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Lycaenidae 77a0531 – 4288   Satyrium saepium (Boisduval, 1852)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: saepium Boisduval 1852 (Thecla) - MONA 1983: 4288 ssp. a. saepium Boisduval 1852 (Thecla) - MONA 1983: 4288 illepida Johnson 1992 (Ignata) okanagana McDunnough 1944 (Strymon) ssp. b. chalcis Edwards 1869 (Thecla) fulvescens Edwards 1877 (Thecla) ssp. c. rubrotenebrosum Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon 1998 (Satyrium) ssp. d. caliginosum Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon 1998 (Satyrium) ssp. e. chlorophora Watson & Comstock 1920 (Strymon) ssp. f. subaridum Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon 1998 (Satyrium) ssp. g. obscurofuscum Austin 1998 (Satyrium) ssp. h. latalinea Austin & Savage 1998 (Satyrium) ssp. i. provo Watson & Comstock 1920 (Strymon)

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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