• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925d: 26; Menozzi, 1939a: 312; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 210.
• Subspecies of Lepisiota frauenfeldi: Dalla Torre, 1893: 171; Forel, 1894c: 413; Bingham, 1903: 316; Santschi, 1917d: 48 (in key); Menozzi, 1939a: 339.
• Status as species: Pisarski, 1967a: 408; Pisarski, 1970a: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 228; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 368; Borowiec, 2014: 96; Bharti et al., 2016: 28; Sharaf et al., 2016: 8 (in key); Rasheed et al., 2019: 431; Wachkoo et al., 2021: 240 (redescription); Subedi et al., 2025: 23.

Obsolete combinations

• Acantholepis frauenfeldi sericea

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