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Lycaenidae 77a0485 – 4263   Tharsalea nivalis (Boisduval, 1869)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nivalis (Boisduval, 1869) (Polyommatus) - MONA 1983: 4263 ssp. a. nivalis (Boisduval, 1869) (Polyommatus) - MONA 1983: 4263  ianthe (Edwards, 1871) (Chrysophanus) (synonym of ssp. nivalis) ssp. b. bichroma (Emmel & Pratt, 1998) (Lycaena) ssp. c. warnermontana (Emmel & Pratt, 1998) (Lycaena) ssp. d. praetexta (Austin, 1998) (Lycaena) ssp. e. browni (dos Passos, 1938) (Lycaena) Taxonomic Notes: Tharsalea nivalis (Boisduval, 1869) 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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