Capys (butterfly)
| Capys | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Papilio alphaeus, figs E and F (bottom left and right), the type species of this genus; plate CLXXXII (182) from Cramer and Stoll Uitlandsche kapellen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Capys Hewitson, [1865] |
| Type species | |
| Papilio alphaeus Cramer, 1777 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Capys is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
Conservation of the name
In 1819, Jacob Hübner published the generic name Scoptes, including 3 species but without designating a type.[1] The generic name was more or less forgotten afterwards.[2] In 1966, Norman Denbigh Riley, for practical reasons, selected Papilio alphaeus Cramer, 1777, as the type species of Scoptes, by which Scoptes became an objective synonym of Capys, and started a case to suppress the name Scoptes for purposes of priority.[2] In 1986, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature suppressed the name Scoptes (for the Principle of Priority not Principle of Homonymy) in order to conserve the name Capys Hewitson.[3]
Species
- Capys alphaeus (Cramer, [1777])
- Capys bamendanus Schultze, 1909
- Capys bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916
- Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys catharus Riley, 1932
- Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys connexivus Butler, 1897
- Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys disjunctus Trimen, 1895
- Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988
- Capys penningtoni Riley, 1932
- Capys stuarti Collins & Larsen, 2000
- Capys usambarae Congdon & Collins, 1998
- Capys vorgasi Larsen & Collins, 2003
External links
Media related to Capys (butterfly) at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Capys at Wikispecies
References
- ↑ Hübner, J. (1819). Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge: 111
- 1 2 Riley, N.D. (1966). Scoptes Hübner [1819] v. Capys Hewitson 1864 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), a case of a forgotten name. Z.N.(S.) 1748. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 23(4): 165
- ↑ Tubbs, P.K. (1986). Opinion 1398, Capys Hewitson, [1865] (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(2): 152