Annarobertson1947 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:19 pm
I believe that Thierrry Bouyer sorted that problem in 2023 by confirming Polyura as a genus.
Yes, but what he did was split
Charaxes (
s.l.) into several different genera, thus also conserving
Polyura as a genus. As a result many African species have changed genera, for example
C. lydiae became
Ydeali lydiae.
The paper is Bouyer., T. 2023. The genera of the tribe Charaxini (Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae). Metamorphosis,
34: 59–78.
Abstract:
The systematics of Charaxini is revised. The three historical genera are confirmed:
Charaxes (Ochsenheimer, 1816);
Polyura (Billberg, 1820) and
Euxanthe (Hübner, 1819). The genera
Eriboea (Hübner, 1819)
status rev.;
Zingha (Hemming, 1939)
status rev.;
Viridixes (Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008)
status rev. and
Euxanthe subgenus
Hypomelaena (Aurivillius, 1898)
status. rev. are reinstated. Three new genera are described:
Laodice genus nov. with the type species
Papilio lycurgus (Fabricius, 1793);
Setechin genus nov. with the type species
Charaxes nichetes (Grose-Smith, 1883) and
Ydeali genus nov. with the type species
Charaxes lydiae (Holland, 1917). A key to the nine genera is provided.
The paper is available online.
Adam.