• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
• Subspecies of Lepisiota opaca: Emery, 1893m: 172 (footnote); Forel, 1894c: 414; Forel, 1895f: 458; Emery, 1925d: 27; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 228; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 34; Bharti et al., 2016: 28.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 172; Bingham, 1903: 318; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 129; Zhou, 2001a: 168; Dias et al., 2020: 43; Wachkoo et al., 2021: 238 (redescription); Harshana & Dey, 2022: 29 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Acantholepis opaca pulchella
• Lepisiota opaca pulchella

Citations

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