Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species
Genus:
Stimula de Nicéville, 1898 . J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1) : 159.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : HESPERIINAE
Type-species:
Watsonia swinhoei Elwes & Edwards , 1897 Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14 (4) : 220, pl. 20, fig. 6 - male. .
Type-species designation:
(through Section (i) (replacement names) of Article 67)
Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-
The name Stimula was introduced by de Niceville as a replacement for Watsonia Elwes & Edwards, 1879, which is invalid under the Law of Homonymy.
Junior name(s):
Watsonia Elwes & Edwards, 1897: 220.
Watsoniella Berg, 1898: 42.
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Taxonomic name: