Lycaenidae
77a0478 –
4251 Lycaena hypophlaeas
(Boisduval, 1852)
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| Synonymy: |
phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) (Papilio)eleus (Fabricius, 1798) (Hesperia)hypophlaeas (Boisduval, 1852) (Polyommatus)phlaeas of authors; (not Linnaeus, 1761) (Papilio) misappl.ssp. a. hypophlaeas (Boisduval, 1852) (Polyommatus) adrienne (Maynard, 1891) (Chrysophanus) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) americana Harris, 1862 (Lycaena) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) bacchus (Scudder, 1889) (Heodes) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) banksi (Watson & Comstock, 1920) (Heodes) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) caeca (Reiff, 1913) (Heodes) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) fasciata Strecker, 1878 (Lycaena) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) fulliolus (Hulst, 1886) (Chrysophanus) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) fulvus (Rummel, 1929) (Heodes) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) neui (Rummel, 1929) (Heodes) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) obliterata (Scudder, 1889) (Heodes) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) octomaculata (Dean, 1918) (Chrysophanus) (synonym of ssp. hypophlaeas) ssp. b. feildeni (M'Lachlan, 1878) (Chrysophanus) polaris of authors; not Courvoisier, 1911 (Lycaena) misappl. (synonym of ssp. feildeni) ssp. c. arethusa (Dod, 1907) (Chrysophanus)ssp. d. weberi Kohler, 2007 (Lycaena)ssp. e. arctodon Ferris, 1974 (Lycaena)ssp. f. shields Kemal & Koçak, 2007 (Lycaena) alpestris Emmel & Pratt, 1998 (Lycaena) (synonym of ssp. shields) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Lycaena hypophlaeas (Boisduval, 1852), formerly a subspecies of [4251] Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761), is raised to full species status in Zhang et al. (2022). "True" phlaeas is extralimital to North America. |
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| 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, L. Song, R.J. Gott, P. Boyer, C.S. Guppy, S. Kohler, G. Lamas, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 10(7): 1-60.
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