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Lycaenidae 77a0661 – 4375   Plebejus melissa (Edwards, 1873)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: melissa (Edwards, 1873) (Lycaena) - MONA 1983: 4375 ssp. a. melissa (Edwards, 1873) (Lycaena) - MONA 1983: 4375 ssp. b. pseudosamuelis (Nabokov, 1949) (Lycaeides) ssp. c. annetta (Edwards, 1882) (Lycaena)  caeca (Courvoisier, 1912) (Lycaena) ssp. d. alateres (Austin, 1998) (Lycaeides) ssp. e. inyoensis (Nabokov, 1949) (Lycaeides)  inyoensis (Gunder, 1927) (Plebeius) ssp. f. paradoxa (Chermock, 1945) (Plebeius)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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