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Vanessa Fabricius, 1807

1342846  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1342846)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Lepidoptera (Order)
  7. Nymphalidae (Family)
  8. Vanessa (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Phanessa Sodoffsky, 1837 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

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  1. Species Vanessa admiralis Retzius
  2. Species Vanessa aesis Fruhstorfer, 1912
  3. Species Vanessa aestiva Reuss, 1910
  4. Species Vanessa albimaculata Prüffer, 1923
  5. Species Vanessa angustifasciata Lempke, 1956
  6. Species Vanessa ardea Fruhstorfer
  7. Species Vanessa arilon Fruhstorfer
  8. Species Vanessa asakurae Matsumura, 1908
  9. Species Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758
  10. Species Vanessa atalanta Cramer, 1779
  11. Species Vanessa atovina Heer, 1850
  12. Species Vanessa battakana de Nicéville, 1896
  13. Species Vanessa benguetana Semper, 1888
  14. Species Vanessa bipunctata Gussitsch, 1917
  15. Species Vanessa buana Fruhstorfer, 1898
  16. Species Vanessa caerulocellata Lempke, 1956
  17. Species Vanessa callirhoe Miller, 1868
  18. Species Vanessa canace Linnaeus, 1763
  19. Species Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  20. Species Vanessa carmencitai Fernandez Vidal, 1979
  21. Species Vanessa caschmirensis Kollar, 1848
  22. Species Vanessa charonia Drury, 1773
  23. Species Vanessa charonides Stichel, 1908
  24. Species Vanessa chinganensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
  25. Species Vanessa connexa Butler, 1881
  26. Species Vanessa cyanomelas Doubleday [1848]
  27. Species Vanessa cyanosticta Fritsch, 1913
  28. Species Vanessa cyclops Stichel, 1908
  29. Species Vanessa daemona Niepelt, 1926
  30. Species Vanessa dejeani Godart, 1823
  31. Species Vanessa dewalschei Derenne, 1926
  32. Species Vanessa drilon Fruhstorfer, 1908
  33. Species Vanessa dulcinea Sheljuzhko, 1960
  34. Species Vanessa edwardsi Grinnell, 1913
  35. Species Vanessa eos Fritsch, 1913
  36. Species Vanessa flava Eitel, 1924
  37. Species Vanessa flavescens Fritsch, 1913
  38. Species Vanessa flavomaculata Lempke, 1939
  39. Species Vanessa fracta Tutt, 1896
  40. Species Vanessa fuscescens Lempke, 1956
  41. Species Vanessa gertrudesae Schröder, 1977
  42. Species Vanessa glauconia Motschulsky, 1860
  43. Species Vanessa gonerilla (Fabricius, 1775)
  44. Species Vanessa haronica Moore, 1879
  45. Species Vanessa hiemalis Martin, 1921
  46. Species Vanessa himalaya Evans, 1924
  47. Species Vanessa horishanus Nire, 1917
  48. Species Vanessa indica Herbst, 1794
  49. Species Vanessa infranigrans Lempke, 1956
  50. Species Vanessa ishima Fruhstorfer, 1899
  51. Species Vanessa italica Stichel, 1900
  52. Species Vanessa itea (Fabricius, 1775)
  53. Species Vanessa javanica Fruhstorfer, 1912
  54. Species Vanessa karaganica Nekrutenko, 1969
  55. Species Vanessa kershawi (McCoy, 1868)
  56. Species Vanessa klemensiewiczi Schille, 1896
  57. Species Vanessa klymene Fischer, 1896
  58. Species Vanessa largomarginata Groenendijk, 1966
  59. Species Vanessa mandarina Matsumura, 1939
  60. Species Vanessa maniliana Fruhstorfer, 1912
  61. Species Vanessa martha Stephan, 1923
  62. Species Vanessa merrifieldi Standfuss, 1895
  63. Species Vanessa merrifieldoides Reuss, 1910
  64. Species Vanessa millierei Cabeau, 1923
  65. Species Vanessa mounseyi Talbot, 1936
  66. Species Vanessa no-japonicum Sieb
  67. Species Vanessa nubicola Fruhstorfer, 1898
  68. Species Vanessa occidentalis Felder, 1862
  69. Species Vanessa ocellata Stammeshaus, 1954
  70. Species Vanessa ochrobrunnea Fritsch, 1913
  71. Species Vanessa octocyanea Cabeau, 1911
  72. Species Vanessa pallida Fritsch, 1913
  73. Species Vanessa perakana Distant, 1886
  74. Species Vanessa pholoë Fruhstorfer, 1912
  75. Species Vanessa reducta Lempke, 1956
  76. Species Vanessa rubra Fritsch, 1913
  77. Species Vanessa rubria Fruhstorfer, 1909
  78. Species Vanessa sambaluna Fruhstorfer, 1898
  79. Species Vanessa siphnos Fruhstorfer, 1912
  80. Species Vanessa sordida Fritsch, 1913
  81. Species Vanessa sulphurea Sheljuzhko, 1960
  82. Species Vanessa testacea Pionneau, 1924
  83. Species Vanessa umbrosa Fischer, 1908
  84. Species Vanessa virescens Groenendijk, 1966
  85. Species Vanessa viridis Evans, 1924
  86. Species Vanessa vulcania Godart, 1819
marine, brackish
recent only
Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6
page(s): 281 [details] 
Taxonomic remark One species possibly assignable to this genus has been described as fossil, however the generic assignment is disputed,...  
Taxonomic remark One species possibly assignable to this genus has been described as fossil, however the generic assignment is disputed, refer Sohn et al., 2012. [details]
IRMNG (2021). Vanessa Fabricius, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342846 on 2026-06-10
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

original description Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6
page(s): 281 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Opler, P.A., & Grishin, N.V. (2021). Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. <em>The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey.</em> 9(3): 1-56., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794009/ [details] 

extant flag source Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details] 

habitat flag source as per family [details] 

original description (of Neofieldia Özdikmen, 2008) Article title: Replacement names for two preoccupied butterfly genus, group names (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). [details] 

original description (of Neofieldia Özdikmen, 2008) Munis Entomology & Zoology 3.
page(s): 321 [details] 

original description (of Paranartia Grishin in Zhang, Cong, Shen, Song & Grishin, 2023) Zhang, J.; Cong, Q.; Shen, J.; Song, L.; Grishin, N. V. (2023). Butterfly Classification and Species Discovery Using Genomics. <em>The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey.</em> 11(3): 1-94., available online at https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-11-3.pdf [details] 

original description (of Ammiralis Rennie, 1832) Conspectus
page(s): 10 [details] 

original description (of Neopyrameis Scudder, 1889) Butt. east. U.S., 1
page(s): 434 [details] 

original description (of Fieldia Niculescu, 1979) Revue verviet. Hist. Nat 36 (1-3)
page(s): 3 [details] 

original description (of Phanessa Sodoffsky, 1837) Sodoffsky, W. (1837). Etymologische untersuchungen ueber die gattungsnamen der schmetterlinge. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10(6): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41313920
page(s): 80 [details] 
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark One species possibly assignable to this genus has been described as fossil, however the generic assignment is disputed, refer Sohn et al., 2012. [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Fieldia Niculescu, 1979)
To BioNames database (from synonym Neofieldia Özdikmen, 2008)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Fieldia Niculescu, 1979)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Neofieldia Özdikmen, 2008)
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