GENERIC NAMES OF BUTTERFLIES 191 



treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being the same as that represented by the 

 nominal species Papilio regalis Cramer, [1775] (Uitl. Kapellen 1 (6) : 114, pi. 72, figs E, F). 



EVERES Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (5) : 69. Type-species by selection by 

 Scudder (1872, 4/A Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1871 : 56) : Papilio amyntas [Denis & 

 Schiffermuller], 1775, Ankitndiing eines syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener Gegend : 185. 



The name Papilio amyntas [Denis & Schirfermiiller], 1775, is invalid, as it is a junior homo- 

 nym of Papilio amyntas Poda, 1761 (Ins. Mus. graec. : 79). 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio amyntas [Denis & Schirfermiiller] is 

 currently treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being the same as that represented by 

 the older-established nominal species Papilio argiades Pallas, 1771 (Reise durch verschied. 

 Provinz. Rnssisch. Reichs 1 : 472). 



EVIDES Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. zool., Index univ. : 147, 153 (an Unjustified Emendation of 

 Eueides Hiibner, 1816). 



The spelling Evides was used by Agassiz for a second time in 1848 (he. cit. (12 mo Ed.) : 440, 

 442)- 



Agassiz explicitly introduced the spelling Evides as an emendation of Eueides Hiibner, 

 citing the latter name when bringing forward the spelling Evides; also when citing the name 

 Eueides, he gave a forward reference to his new spelling Evides. 



EVONYME Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4) : 61. Type-species by selection by 

 Scudder (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 176) : Papilio amelia Cramer, [1777], 

 Uitl. Kapellen 2 (12) : 61, pi. 136, figs B, C. 



The generic name Evonyme was published in the same work (on the same page) and on the 

 same date as the generic name Eunica. In consequence, the relative precedence to be accor- 

 ded to these generic names depends on the choice of the First Reviser. As explained in the 

 note on the name Eunica, the First Reviser in this case was Kirby who in 1871 (Syn. Cat. 

 diurn. Lep. : 198) adopted the name Eunica, placing the name Evonyme in synonymy 



EXOMETAECA Watson, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Loud. 1893 : 130 (an Incorrect Subsequent Spell- 

 ing of Exometoeca Meyrick, ii 



EXOMETOECA Meyrick, 1888, Proc. linn. Soc. NSW. (2) 2 (4) : 833. Type-species by 

 monotypy : Exometoeca nycteris Meyrick, 1888, ibid. (2) (2 (4) : 833. 



EXOMYTOECA Waterhouse, 1902, Index zool. 1880-1900 : 140 (an Incorrect Subsequent 

 Spelling of Exometoeca Meyrick, 1888). 



EXOPLISIA Godman & Salvin, [1886], Biol, centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1 : 450. Type-species 

 by monotypy : Amarynthis hypochalybe Felder (C.) & Felder (R.), 1861, Wien. ent. 

 Monats. 5 : 98. 



Exoplisia is currently treated as the oldest available name — indeed, the only such name — 

 applicable to a taxonomically valid genus of the family Riodinidae. 



It must be noted however that Stichel on several occasions — the latest being in 1930 (in 

 Strand's Lep. Cat. 40 : 442) — treated the name Exoplisia as a junior subjective synonym of 

 Nelone Boisduval, 1870. This practice was entirely without justification, for as early as 1875 

 Scudder (Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 225) had selected the only distantly related 

 species Papilio fatima Cramer to be the type-species of this genus. It may perhaps be worth 

 noting that of the seven nominal species placed in Nelone two were then described as species of 

 this genus and that one of these names (prasithea) is currently treated as being a junior sub- 

 jective synonym of Amarynthis hypochalybe, the name of the type-species of Exoplisia. The 

 name Nelone was used in the sense of Exoplisia several times after its publication by Boisduval 

 in 1870, but this practice ceased after Scudder had selected Papilio fatima Cramer to be the 

 type-species in 1875 and the name Nelone did not re-appear in the literature until Stichel began 

 his mistaken efforts in 1910 (in Fasc. 112A of Wytsman's Gen. Ins.) to employ it as though it 

 were a senior synonym of Exoplisia Godman and Salvin. 



