| 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. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 2 |
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| Pagination: | 363, 376 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25155820 |