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Lycaenidae 770401.00 – 4251 – Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Papilio Plebejus phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761 • Hesperia eleus Fabricius, 1798 • Polyommatus hypophlaeas Boisduval, 1852 • Chrysophanus adrienne Maynard, 1891 • Lycaena americana Harris, 1862 • Heodes bacchus Scudder, 1889 • Heodes banksi Watson & Comstock, 1920 • Heodes caeca Reiff, 1913 • Lycaena fasciata Strecker, 1878 • Chrysophanus fulliolus Hulst, 1886 • Heodes fulvus Rummel, 1929 • Heodes neui Rummel, 1929 • Heodes obliterata Scudder, 1889 • Chrysophanus octomaculata Dean, 1918 • Chrysophanus feildeni M'Lachlan, 1878 • Lycaena polaris of authors not Courvoisier, 1911 • Chrysophanus arethusa Dod, 1907 • Lycaena weberi Kohler, 2007 • Lycaena arctodon Ferris, 1974 • Lycaena shields Kemal & Koçak, 2007 • Lycaena alpestris Emmel & Pratt, 1998

References

Butterflies of America species page. Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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