Rhopalocerini Reitter, 1911

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Tribe Rhopalocerini Reitter, 1911

Apistini Ganglbauer, 1899: 873 [stem: Apist-]. Type genus: Apistus Motschulsky, 1840 [ Apistus is an unjustified emendation of type genus name, originally spelled Apeistus , by Agassiz (1846b: 28), in prevailing usage; the emended name is a junior homonym of Apistus Cuvier, 1829 [Pisces]; Apeistus Motschulsky, 1840 and Apistus Agassiz, 1846 were placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 1986b); syn. of Rhopalocerus Redtenbacher, 1842]. Comment: permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus; placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Family-Group Names in Zoology (ICZN 1986b).

Rhopalocerini Reitter, 1911: 108 [stem: Rhopalocer-]. Type genus: Rhopalocerus Redtenbacher, 1842 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN 1986b)]. Comment: placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology (ICZN 1986b).