Systematics

Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809

‘Hesperides’ Latreille, 1809: 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: 27—28).

Family Papilionidae Latreille, [1802]

‘Papilionides’ Latreille, [1802]: 387; type-genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758.

Family Pieridae Duponchel, [1835]

‘Pierides’ Duponchel, [1835]: 381; type-genus: Pieris Latreille, 1804 [Pieris Latreille, 1804 is a junior homonym of Pieris Schrank, 1801]. — The name Pieridae Duponchel, [1835] was placed by the ICZN under the number 206 in the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology (ICZN, 1958: 397—422).

Family Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]

‘Family Lycaenida’ [Leach], [1815]: 129; type-genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807.

— Synonymy

Polyommatidae Swainson, 1827: 187; type-genus: Polyommatus Latreille, 1804. — A junior subjective synonym of Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815].

Ruralidae Bethune-Baker, 1914: 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, 1967: 397).

Family Nymphalidae Swainson, 1827

Nymphalidae Swainson, 1827: 185, 187; type-genus: Nymphalis Kluk, 1780. — The name Nymphalidae Swainson, 1827 with Nymphalis Kluk, 1802 as a type-genus was placed by the ICZN under the number 232 in the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology (ICZN, 1954: 135—178; 1958: 161—174).