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Nymphalidae 77a0928 – 4579   Cissia rubricata (Edwards, 1871)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: rubricata (Edwards, 1871) (Euptychia) - MONA 1983: 4579 ssp. a. rubricata (Edwards, 1871) (Euptychia) - MONA 1983: 4579   Type locality: nr. Waco, McLennan Co., TX. ssp. b. smithorum (Wind, 1946) (Megisto)   Type locality: Marfa-Alpine, TX. Taxonomic Notes: Cissia rubricata (Edwards, 1871), n. comb. (Zacca et al. 2018), was formerly in the genus Megisto.

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 Zacca, T., Casagrande, M. M., Mielke, O. H., Huertas, B., Barbosa, E. P., Freitas, A. V., Magaldi, L. M., Espeland, M., Nakahara, S. & Willmott, K. R., 2018. Systematics of the butterfly genus Cissia Doubleday, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) using an integrative approach. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 76(2): 349-376.

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