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Nymphalidae
77a0917 – 4582.1   Coenonympha california Westwood, [1851]
Distribution Data for Coenonympha california
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Synonymy:
  • california Westwood, [1851] (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. a. nipisiquit McDunnough, 1939 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. b. mcisaaci dos Passos, 1935 (Coenonympha)
  • macisaaci dos Passos, 1964 (Coenonympha) emend. (synonym of ssp. mcisaaci)
  • ssp. c. inornata Edwards, 1861 (Coenonympha)
  • heinemani Brown, [1959] (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. inornata)
  • quebecensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. inornata)
  • ssp. d. benjamini McDunnough, 1928 (Coenonympha)
  • bottineauensis Chermock, Simmons & Chermock, 1963 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. benjamini)
  • ssp. e. mackenziei Davenport, 1936 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. f. insulana McDunnough, 1928 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. g. yontocket Porter & Mattoon, 1989 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. h. california Westwood, [1851] (Coenonympha)
  • ceres Butler, 1866 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. california)
  • galactinus (Boisduval, 1852) (Satyrus) (synonym of ssp. california)
  • pulla Edwards, 1881 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. california)
  • ssp. i. eryngii Edwards, 1877 (Coenonympha)
  • siskiyouensis Comstock, 1925 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. eryngii)
  • ssp. j. eunomia Dornfeld, 1967 (Coenonympha)
  • eunomia Field, 1937 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. k. columbiana McDunnough, 1928 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. l. ampelos Edwards, 1871 (Coenonympha)
  • sweadneri Chermock & Chermock, 1941 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. ampelos)
  • ssp. m. mono Burdick, 1942 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. n. elko Edwards, 1881 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. o. pseudobrenda Austin & Gray, 1998 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. p. ochracea Edwards, 1861 (Coenonympha)
  • albescens Field, 1936 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. ochracea)
  • brenda (Edwards, 1869) (Caenonympha [sic]) (synonym of ssp. ochracea)
  • phantasma Burdick, 1956 (Coenonympha) (synonym of ssp. ochracea)
  • ssp. q. subfusca Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Coenonympha)
  • ssp. r. furcae Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Coenonympha)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Coenonympha california Westwood, [1851], formerly a subspecies of 4582 Coenonympha tullia Müller, 1764, is treated as a full species in Zhang et al. (2020).
    References
    • Species Page at the Butterflies of America
    • Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.

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