Capys is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Conservation of the name In 1819, Jacob Hübner published the generic name Scoptes, including three species but without designating a type.Hübner, J. (1819). Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge: 111 The generic name was more or less forgotten afterwards.Riley, N.D. (1966). Scoptes Hübner v. Capys Hewitson 1864 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), a case of a forgotten name. Z.N.(S.) 1748. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 23(4): 165 In 1966, Norman Denbigh Riley, for practical reasons, selected Papilio alphaeus Cramer, 1777, as the type species of Scoptes, by which Scoptes became an objective synonym of Capys, and started a case to suppress the name Scoptes for purposes of priority. In 1986, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature suppressed the name Scoptes (for the principle of priority not principle of homonymy) in order to conserve the name Capys Hewitson.Tubbs, P.K. (1986). Opinion 1398, Capys Hewitson, (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(2): 152
Species Capys alpheus (Cramer, ) Capys bamendanus Schultze, 1909 Capys bamptoni Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys brunneus Aurivillius, 1916 Capys calpurnia Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys catharus Riley, 1932 Capys collinsi Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys connexivus Butler, 1897 Capys cupreus Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys disjunctus Trimen, 1895 Capys hermes Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys juliae Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys meruensis Henning & Henning, 1988 Capys penningtoni Riley, 1932 Capys stuarti Collins & Larsen, 2000 Capys usambarae Congdon & Collins, 1998 Capys vorgasi Larsen & Collins, 2003
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External links
"Capys Hewitson, 1865" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms