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Hesperiidae 77a0186 – 4052   Problema byssus (Edwards, 1880)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: byssus (Edwards, 1880) (Pamphila) - MONA 1983: 4052 ssp. a. byssus (Edwards, 1880) (Pamphila) - MONA 1983: 4052 ssp. b. kumskaka (Scudder, 1887) (Atrytone) Taxonomic Notes: Problema byssus (Edwards, 1880) was placed in the genus Atrytone with Problema byssus treated as a subgenus of Atrytone in Zhang et al. (2019). MPG follows Pelham (2022) and Pelham (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023).

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. Pelham, J.P., 2022. A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Butterflies of America. website [revised 2 February 2022] Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P. Opler & N.V. Grishin, 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(2): 1-12.

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