Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Erionota Mabille, 1878 . Annls Soc. ent. Belg. 21 : 34.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : HESPERIINAE

Type-species:
Papilio thrax Linnaeus, 1767. Systema Naturae (Edn 12), : 794.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Watson , 1893. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. : 72.    [BHL]

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

Learn more about Hesperiidae in Wikipedia.

See images at Butterflies of America where it is treated in the Hesperiinae.

Search the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) for references to ERIONOTA and included species.

Junior name(s):
Erinota ; Adamson, 1889: 41.
Erionata ; Fruhstorfer, 1896: 306.
Erionata ; Fruhstorfer, 1897: 306.