GENERIC NAMES OF BUTTERFLIES 291 



MICROCERIS Watson, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : n, 15. Type-species by original 

 designation : Pyrrhopyga [sic] variicolor Menetries, 1855, Ennm. Corp. Anim. Mus. imp. 

 Acad. Sci. petrop. (1) : 96, pi. 4, fig. 9. 



MICROPENTILA Aurivillius, 1895, Ent. Tidskr. 16 : 202. Type-species by original designa- 

 tion : Liptena adelgitha Hewitson, 1874, Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 36. 



MICROTIA Bates, 1864, Ent. mon. Mag. 1 : 83. Type-species by monotypy : Microtia elva 

 Bates, 1864, ibid. 1 : 83. 



MICROZEGRIS Alpheraky, 1913, in Oberthur, Etud. Lipid, comp. 7 : 232. Type-species by 

 monotypy : Pontia pyrothoe Eversmann, 1832, Nouv. Mem. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 2 : 352, 

 pi. 20, figs 3, 4 o". 



MICTRIS Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4 : 477. Type-species through Section (i) 

 (replacement names) of Article 76 : Mycteris caerula [sic] Mabille,, 1877, Petites Nouvelles 

 Ent. 2 (167) : 114. 



The name Mictris was introduced by Evans as a replacement for Mycteris Mabille, 1877, 

 which is invalid under the Law of Homonymy. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Mycteris caerula Mabille is currently treated 

 subjectively on taxonomic grounds as .1 subspecies of the taxon represented by the older- 

 established nominal species Pellicia crispus Herrich-Sehaetlcr, 1870 (CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. 

 Regensburg 24 : 160). 



When introducing the replacement name Mictris, Evans (who accepted the view set out 

 above that Mycteris caerula Mabille represented a subspecies of Pellicia crispus Herrich- 

 Schaeffer) fell into the error of designating Pellicia crispus as the type-species of Mictris, not 

 realising that a replacement genus takes automatically as its type-species whatever is the 

 nominal species, in this case, Mycteris caerula Mabille, which is the type-species of the genus 

 the name of which is so replaced (Article 67(i)), irrespective of views held by the later 

 author as to the taxonomic status of the taxon represented by that nominal species. 



MIDEA Herrich-Schaeffer, 1867, CorrespBl. zool.-min. Ver. Regensburg 21 : 105, 143 (re-paged 

 separate as Prod romus ..2:6, 16). Type-species by monotypy : Papilio genutia Fabricius, 

 1793, Ent. syst. 3 (1) : [93. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio genutia Fabricius is currently treated 

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

 species Mancipium midea Hiibner, [1809] (Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : pi. [142], figs 1, 2^,3,4 $), 

 and, as the older name Papilio genutia Fabricius is invalid by reason of being a junior homonym 

 of Papilio genutia Cramer, [1779] (Uitl. Kapellen 3 (18) : 24), it is by the specific name midea 

 Hiibner that this species is currently known. 



The generic name Midea Herrich-Schaeffer is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of Midea 

 Bruzelius, [1855] (Beskr. Hydrachn. : 35) and also of Midea Walker, (List Spec. lep. Ins. Brit. 

 Mus. 27 : 21). It has been replaced by the name Falcapica Klots, 1930. 



MIGONITIS Hiibner, 1816, Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (1) : 12. Type-species by selection by 

 Scudder (1875, Proc. amer. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10 : 218) : Papilio erato Linnaeus, 1758, 

 Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1 : 467. 



The name Migonitis Hiibner is invalid, as it is a junior homonym of Migonitis Rafinesque, 

 1815 (Analyse Nature : 147). 



MIGONITIS Sodovskii, 1837, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 1837 (6) : 82. Type-species through 

 Section (i) (replacement names) of Article 67 : Papilio phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761, Faun. svec. 

 (ed. 2) : 285. 



The name Migonitis Sodovskii was introduced as a replacement for the name Lycaena 

 Fabricius, 1807. This action was entirely uncalled for, as Lycaena Fabricius is an available 

 name, of which therefore Migonitis Sodovskii is a junior objective synonym. This name is 

 invalid also as a junior homonym of Migonitis Hiibner, 1816, discussed above, and, like that 

 name, of Migonitis Rafinesque, 1815. 



