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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: • Hesperia? vestris Boisduval, 1852 • Hesperia ruricola Boisduval, 1852 • Euphyes harbisoni Brown & McGuire, 1983 • Pamphila californica Mabille, 1883 • Pamphila osceola Lintner, 1878 • Hesperia kiowah Reakirt, 1866 • Pamphila immaculatus Williams, 1914 • Hesperia metacomet Harris, 1862 • Euphyes baeis Scudder, 1889 • Hesperia osyka Edwards, 1867 • Pamphila rurea Edwards, 1862 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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