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Lycaenidae 77a0483 – 4259   Tharsalea heteronea (Boisduval, 1852)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1852 • Lycaena northi Emmel & Pratt, 1998 • Lycaena submaculata Emmel & Pratt, 1998 • Lycaena clara Edwards, 1877 • Lycaena austin Kemal & Koçak, 2007 • Lycaena rutila Austin, 1998 • Lycaena rava Austin, 1998 • Lycaena klotsi Field, 1936 • Lycaena gravenotata Klots, 1930 • Heodes coloradensis Gunder, 1925 Taxonomic Notes: Tharsalea heteronea (Boisduval, 1852) was formerly placed in the genus Lycaena and before that in the genus Chalceria. The name Tharsalea is raise from synonymy of Lycaena in Zhang et al. (2022) and includes as a subgenus Chalceria.

References

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 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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