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

Genus:
Celaenorrhinus Hübner, 1819 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett. : 106.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : PYRGINAE : EUDAMINI

Type-species:
Papilio eligius Stoll, 1781. In: Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4: 123, pl.354, fig.H.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Scudder , 1875. Proc. amer. acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 137.    [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 Pyrrginae: Celaenorrhinini.

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

Junior name(s):
Caelaenorrhinus ; Westwood, 1852: 521.
Caelinorrhinus ; Köhler, 1923: 32.
Calaenorrhinus ; Gibson & Bunt, 1974: 60.
Celaenorhinus ; Hübner, 1831: 38.
Celaenorrihinus ; Mielke, 1993: 614.
Celoenorrhinus ; Mabille, 1903: 50.