Palaeophilotes Forster, 1938

Borisinia Korb, 2013 , syn. nov. is junior objective synonym of

Palaeophilotes Forster, 1938 View in CoL

The genus Borisinia was described by Korb (2013) to include a single species described earlier under the name Lycaena triphysina Staudinger, [1892] . Korb assumed that the genus name Palaeophilotes Forster, 1938 , previously proposed for the same species, was unavailable under the Code of Zoological Nomenclature as having been described after 1931 without description and/or diagnosis. In our opinion, Forster's description ( Forster 1938), although not ideal, ensures the availability of the genus name Palaeophilotes .

As Article 13 of the Code states, names published after 1930 “must be accompanied by a description or definition that states in words characters that are purported to differentiate the taxon” ( ICZN 1999). Such characters are indicated in the description. First, this is the structure of the genital apparatus of the males (“nach dem Bau des m# Genitals völlig isoliert”) ( Forster 1938, page 105). Additionally, Forster states in words that the only species of the genus Palaeophilotes ( Palaeophilotes triphysina ) and the only species of the genus Praephilotes ( Praephilotes anthracias ) share such unique characters as the absence of blue color and androconia on the wings. Then, on the page 106 of the same article, Forster notes the unique feature of Praephilotes anthracias (“Der viel gestrecktere Flügelschnitt,” thus completing the diagnosis of and the formal description to satisfy Art. 13.

Thus, taking into account the availability of the name Palaeophilotes , the name Borisinia is a junior objective synonym of Palaeophilotes , since it is based on the same type species.