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Lycaenidae 77a0658 – 4374   Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: idas Linnaeus 1761 (Papilio) ssp. a. idas Linnaeus 1761 (Papilio) acreon Fabricius 1787 (Papilio) amphion Fabricius 1793 (Hesperia) argyrognomon of authors not Bergstrasser 1789 (Papilio) ssp. a. empetri Freeman 1938 (Plebeius) ssp. b. aster Edwards 1882 (Lycaena) ssp. c. scudderii Edwards 1861 (Lycaena) subarcticus Chermock 1945 (Plebeius) ssp. d. nabokovi Masters 1972 (Lycaeides) ssp. e. alaskensis Chermock 1945 (Plebeius) ssp. f. atrapraetextus Field 1939 (Plebeius) ferniensis Chermock 1945 (Plebeius) sweadneri Chermock 1945 (Plebeius) ssp. g. sublivens Nabokov 1949 (Lycaeides) ssp. h. longinus Nabokov 1949 (Lycaeides)

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. Linnaeus, C., 1761. Fauna Svecica, 2: 284. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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