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Lycaenidae
77a0658 – 4374   Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
Distribution Data for Plebejus idas
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Synonymy:
  • idas Linnaeus 1761 (Papilio)
  • ssp. a. idas Linnaeus 1761 (Papilio)
  • acreon Fabricius 1787 (Papilio)
  • amphion Fabricius 1793 (Hesperia)
  • argyrognomon of authors not Bergstrasser 1789 (Papilio)
  • ssp. a. empetri Freeman 1938 (Plebeius)
  • ssp. b. aster Edwards 1882 (Lycaena)
  • ssp. c. scudderii Edwards 1861 (Lycaena)
  • subarcticus Chermock 1945 (Plebeius)
  • ssp. d. nabokovi Masters 1972 (Lycaeides)
  • ssp. e. alaskensis Chermock 1945 (Plebeius)
  • ssp. f. atrapraetextus Field 1939 (Plebeius)
  • ferniensis Chermock 1945 (Plebeius)
  • sweadneri Chermock 1945 (Plebeius)
  • ssp. g. sublivens Nabokov 1949 (Lycaeides)
  • ssp. h. longinus Nabokov 1949 (Lycaeides)
  • 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.
    • Linnaeus, C., 1761. Fauna Svecica, 2: 284.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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