Genus:
Cupitha Moore, 1884 . J. asiat. Soc. Bengal Pt II 53 (1) : 47.
Status:
Available Name
Homonyms: 1
Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : HESPERIINAE
Type-species:
Cupitha tympanifera Moore , 1884 J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 (1) : 58. .
Type-species designation:
by original designation
Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-
The taxon represented by the nominal species Cupitha tympanifera is currently treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as representing the same taxon as that represented by the older-established nominal species Pamphilia purreea Moore, 1877, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 : 594, pl. 58, figs 9, 10.
Cowan (1970: 45) stated:-
"Pamphilia to read - Pamphila".
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