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emendation t.il<in» automatically as its type-species the same species as Argyreus Scopoli, 

 namely Papilio niphe Linnaeus. On the second of the above points, the revised Code provides 

 (Article 56(a)) that names are not to be treated as homonyms oi one another if they differ in 

 spelling even by a single letter. Under tins provision Argyrea Billberg and Argyria Hiibner 



are not homonyms of one .mother. 



The name Argyrea Billberg is invalid, as being an Unjustified Emendation of Argyreus 



Scopoli, 1777, and is therefore a junior objective synonym "I that name. 



ARGYREUS Scopoli, 1777, Introd. Hist. not. : 431. Type-species by selection by Reuss (102 s , 

 Int. ent. 7, . 22 : 146) : Papilio niphe Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) I (2) : 785. 



I he name Papilio niphe Linnaeus, 1707, was introduced as a replacement name for Papilio 

 kyperbius Linnaeus, 1763 (Amoen. acad. 6 : 408). This replacement was entirely unnecessary, 

 and the name kyperbius Linnaeus, [763, is an available name and, as the oldest such name 

 applicable to the present species, is therefore its valid name. 



Bj the Ruling given in Direction 2 (i<>54, Opin. int. Connn. tool. Notn. 2 : 613-62N1 tin- 

 name Argyreus Scopoli has been placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as 

 Name No. 758. 



ARGYROCHEILA Staudinger, 1892, Iris 4 (2) : 215. Type spei ies by monotypy : Argy- 

 rocheila undifera Staudinger, 1892, ibid. 4 (2) : 215. 



ARGYROGRAMMA Stichel, 1910, Berl. ent. Z. 55 (1/2): 12 rype-species by original 

 designation : Erycina stilbe Godart, 1 ^2 j , I. my. mith. 9 (Ins.) (2) : 574. 



Ilns name is invalid, as it is ,1 junior homonym oi Argyrogramma Hiibner, [823 [Zutr. z. 

 Samml. exot. Stinnett. 2 : 29), This name has been replaced by the name Argyrogrammana 

 Strand, 1932. 



ARGYROGRAMMANA Strand, 1932, Folia sool. hydrobiol., Riga 4 (1) : 144. Type-species 

 through Section (i) (replacement names) oi Article 67: Erycina stilbe Godart, [1824], Ency. 

 niet/i. 9 (Ins.) (2) : 574. 



This name w as introduced as a replacement i< >i I ma Stichel, 1910, which is invalid 



under the Law of Homonym v 



ARGYRONOME Hiibner, [1819], Vers, bekannt. Schmett. (2) : 32. Type-species by selection 

 by Scudder (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sir, Boston 10 : 120) : Papilio laodice Pallas, 

 1771, Reise durch verschied. Prov. Russisck. Pen lis 1:471 



ARGYRONYMPHA Mathew, 1886, Proc. zool. Soc. Loud. 1886:346. Type-Species by 

 selection by Hemming (1943, Proc. R. ent. Sot Lond (B)12 : 23) : Argyronympha pulchra 



Mathew, 1886, ibid. 1886 : 347, pi. 34, fig. 4. 



ARGYROPHENGA Doubleday, 1845, Ann. Mag. not. Hist. 16 : 307. Type-species by 

 monotypy : Argyrophenga antipodum Doubleday, 1845, ibid. 16 : 307. 



The name Argyrophenga has commonly, though incorrectly, been treated as having been 

 first published in 1848 (Lep. Spec. lep. ins. lint. Mits., Appendix : 31), whereas it was in fact 

 first published in November 1845. 



ARGYROPHORUS Blanchard, 1852, in Cay, Hist. /is. pol. Chile, Zool. 7 : 30. Type-species 

 by monotypy : Argyrophorus argenteus Blanchard, 1852, in Cay, ibid., Zool. 7 : 30, 

 pi. 2, figs 9, 10 (J, 11 $. 



ARHOPALA Boisduval, 1832, iwd'Urville, Voy. " Astrolabe ", Faun. Ent. 1 (Lep.) : 75. Type- 

 species by selection by Scudder (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. ArlsSci., Boston 10 : 120) : Arhopa- 

 la phryxus Boisduval, 1832, in d'Urville, ibid., Faun. Ent. 1 (Lep.) : 75. 



Scudder erroneously supposed that Arhopala phryxus was the only species included in this 

 genus by Boisduval and accordingly stated that that species was the type-species by mono- 

 typy. This misconception on Scudder's part does not detract from the force of his statement 



