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Nymphalidae
77a0873 – 4513   Microtia elada (Hewitson, 1868)
Distribution Data for Microtia elada
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Synonymy:
  • elada Hewitson 1868 (Eresia) - MONA 1983: 4513
  • ssp. a. elada Hewitson 1868 (Eresia) - MONA 1983: 4513
  • callina Boisduval 1869 (Melitaea)
  • socia Felder 1869 (Eresia)
  • ssp. a. ulrica Edwards 1877 (Melitaea)
  • imitata Strecker [1878] (Melitaea)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Microtia elada (Hewitson, 1868), n. comb. (Zhang et al. 2021), was formerly in the the genus Texola.
    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, 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 9(3): 1-55.

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