The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Epomia
(Phasianidae; syn. Chrysolophus † Golden Pheasant C. pictus) Gr. επωμιος epōmios on the shoulder (of harness or trappings) < επωμις epōmis, επωμιδος epōmidos shoulder; "78. Epomia Amherstii, [drawing no.] 85. E. picta, [drawing no.] 86" (Hodgson 1844); "Epomia Hodgson, 1844, Cat. Nipalese Birds in Gray's Zool. Miscellany, 3, p. 85. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 104), Phasianus pictus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Epomis.
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