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

Genus:
Zemeros Boisduval, 1836 , in Boisduval & Guenée. Hist. nat. Ins. 1Plates : 5, pl.21 [= pl.5C], fig. 5.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : RIODINIDAE : NEMEOBIINAE

Type-species:
Papilio allica Fabricius, 1787. Mantissa Ins. : 52.

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
? Type status ? COUNTRY: ? Locality, (? Depository)..

Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-

The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio allica Fabricius is currently treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being the same as that represented by the older-established nominal species Papilio flegyas Cramer, [1780] (Uitl. Kapellen 3 (24) : 158, pl. 280, figs E, F).

The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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Junior name(s):
Zameros ; Marschall, 1873: 318.