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Lycaenidae 77a0625 – 4372   Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Doubleday, 1841)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lygdamus Doubleday 1841 (Polyommatus) - MONA 1983: 4372 ssp. a. lygdamus Doubleday 1841 (Polyommatus) - MONA 1983: 4372 boydi Clark 1948 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. b. nittanyensis Chermock 1945 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. c. mildredae Chermock 1945 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. d. couperi Grote 1873 (Glaucopsyche) macdunnoughi dos Passos 1964 (Glaucopsyche) mcdunnoughi Gunder 1927 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. e. afra Edwards [1884] (Lycaena) ssp. f. jacki Stallings & Turner 1947 (Glaucopsyche) leussleri Gunder 1927 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. g. oro Scudder 1876 (Nomiades) ssp. h. erico Holland 2011 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. i. ruidoso Holland 2011 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. j. arizonensis McDunnough 1936 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. k. minipunctum Austin 1998 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. l. deserticola Austin & Emmel 1998 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. m. australis Grinnell 1917 (Glaucopsyche) sinepunctata Comstock 1926 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. n. palosverdesensis Perkins & Emmel 1977 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. o. sabulosa Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon 1998 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. p. xerces Boisduval 1852 (Lycaena) antiacis Boisduval 1852 (Lycaena) barnesi Gunder 1927 (Glaucopsyche) behrii Edwards 1862 (Lycaena) huguenini Gunder 1925 (Glaucopsyche) intermedia Chermock 1929 (Glaucopsyche) mertila Edwards 1866 (Lycaena) polyphemus Boisduval 1869 (Lycaena) ssp. q. pseudoxerces Emmel & Emmel 1998 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. r. incognitus Tilden 1974 (Glaucopsyche) sternitzkyi Gunder 1929 (Glaucopsyche) ssp. s. orcus Edwards 1869 (Lycaena) ssp. t. columbia Skinner 1917 (Lycaena)

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

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