GENERIC NAMES OF BUTTERFLIES 379 



PRODRYAS Scudder, 1878, Bull. U.S. geol. geogr. Survey 4 : 520. Type-species by mono- 

 typy : Prodryas persephone Scudder, 1878, ibid. 4 : 524. 



Scudder established this genus for a fossil butterfly obtained in the Tertiary deposits of 

 Florissant, Colorado. He attributed this genus to the family Nymphalidae. This was the 

 first fossil butterfly to be found in America. 



PRODRYAS Reuss, 1926, Deuts. enl. Z. 1926 (1) : 66. Type-species by original designation : 

 Argynnis kamala Moore, 1857, in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 

 (1) : 156. 



The name Prodryas Reuss is invalid, as it is ;i junior homonym of Prodryas Scudder, 1878 

 (Bull. U.S. geol. geogr. Survey 4 : 530). It has been replaced by the name Protodryas Reuss, 

 1928. 



PROFABRICIANA Reuss, 1926, Deuts. ent. Z. 1926 (1) : 70. .Type-species by original 

 designation : Argynnis jainadeva Moore, [1864], in Lang, Ent. num. Mag. 1 : 131. 



PROKUEKENTHALIELLA Reuss, [1927], Deuts, oil. 7. 1926 (5) : 435. Type-species by 

 original designation : Argynnis excelsior Butler, April 1896], Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 

 (4) : 729, pi. 42, fig. 4. 



When this generic name was first published, it was printed with an umlaut over the vowel 

 in the second syllable, appearing therefore as Prokitkenthaliella. This has been corrected 

 by the insertion of the letter " e " and the omission of the umlaut, in accordance with the 

 provisions of the present revised Code (Article 32(c)(1)). 



PROLIBYTHEA Scudder, 1889, Ann. Rep. U.S. geol. Survey 8 (1) : 461. Type-species by 

 monotypy : Prolibythea vagabunda Scudder, 1889, ibid. 8 (1) : 465, pi. 53, figs 4-9. 



Scudder established this genus for a fossil butterfly obtained in the Tertiary deposits of 

 Florissant, Colorado. He attributed this genus to the family Libytheidae. 



PROMETHEUS Hiibner, [1824], Samrnl. exot. Schmett. 2 : pi. [143]. Type-species by mono- 

 typy : Prometheus casmilus Hiibner, [1824], ibid. 2 : pi. [143]. 



Hiibner treated this as a genus of butterflies. It is however a Castniid moth. 



PRONOPHILA Doublcday, [Aug. 1849], Gen. diurn. Lep. (2) : pi. 60, figs 1, 2, 3. Type- 

 species by selection by Butler (1867, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 : 266) : Pronophila thelebe 

 Doubleday, [Aug. 1849], ibid. (2) : pi. 60, fig. 3 [text (loc. cit. (2) : 358) by Westwood pub- 

 lished in March 1851]. 



PROPERTIUS Evans, 1955, Cat. amer. Hesp. Hi it. Mus. 4 : 303, 378. Type-species by 

 original designation : Hesperia propertius Fabricius, 1793, Ent. syst. 3 (1) : 325. 



PROSOPALPUS Holland, 1896, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 53. Type-species by original 

 designation : Cobalus duplex Mabille, 1889, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (6) 9, Bull. : clxix. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Cobalus duplex Mabille is currently treated 

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

 established nominal species Apaustus debilis Plotz, 1879 (Stett. ent. Ztg 40 : 360). 



PROSOTAS Druce, 1891, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 : 366. Type-species by original desig- 

 nation : Prosotas caliginosa Druce, 1891, ibid. 1891 : 366, pi. 31, fig. 15. 



The taxon represented by the nominal species Prosotas caliginosa Druce is currently treated 

 subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being a subspecies of the taxon represented by the 

 older-established nominal species Lycaena nora Felder (C), i860, S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 

 40 : 458. 



To avoid the risk of misunderstanding, it should be noted that by inadvertence the name 

 Prosotas was attributed to Toxopeus instead of to Druce by Evans in 1932 (I dent. Ind. Butts 

 (ed. 2) : 201). 



PROTANTIGIUS Shirozu & Yamamoto, 1956, Sieboldia 1 (4) : 339, 357. Type-species by 

 original designation : Drina superans Oberthur, 1914, Etud. Lipid, comp. 9 (2) : 54-55, 

 pi. 255, figs 2155 ?, 21566 s - 



