Balkan butterflies: A systematic & synonymic catalogue (family-group taxa)
(Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea & Papilionoidea)

Superfamily HESPERIOIDEA Latreille, 1809


Family HESPERIIDAE Latreille, 1809

‘Hesperides’ Latreille, P. A., 1809 (Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata 4: 187, 207); type-genus: Hesperia Fabricius, 1793. — The name Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 with Hesperia Fabricius, 1783 as a type-genus was placed by the ICZN under the number 548 in the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology (ICZN, 1983, Opinion 1240. Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 (Insecta, Lepidoptera) added to the Official List. — Bull. zool. Nom. 40 (1): 27—28).



Subfamily Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878

Pyrginae Burmeister, H. C. C., 1878 (Description physique de la République Argentine d’après des observations personnelles et étrangères 5: Lépidoptères (1): 24); type-genus: Pyrgus Hübner, [1819].


— Synonymy —

Erynnidae Hampson, G. F., 1918 (Some small families of the Lepidoptera which are not included in the key to the families in the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, a list of the families and subfamilies of the Lepidoptera with their types and a key to the families. — Novit. zool. 25 (2): 386); type-genus: Erynnis Schrank, 1801. — A junior subjective synonym of Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878.

Urbaninae Barnes, W. & A. W. Lindsey, 1922 (A review of some generic names in the order Lepidoptera. — Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 15 (1): 94). — A junior subjective synonym of Pyrginae Burmeister, 1878.



Subfamily Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925 (1879)

Heteropterinae Aurivillius, C., 1925 (Hesperidae [sic]. — In: Seitz, A. (Hrsg.), Die Groß-Schmetterlinge der Erde 2, 13: 506, 546); type-genus: Heteropterus Duméril, 1806.


— Synonymy —

Cyclopidinae Speyer, A., 1879 (Die Hesperiden-Gattungen des Europäischen Faunengebietes II. Nachträge. Das Flügelgeäder. — Stettin. ent. Ztg 40 (10—12): 483); type-genus: Cyclopides Hübner, [1819]. — A junior objective synonym of Heteropterinae Aurivillius, 1925.



Subfamily Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809

‘Hesperides’ Latreille, P. A., 1809 (Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata 4: 187, 207); type-genus: Hesperia Fabricius, 1793.


— Synonymy —

Pamphilinae Butler, A. G., 1870 (List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Spaight in Northern India. — Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1870): 728); type-genus: Pamphila Fabricius, 1807. — A junior objective synonym of Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809.