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Caloptera Blanchard, 1845

Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Cocytiini (tribe)/  Caloptera (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Egybolis
Authorship:Blanchard, 1845
Citation:Gre. 3. Caloptera, Blanch.
Taxon remarks:Type species: Caloptera formosa Blanchard, 1845. Histoire naturelle des insectes (Lépidoptères) 2: 376; pl. 17, fig. 6. By monotypy. A junior homonym of Caloptera Gistel, 1834 [Coleoptera]. Egybolis Boisduval, 1847, is available for use as a subjective replacement name. Included by Poole (1989) as a junior synonym of Egybolis Boisduval, 1847.
Publication:Blanchard E. 1845. Histoire naturelle des insectes, leurs moeurs, leurs métamorphoses et leur classification ou traité élémentaire d'entomologie.
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Volume:2
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Pagination:363, 376
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25155820