• [Misspelled as whroughtoni by Teranishi, 1940: 59.]
• Combination in Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis): Emery, 1925d: 23.
• Combination in Anacantholepis: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 213.
• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 229.
• Subspecies of Lepisiota rothneyi: Forel, 1903a: 712; Emery, 1925d: 23; Wheeler, 1930k: 74; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 213; Bolton, 1995b: 229; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 34; Bharti et al., 2016: 28; Dias et al., 2020: 43.
• Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 321; Forel, 1912a: 72; Forel, 1913f: 663; Wheeler, 1923c: 4; Wheeler, 1929h: 62; Teranishi, 1940: 59; Wang, 1992: 680; Tiwari, 1999: 81; Lin & Wu, 2003: 62; Terayama, 2009: 208; Wachkoo et al., 2021: 241 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Lepisiota rothneyi wroughtonii
• Plagiolepis rothneyi wroughtonii

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