164. [Jefferson County, Washington]

Types: Syntypes (#16599) in MCZ.

=    ‡”flava” W. H. Edwards, 1881

Papilio 1(6): 94, no. 3 (description), 98 (name).

Original Combination: [Pieris Oleracea] aberr. Flava

Type Locality: “Washington Terr.”

Types: Type(s), if they can be identified, probably in CMNH.

This name might be interpreted as a nomen nudum.

Pieris marginalis reicheli Eitschberger, [1984]

Herbipoliana 1(1): 301; 1(2): pl. 507, figs. 25 ♂ D, 26 ♂ V (holotype); 27-34 ♂&♀, D&V; pl. 509, figs. 1-38; pl. 511, figs. 1-4, unassociated figs. 1346, 1369-1375, 1381, 1604-1606 ♂ genitalia, 1376, 1387, 1574-1579 ♀ genitalia.

Original Combination: Pieris marginalis reicheli

Type Locality: “Canada, British Columbia, Revelstoke”

Types: Holotype in MGCL.

‡”postreicheli” Eitschberger, [1984]

Herbipoliana 1(1): 301.

Original Combination: Pieris marginalis reicheli gen. aest. postreicheli

Type Locality: Not stated.

Types: No type(s) designated.

As a quadrinomial, this name is unavailable (Code Article 45.5); it is also a nomen nudum.

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