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

Genus:
Amazela Boisduval, 1874 . Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) 2 : 66.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : AGARISTINAE

Type-species:
Amazela calisto Boisduval, 1874. Rev. Mag. Zool. (3), 2: 66.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Hampson , 1910. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 449.    [BHL]

Type specimens:
Syntypes [AUSTRALIA] NEW HOLLAND: ? Locality, (BMNH, London)..

Notes:
Nye (1975) stated:-

A. calisto was treated by Boisduval as though it was a new species although it is a junior subjective synonym of Apina callisto Walker, 1855, the type-species of Apina Walker, 1855.

Poole (1989) included AMAZELA Boisduval, 1874 as a junior synonym of APINA Walker, 1855.


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