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

Family LYCAENIDAE [Leach], [1815]

‘Family Lycaenida’ [Leach, W. E.], [1815] ([Article] Entomology. In: Brewster, D., The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9 (1): 129); type-genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.


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Polyommatidae Swainson, W., 1827 (A Sketch of the Natural Affinities of the Lepidoptera Diurna of Latreille. — Phil. Mag., n. s. 1 (2): 187); type-genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804. — A junior subjective synonym of Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815].

Ruralidae Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1914 (Synonymic Notes on the Ruralidae. — Entomologist’s Rec. J. Var. 26: 133—136); type-genus: Ruralis Tutt, [1906]. — Invalid, the name of the type-genus Ruralis Tutt, [1906] is a junior objective synonym of Thecla Fabricius, 1807 (Hemming, A. F., 1967 (The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species. — Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 9): 397).



Subfamily Riodininae Grote, 1895 (1827)

‘Riodinidae’ Grote, A. R., 1895 (Systema Lepidopterorum Hildesiae... — Mitt. Roemer Mus. Hildesh. [1]: [1], [4]); type-genus: Riodina Westwood, [1851].


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‘Erycinae’ Swainson, W., 1827 (A Sketch of the Natural Affinities of the Lepidoptera Diurna of Latreille. — Phil. Mag., n. s. 1 (3): 184—185); type-genus: Erycina Fabricius, 1807.


Tribe Hamearini Tutt, [1906]

‘Hamearinae’ Tutt, J. W., [1906] (A natural history of the British Butterflies 1: 299); type-genus: Hamearis Hübner, [1819].


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‘Nemeobiinae’ Bates, H. W., [1868] (A Catalogue of Erycinidae, a Family of Diurnal Lepidoptera. — J. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 9: 412); type-genus: Nemeobius Stephens, 1828. — Invalid, the name of the type-genus Nemeobius is a junior objective synonym of Hamearis Hübner, [1819].



Subfamily Lycaeninae [Leach], [1815]

‘Family Lycaenida’ [Leach, W. E.], [1815] ([Article] Entomology. In: Brewster, D., The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9 (1): 129); type-genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.



Tribe Lycaenini [Leach], [1815]

‘Family Lycaenida’ [Leach, W. E.], [1815] ([Article] Entomology. In: Brewster, D., The Edinburgh Encyclopedia 9 (1): 129); type-genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.



Tribe Teclini Swainson, 1831

‘Teclanae’ Swainson, W., 1831 (Zoological Illustrations... Ser. 2, 2: Pl. 85 and text); type-genus: Thecla Fabricius, 1807.


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‘Zephyriides’ Billberg, G. J., 1820 (Enumeratio Insectorum... : 80); type-genus: Zephyrius Billberg, 1820. — Invalid, the name of the type-genus Zephyrius is an unjustified emendation of the name Zephyrus Dalman, 1816.

‘Zephyrini’ Grote, A. R., 1897 (Die Schmetterlingsfauna von Hildesheim. — Mitt. Roemer Mus. Hildesh. 8: 25); type-genus: Zephyrus Dalman, 1816. — Invalid, the name of the type-genus Zephyrus is a junior objective synonym of the name Thecla Fabricius, 1807.



Tribe Eumaeini Doubleday, 1847

‘Eumaeidae’ Doubleday, E., 1847 (List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 20); type-genus: Eumaeus Hübner, [1819].



Subtribe Deudorigiti Doherty, 1886

‘Deudoriginae’ Doherty, W., 1886 (A list of butterflies taken in Kumaon. — J. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. II, 55 (2): 110); type-genus: Deudorix Hewitson, 1863.


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‘Testoridi’ Tutt, J. W., [1907] (A Natural History of the British Butterflies 2 (1): 86—87); type-genus: Thestor Hübner, [1819].

‘Tribe Tomarini trib. nov.’ Eliot, J. N., 1973 (The higher classification of the Lycaenidae... — Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 439); type-genus: Tomares Rambur, 1840. — A junior subjective synonym of Deudorigiti Doherty, 1886.



Subtribe Eumaeiti Doubleday, 1847

‘Eumaeidae’ Doubleday, E., 1847 (List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 20); type-genus: Eumaeus Hübner, [1819].



Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827

‘Polyommatidae’ Swainson, W., 1827 (A Sketch of the Natural Affinities of the Lepidoptera Diurna of Latreille. — Phil. Mag., n. s. 1 (2): 187); type-genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804.



Subtribe Lampiditi Tutt, [1907]

‘Lampidini’ Tutt, J. W., [1907] (A Natural History of the British Butterflies 2: 327); type-genus: Lampides Hübner, [1819].



Subtribe Leptotiti Wagener, 1995

Leptotiti Wagener, S., 1995 (In: Hesselbarth, G., van Oorschot, H. & S. Wagener, Die Tagfalter der Türkei... 1: 541); type-genus: Leptotes Scudder, 1876.



Subtribe Taruciti Verity, 1943

‘Tarucidi’ Verity, R., 1943 (Le Farfalle diurne d’Italia 2: 76); type-genus: Tarucus Moore, [1881].



Subtribe Zizeeriiti Chapman, 1910

‘Zizeeriidi’ Chapman, T. A., 1910 (On Zizeeria (Chapman), Zizera (Moore), a group of Lycaenid butterflies. — Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 58 (4): 480, 482); type-genus: Zizeeria Chapman, 1910.



Subtribe Everiti Tutt, [1907]

‘Everidi’ Tutt, J. W., [1907] (A Natural History of the British Butterflies 2: 327); type-genus: Everes Hübner, [1819].


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‘Cupididi’ Tutt, J. W., [1907] (A Natural History of the British Butterflies 2: 327); type-genus: Cupido Schrank, 1801.



Subtribe Celastriniti Tutt, [1907]

‘Celastrinidi’ Tutt, J. W., [1907] (A Natural History of the British Butterflies 2: 327, 378); type-genus: Celastrina Tutt, 1906.



Subtribe Scolitantiditi Tutt, [1907]

‘Scolitantidini’ Tutt, J. W., [1907] (A Natural History of the British Butterflies 2: 327); type-genus: Scolitantides Hübner, [1819].



Subtribe Glaucopsychiti Hemming, 1931

‘Glaucopsychidi’ Hemming, F., 1931 (Revision of the Genus Iolana, Bethune-Baker. — Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 79 (2): 324); type-genus: Glaucopsyche Scudder, 1872.



Subtribe Polyommatiti Swainson, 1827

‘Polyommatidae’ Swainson, W., 1827 (A Sketch of the Natural Affinities of the Lepidoptera Diurna of Latreille. — Phil. Mag., n. s. 1 (2): 187); type-genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804.