A most unfortunate diversity exists in the generic names applied to these Vanessa, as well as in those of many other Lepidoptera.
Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), iv. 1889, p. 212.
P. Zool. Soc. London, 1892, p. 191.
Bull. Soc. ent. France, 1856, pp. c, ci.
Baker, Tr. ent. Soc. London, 1887, p. 175, Pl. ix.