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Hesperiidae
77a0014 – 3912   Thorybes nevada Scudder, 1872
Distribution Data for Thorybes nevada
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Similar Species:
  • Thorybes dobra Evans, 1952.
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • nevada Scudder, 1872 (Thorybes)
  • mexicana of authors; (not Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Eudamus) misappl.
  • ssp. a. aemilea (Skinner, 1893) (Eudamus)
      Type locality: Klamath Co., OR.
  • ssp. b. nevada Scudder, 1872 (Thorybes)
      Type locality: Sierra Nevada, CA.
  • ssp. c. blanca Scott, 1981 (Thorybes)
      Type locality: Mono Co., CA.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Thorybes nevada Scudder, 1872, formerly a subspecies of Thorybes mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) is raised to full species status with ananius Plötz, 1881 and blanca Scott, 1981 as synonyms in Zhang et al. (2020). T. mexicana 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.
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:ABZ6543 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
    • 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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