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Hesperiidae 77a0156 – 3982   Carterocephalus mandan (Edwards, 1863)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mandan (Edwards, 1863) (Hesperia) palaemon of authors; (not Pallas, 1771) (Papilio) misappl. ssp. a. mesapano (Scudder, 1868) (Hesperia) ssp. b. mandan (Edwards, 1863) (Hesperia)   Type locality: Manitoba. Taxonomic Notes: Carterocephalus mandan (Edwards, 1863), formerly treated as a subspecies of [3982] Papilio palaemon Pallas, 1771, is raised to full species with mesapano Scudder, 1868 as a subspecies in Zhang et al. (2020). C. palaemon (Pallas, 1771) is now considered extralimital to North America.

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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