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silvae Burmeister, 1861: 168. 
New synonymy. 
Type locality: Argentina, Tucuman, Manantial de Marlopa. 
amathea subspecies sticheli Fruhstorfer, 1907: 101. 
Type locality: Bolivia, “5 days north of Cochabamba.” 
amathea subspecies thy amis Fruhstorfer, 1907: 102. 
Type locality: Brasil, Sao Paulo; Santa Catarina; Rio Grande [do Sul]; 
“Paraguay.” 
[amathea subspecies roeselia aberration “conjuncta” Zikan, 1937: 387. 
Type locality: Brasil, Minas Gerais, Passa Quatro, 900 m.] 
Linnaeus may have committed a ‘lapsus calami,’ or mistransliterated amathea 
from Greek to Latin. The etymologically correct spelling is amalthea, for the goat 
that nursed Jupiter. (The reddish, innermost satellite of the planet Jupiter is also 
named Amalthea.) Clerck’s emendation was followed by Cramer, and used by 
many others since then, butyl, amathea must stand as the nomenclaturally cor¬ 
rect name, since there is no “clear evidence of an inadvertent error” by Linnaeus 
(ICZN, 32 (a) (ii)), and no “demonstrably intentional change in the original 
spelling” by Clerck (ICZN, 33 (a)). Clerck’s names have no standing in nomencla¬ 
ture, as he did not use the binomial system. The etymology of amathea is dis¬ 
cussed in greater detail by Fruhstorfer (1907). 
Anartia fatima (Godart) 
fatima (Godart), [1824]: 375 (Nymphalis). 
Type locality: “des Indes.” Suggested replacement for fatima Fabricius. See 
below. 
fatima Fabricius, 1793: 81 ( Papi/io ). 
Type locality: “Indiis.” Junior homonym of Papilio fatima Cramer, 1780. 
Application for suppression of this name has been forwarded to the ICZN. 
See below. 
fatima subspecies venusta Fruhstorfer, 1907: 111. 
Type locality: “Mexico,” “Guatemala.” 
moreno Kruck, 1931: 234, fig. 1. 
Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca. Aberration. 
fatima form albifasciata Hoffman, 1940: 281. 
Type locality: “Mexico”. 
[fatima aberration “albifusa” Hoffmann, 1940: 281, fig. 6, 7. 
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Tierra Blanca.] 
[fatima subspecies venusta form “colimensis” Hoffmann, 1940: 283, fig. 5b. 
Type locality: Mexico, Colima; [Michoacan], Rio Balsas.] 
[fatima aberration “oscurata” [sic] Maza, 1976: 103, fig. 1. 
Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Cerro El Vigia.] 
[fatima mirus Martin, 1923: 54. 
Type locality: Paraguay. Nomen nudum.] 
If we were to follow strictly the rules of zoological nomenclature, A. fatima 
(Fabricius), as a junior primary homonym of the riodinid Emesis fatima (Cra¬ 
mer), would be invalid, since they were both described in the genus Papilio. 
However, considering the large amount of biological information published on 
this species, it would be in the best interest of a stable nomenclature if the specific 
epithet could be conserved. Accordingly, we have applied to the International 
