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Hesperiidae
77a0003 – 3866   Phocides lilea (Reakirt, [1867])
Distribution Data for Phocides lilea
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Synonymy:
  • lilea (Reakirt, [1867]) (Erycides)
      Type locality: Veracruz, Mexico.
  • albiciliata Röber, 1925 (Phocides)
  • albicilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Erycides)
  • cruentus (Scudder, 1872) (Dysenius)
  • decolor (Mabille, 1880) (Erycides)
  • palemon of authors; (not Cramer, [1777]) (Papilio) misappl.; unavail.
  • polybius of authors; (not Fabricius, 1793) (Hesperia) misappl.
  • sanguinea (Scudder, 1872) (Erycides)
  • socius (Butler & Druce, 1872) (Erycides)
  • spurius (Mabille, 1880) (Erycides)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Phocides lilea (Reakirt, [1867]), formerly treated as a synonym of palemon in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) (an unavailable name later synonymized with polybius Fabricius, 1793), is treated as a full species in Zhang et al. (2020). "True" polybius (=palemon) is extralimital north of Mexico.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at the Butterflies of America
    • Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.

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