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Lycaenidae
77a0658 – 4374   Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
Distribution Data for Plebejus idas
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Synonymy:
  • acreon (Fabricius, 1787) (Papilio)
  • amphion (Fabricius, 1793) (Hesperia)
  • idas (Linnaeus, 1761) (Papilio) extralim.
  • idas (Linnaeus, 1761) (Papilio) extralim.
  • argyrognomon of authors; (not Bergstrasser, 1789) (Papilio) misappl.
  • ssp. a. empetri (Freeman, 1938) (Plebeius)
  • ssp. b. aster (Edwards, 1882) (Lycaena)
  • ssp. c. scudderii (Edwards, 1861) (Lycaena)
  • subarcticus (Chermock, 1945) (Plebeius) (synonym of ssp. scudderii)
  • ssp. d. nabokovi (Masters, 1972) (Lycaeides)
  • ssp. e. alaskensis (Chermock, 1945) (Plebeius)
  • ssp. f. atrapraetextus (Field, 1939) (Plebeius)
  • ferniensis (Chermock, 1945) (Plebeius) (synonym of ssp. atrapraetextus)
  • sweadneri (Chermock, 1945) (Plebeius) (synonym of ssp. atrapraetextus)
  • 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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