Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Koruthaialos Watson, 1893 . Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 (1) : 71, 76.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : HESPERIINAE
Type-species:
Koruthaialos hector Watson , 1893 Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893 : 77. .
Type-species designation:
by original designation
Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-
The taxon represented by the nominal species Koruthaialos hector is currently treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as being a subspecies of the taxon represented by the older-established nominal species Lychnuchus rubecula Plötz, 1882, (Berl. ent. Z. 26 : 264).
Junior name(s):
Corythaeolos ; Mabille, 1904: 105.
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