Phalaena cynthia Drury, 1773 accepté comme Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773)	939782

BIBLIO

Taxonomie
Drury, D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to their different Genera; Very few of which have hitherto been figured by any Author, Being engraved and coloured from Nature, with the greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's own Inspection, On Fifty Copper-Plates. With a particular Description of each Insect: Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections of the Nature and Properties of many of them. Vol. II: i-vii, 1-90, pl. I-L, Index to the First Volume, Errata and Addenda to the First Volume [not paginated], Index to the Second Volume, Errata and Addenda to the Second Volume [not paginated].. London. : [index I]

 

Illustration originale
Drury, D. 1773. Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to their different Genera; Very few of which have hitherto been figured by any Author, Being engraved and coloured from Nature, with the greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's own Inspection, On Fifty Copper-Plates. With a particular Description of each Insect: Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections of the Nature and Properties of many of them. Vol. II: i-vii, 1-90, pl. I-L, Index to the First Volume, Errata and Addenda to the First Volume [not paginated], Index to the Second Volume, Errata and Addenda to the Second Volume [not paginated].. London. : planche VI ; figure 2

 

Date de publication
ICZN 1957. Opinion 474. Determination of the dates to be assigned for the purposes of the Law of Priority to the names publsihed in Dru Drury's illustrations of natural history in the period 1770-1782. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 16: 297-306.

 

NOTES

Nomenclature : protonymorphe = « [Plate VI.] 2. Cynthia ; Phal. [Phalaena] Att. [Attacus] » (Drury, 1773 : [index I]).