Talk:Polyommatinae

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Accassidy in topic Incertae sedis and Doubtful Genera

Incertae sedis and Doubtful Genera edit

For the Oriental Polyommatinae, the works of Eliot, 1973, Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983, and Hirowatari, 1992, are authoritative, especially in respect of the Polyommatini. I have marked many genera previously considered 'doubtful or incertae sedis on this page but which I consider to be definitively within the Polyommatini. I will return later to this page and remove from doubt the genera so marked, unless another contributor has strong substantiated opinions on why these genera should not be accepted in the Polyommatini. ACCassidy (talk) 16:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

References edit

  • Eliot, J. N., 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (28) 6: 375-505, 162 figs., 6 pls.
  • Eliot, J. N. and Kawazoe, A., 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group: 1-309, 6 pls. London.
  • Hirowatari, T., 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture(B), 44(Suppl.)