Charidotella (s. str.) purpurea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cassida purpurea Linnaeus, 1758: 363 (TE unknown), 1767: 576; Gmelin, 1787: 1639; De Geer, 1775: 190; Goeze, 1777: 205; Thunberg, 1787: 40, 1789: 87; Olivier, 1790: 381, 1808: 966 (incl. fig.); Herbst, 1799: 266; Fabricius, 1801: 393; Schönherr, 1817: 217.
Thyreaspis purpurea: Hope, 1840 b: 3, 90.
Coptocycla purpurea: Boheman, 1855: 179, 1856: 167, 1862: 415; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3673; Spaeth, 1914 g: 132; Blackwelder, 1946: 749.
Metriona purpurea: Weise, 1896 b: 14.
Charidotella purpurea: Spaeth, 1942 b: 37; Borowiec, 1996 a: 145, 1998 b: 198, 2002 a: 61, 2009 f: 637; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 253; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 434.
Charidotella (s. str.) purpurea: Borowiec, 1989 b: 217, 1999 d: 333; Chaboo and Borowiec, 2003: 75.
Charidotella purpurea ssp. nigroscutata Spaeth, 1942 b: 37 (ST! in MM!, NRS!, ZMHU!).
Coptocycla concentrica Dej.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3673 (nomen nudum).
Coptocycla palliata Lacord.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3673 (nomen nudum).
Distr.: purpurea: America; nigroscutata: Columbien, Ecuador, Peru: Satipo, Chamicuros; Bolivien. Bolivia: Chapare, Guayaramerin, Mapiri; Brazil: Bahia, Pará; Colombia; Ecuador: Napo; French Guyana; Peru: Chamicuros, Iquitos, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Satipo, Tambopata, Ucayali; Trinidad.
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