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Lycaenidae 77a0488 – 4261   Tharsalea dorcas (Kirby, 1837)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: dorcas Kirby 1837 (Lycaena) - MONA 1983: 4261 ssp. a. dorcas Kirby 1837 (Lycaena) - MONA 1983: 4261 ssp. a. claytoni Brower 1940 (Lycaena) ssp. b. michuron Scott 2006 (Lycaena) anthelle Doubleday 1847 (Polyommatus) ssp. d. arcticus Ferris 1977 (Epidemia) ssp. e. florus Edwards [1884] (Chrysophanus) ssp. f. megaloceras Ferris 1977 (Epidemia) hulbirti Field 1936 (Lycaena) sternitzkyi Field 1936 (Lycaena) ssp. g. caldera Scott & Kondla 2017 (Lycaena) ssp. h. sangremar Scott 2008 (Lycaena) williamsi Gunder 1927 (Lycaena) Taxonomic Notes: Tharsalea dorcas (Kirby, 1837) was formerly placed in the genus Lycaena. The name Tharsalea is raise from synonymy of Lycaena in Zhang et al. (2022).

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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