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Apatura Fabricius, 1807

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Illiger (1807) Magazin für Insecktenkunde. 6.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
genus
Apatura

Name

Synonyms
Aeola Billberg, 1820
Apaturia Sodovsky, 1837
Athymodes Moore, 1896
Bremeria Moore, 1896
Chitoria Moore, 1896
Dravira Moore, 1896
Limina Moore, 1896
Mars Girard, 1866
Mimathyma Moore, 1896
Narsenga Moore, 1896
Rohana Moore, 1880
Sincana Moore, 1896
Homonyms
Apatura Hübner, 1819
Apatura Laporte & Gory, 1837
Apatura Fabricius, 1807
Common names
Emperors in English
Mars in French
mieniak in Polish
ob. skimmerfjäril in Swedish
ob. skimmerfjäril in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL 2006
  2. Hall (2004) Fjärilar
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 232 Suppression, under Plenary Powers, of twelve generic names in the order Lepidoptera (class Insecta) published by Illiger in 1 807 in Senses Different from those in which those names were published by Fabricius Later in the same year.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 4(22), 249-274 (1954)
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 264 Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of a figure to represent the lectotype of the nominal species Papilio iris Linnaeus, 1758 (class Insecta, order Lepidoptera).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 5(25), 343-354 (1954)
  5. Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. SN2000/Munroe, 1982
  9. SN2000/Munroe, 1982
  10. as per family
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