Taxonomic Swap 24032 (Committed on 2017-08-24)

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Taxonomic Swap 24032 (Committed on 2017-08-24)

The Pelham catalog (http://butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat.htm) has now incorporated the multiple systematic studies that have shown Hesperiidae to be embedded within Papilionoidea. All butterflies and skippers in the Catalogue are now listed under Papilionoidea.

Source: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the... (Citation)

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Added by nlblock on August 7, 2017 12:53 AM | Committed by nlblock on August 24, 2017

Hesperioidea 47654
0 observations Inactive

Covered by a taxon framework for Order Lepidoptera

replaced with

Hesperiidae 47653
1128851 observations Active

Covered by a taxon framework for Order Lepidoptera

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Hola, @loarie and @kueda! The most recent update to the Pelham catalog now has skippers included under Papilionoidea, but I still wanted to make sure it was okay to commit this change. I already moved Hesperiidae under Papilionoidea, as that's something easily undone if needed. What do you think? Cheers!

Posted by nlblock almost 7 years ago

Hi! @nlblock
Thanks for doing the "change", you're right, actually Hesperioidea is not a superfamily, now is a familiy of Papilionoidea, in fact, Hesperiidae is sister group of Hedylidae (before Hedyloidea) so... Papilionoidea has 7 families! (check this: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/279/1731/1093.full.pdf )
Regards!

Posted by sej_hdz almost 7 years ago

Taxonomic Swap 24032 (Committed on 2017-08-24)

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