The Commission has not used its plenary power to conserve the name Papilio phoebus De Prunner, 1798 for the European ‘Small Apollo’ butterfly (papilionidae) found in the Holarctic by giving it precedence over the senior primary homonym Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793.
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1 March 2017
Opinion 2382 (Case 3637) — Conservation of the accustomed usage of Papilio phoebus De Prunner, 1798 by suppression of Papilio phoebus Fabricius, 1793 not approved (Insecta, Lepidoptera, papilionidae)
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European ‘Small Apollo’ butterfly
Holarctic
nomenclature
P. ariadne
P. corybas
P. phoebus
papilionidae