5 2 FRANCIS HEMMING 



APPIAS Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (6) : 91. Type-species by selection by Butler 

 (1870, Cistula ent. 1 : 49) : Papilio zelmira Stoll, [1780], in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (27) : 

 64, pi. 320, figs C, D. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio zelmira is currently treated subjective- 

 ly on taxonomic grounds as representing the same taxon as that represented by the older- 

 established nominal species Papilio libythea Fabricius, 1775 (Syst. Ent. : 471). 



APPORASA Moore, 1884,/. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt II, 53 (1) : 38. Type-species by monotypy : 

 Amblypodia atkinsoni Hewitson, [1869], 77/. diurn. Lep., Lycaenidae 1 (text) : i4g ; 

 2 (plates) : pi. 3b, figs 48, 49. 



APROTOPOS Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 19 (an Incorrect Original Spelling of Apro- 

 topus Kirby, 1871, by selection by Kirby, [1872], in Zool. Rec. 8 (year 1871) : 359). 



When introducing this generic name, Kirby (as shown above) used two Original Spellings, 

 Aprotopos on page 19 and Aprotopus on page 661 in the index. Under Article 32(b), the 

 determination of the spelling to be accepted as the Correct Original Spelling depends on the 

 choice made by the First Reviser. In this case the First Reviser was Kirby himself who in the 

 following year chose Aprotopus as the Correct Original Spelling. 



APROTOPUS Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 19 (as Aprotopos), 661 (as Aprotopus). 

 Type-species by monotypy : Thyridia aedesia Doubleday, [July 1847], Gen. diurn. Lep. (1) : 

 pi. 16, fig. 4 (text published in October 1847, ibid. (1) : 118). 



Kirby stated that he was erecting this genus for Thyridia as used by " Doubl. (nee. Hiibn.) " 

 on page 117 in the Gen. diurn. Lep., and placed three species in this genus. Of these only one, 

 namely Thyridia aedesia Doubleday, was included in the above work on the page cited by 

 Kirby, and that species is therefore the type-species of Aprotopus by monotypy. Further it 

 was expressly selected as such by Kirby himself in the following year ([1872], in Zool. Rec. 

 8 (year 1871) : 359). 



Details as to the circumstances in which the spelling Aprotopus became the Correct Original 

 Spelling of this generic name have been given in the note on the spelling Aprotopos. 



The name Aprotopus Kirby is invalid, as it is a junior objective synonym of the older name 

 Xanthocleis Boisduval, 1870, the two genera having the same nominal species as type-species. 



APSITHRA Moore, [1899], Lep. ind. 4 (39) : 58. Type-species by original designation : 

 Papilio codes Fabricius, 1787, Mantissa Ins. 2 : 7. 



APYRROTHRIX Lindsey, 1921, Univ. Iowa Stud. Nat. Hist. 9 (No. 4) : 15. Type-species 

 by original designation : Erycides araxes Hewitson, 1867, Descr. One Hundred new Hesp. 

 (1) : 2 . 



ARAMINTA Moore, 1886, /. linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 21 : 50. Type-species by monotypy ; 

 Papilio demotion Cramer, [1776], Uitl. Kapellen 1 (8) : 140, pi. 89, figs A, B. 



A RAN DA Fruhstorfer, 1909, Int. ent. Z. 3 : 134. Type-species by original designation : 

 Pronophila schrenkii Menetries, 1858, Bull. phys. math. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 17 : 215. 



This generic name is invalid, as it is a junior objective synonym of Ninguta Moore, [1892], of 

 which the same nominal species is the type-species. 



ARAOTES Doherty, December 1889, /. asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt II, 58 (4) : 413, nota, 428. 

 Type-species by original designation : Myrina lapithis Moore, 1857, in Horsfield & Moore, 

 Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1) : 48. 



ARAOTES de Niceville, February 1890, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 3 : 20, 445. Type-species 

 by original designation : Myrina lapithis Moore, 1857, in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. 

 Mus. East India Coy (1) : 48. 



This name was published by de Niceville as a name which had originally been proposed by 

 Doherty in manuscript but which he now published as a new name of his own. 



The name Araotes de Niceville is invalid, both as a junior homonym of, and as a junior 

 objective synonym of, Araotes Doherty, 1889. 



