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Hesperiidae 77a0177 – 4078   Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: vestris Boisduval 1852 (Hesperia) ssp. a. vestris Boisduval 1852 (Hesperia) ruricola Boisduval 1852 (Hesperia) ssp. a. harbisoni Brown & McGuire 1983 (Euphyes) californica Mabille 1883 (Pamphila) osceola Lintner 1878 (Pamphila) ssp. c. kiowah Reakirt 1866 (Hesperia) immaculatus Williams 1914 (Pamphila) ssp. d. metacomet Harris 1862 (Hesperia) baeis Scudder 1889 (Euphyes) osyka Edwards 1867 (Hesperia) rurea Edwards 1862 (Pamphila) Taxonomic Notes: Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852) includes as a subspecies kiowah Reakirt, 1866 following Pelham (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) and Pelham (2023) (Online Catalogue), a taxon reinstated as a full species in Zhang et al. (2022), Insecta Mundi 0921: 89. Pelham (2023) included the note, "This treatment is not adopted here until further review.”

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

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