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PHOENICOPS Watson, 1893, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 18, 30. Type-species by original 

 designation : Netrocoryne beata Hewitson, 1867, Descr. One Hundred new Spec. Hesp. 

 (1) : 22. 



PHOENICURUSIA Verity, 1943, Le Farfalle diurn. d' Italia 2 : 21. Type-species by original 

 designation : Polyommatus phoenicurus Lederer, 1870, Hor. Soc. ent. ross. 8 : 8, pi. 1, 

 figs 4 <?, 5 $. 



PHOLISORA Scudder, 1872, 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. 1871 : 72. Type-species by 

 original designation : Hesperia catullus Fabricius, 1793, Ent. syst. 3 (1) : 348. 



PHORCIS Hiibner, [1819], Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4) : 62. Type-species by selection by 

 Hemming (1933, Entomologist 66 : 198) : Phorcis epistygne Hiibner, [1819], ibid. (4) : 62. 

 Like all other nominal species established in Hiibner's Verzeichniss, the nominal species 

 Phorcis epistygne Hiibner was based upon a bibliographical reference, the reference in this 

 case being to the excellent figures provided by Hiibner, [1 806-1 808] [Samml. europ. Schmett. : 

 pi. Pap. 125, figs 639, 640 $). 



PHRISSURA Butler, 1870, Cistula ent. 1 : 37, 49. Type-species through Section (a) (mis- 

 identified type-species) of Article 70 provisionally applied : Pieris illana Felder (C.) & 

 Felder (R.), 1862, Wien. ent. Monats. 6 : 287. 



When establishing this genus, Butler designated Pieris cynis Hewitson, [1866] (///. exot. 

 Butts 3 : [9], pi. (5], fig. 54) as the type-species of this genus. A year later (1871, Trans, ent. 

 Soc. Lond. 1871 : 171) Butler stated that, when he had designated Pieris cynis as the type- 

 species of Phrissura, he had misidentified under that name quite a different taxon, namely 

 that represented by the nominal species Pieris illana Felder (C.) & Felder (R.). This is an 

 exceptionally clear case of a genus based upon a misidentified type-species and, as such, it 

 was submitted to the Commission for the correction of the type-species under the provisions 

 of Article 70(a). This application was published by the Commission, 1964, Bull. zool. Nom. 

 22 : 163. The correction so made of the type-species of Phrissura has the further incidental 

 advantage that it saves the name Udaina Distant, 1885, which, having Pieris cynis Hewitson 

 as type-species, would otherwise have fallen as a junior objective synonym of Phrissura. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Pieris illana Felder & Felder is currently 

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

 older-established nominal species Pieris aegis Felder (C.) & Felder (R.), 1861 {Wien. ent. 

 Monats. 5 : 299). 



PHRYNE Herrich-Schaeffer [1844], Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 : 90. Type-species by 

 monotypy : Papilio tircis Stoll, [1782], in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32) : 166, pi. 373, figs 

 D, E. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Papilio tircis Stoll is currently treated 

 subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being the same as that represented by the older- 

 established nominal species Papilio phryne Pallas, 1771 {Reise verschied. Prov. Russisch. 

 Reichs 1 : 470). 



Herrich-Schaeffer, when establishing the genus Phryne, cited the specific name phryne 

 in the synonymy of Papilio tircis Stoll, and, if he had placed more than one nominal species 

 as belonging to his genus Phryne, his citation of the specific name phryne Pallas in the manner 

 indicated above would under Article 68(d) of the Code automatically have made Papilio 

 phryne Pallas the type-species of this genus by tautonymy. The fact that he recognized 

 one nominal species only, namely Papilio tircis Stoll, as belonging to this genus makes that 

 species the type-species by monotypy under Article 68(c), which is very tightly drawn and 

 expressly directs that in the case of monotypical genera cited synonyms of the name of the 

 type-species are to be disregarded. 



Until recently the name Phryne Herrich-Schaeffer was invalid, as being a junior homonym 

 of the older name Phryne Meigen, 1800 (Nouvelle Classification Mouches deux Ailes : 16). As 

 such, it was replaced by the name Triphysa Zeller, 1850, the name by which this genus has 

 ever since been known. The stability so established was endangered some years ago when 



