Nymphalidae
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4481.1 Phyciodes cocyta
(Cramer, [1777])
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| Synonymy: |
cocyta (Cramer, [1777]) (Papilio)ssp. a. cocyta (Cramer, [1777]) (Papilio)
Type locality: Nova Scotia. arctica dos Passos, [1777] (Phyciodes) (synonym of ssp. cocyta) morpheus (Fabricius, [1777]) (Papilio) (synonym of ssp. cocyta) ssp. b. selenis (Kirby, [1777]) (Melitaea) dyari Gunder, [1777] (Phyciodes) (synonym of ssp. selenis) herse Hall, [1777] (Phyciodes) (synonym of ssp. selenis) macdunnoughi dos Passos, [1777] (Phyciodes) emend. (synonym of ssp. selenis) marcia (Edwards, [1777]) (Melitaea) (synonym of ssp. selenis) mcdunnoughi Gunder, [1777] (Phyciodes) (synonym of ssp. selenis) nigrescens Hall, [1777] (Phyciodes) (synonym of ssp. selenis) reaghi Reiff, [1777] (Phyciodes) (synonym of ssp. selenis) ssp. c. pascoensis Wright, [1777] (Phyciodes)ssp. d. arenacolor Austin, [1777] (Phyciodes)ssp. e. apache Scott & Opler, [1777] (Phyciodes) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Phyciodes cocyta (Cramer, [1777]), formerly a synonym of Phyciodes tharos (Drury, 1773) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), includes as subspecies P. c. cocyta, selenis, diminutor, incognitus, pascoensis, and arenacolor in Pelham (2008). P. diminutor and P. incognitus are raised to full species status in Zhang et al. (2022). |
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- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
- Pelham, J.P., 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 40: 389.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at the Butterflies of America
- Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, R.J. Gott, P. Boyer, C.S. Guppy, S. Kohler, G. Lamas, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 10(7): 1-60.
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