The purpose of this application, under Articles 41 and 65.2 of the Code, is to conserve the well-established current use of the hesperiid tribe ErynniniBrues & Melander, 1932 (subfamily Pyrginae) by suppressing its three senior homonyms ErynnidiTutt, 1906, ErynnidaeSwinhoe, 1913, and ErynnidaeHampson, 1918, which were based on the same genus ErynnisSchrank, 1801, the last based on many distinct and invalidly fixed type species.
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15 September 2018
Case 3749 – Erynnini Brues & Melander, 1932: proposed conservation by suppression of Erynnidi Tutt, 1906, Erynninae Swinhoe, 1913 and Erynnidae Hampson, 1918 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)
Emilio Balletto,
Francesca Barbero,
Simona Bonelli,
Luca P. Casacci,
Leonardo Dapporto
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Erynnis
European Dinghy skipper butterfly
Hesperiidae
Holarctic
nomenclature
Pyrginae
taxonomy