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Nymphalidae 77a0917 – 4582.1   Coenonympha california Westwood, [1851]

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: california Westwood, [1851] (Coenonympha) ssp. a. nipisiquit McDunnough, 1939 (Coenonympha) ssp. b. mcisaaci dos Passos, 1935 (Coenonympha)  macisaaci dos Passos, 1964 (Coenonympha) emend. ssp. c. inornata Edwards, 1861 (Coenonympha)  heinemani Brown, [1959] (Coenonympha)  quebecensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Coenonympha) ssp. d. benjamini McDunnough, 1928 (Coenonympha)  bottineauensis Chermock, Simmons & Chermock, 1963 (Coenonympha) ssp. e. mackenziei Davenport, 1936 (Coenonympha) ssp. f. insulana McDunnough, 1928 (Coenonympha) ssp. g. yontocket Porter & Mattoon, 1989 (Coenonympha) ssp. h. california Westwood, [1851] (Coenonympha)  ceres Butler, 1866 (Coenonympha)  galactinus (Boisduval, 1852) (Satyrus)  pulla Edwards, 1881 (Coenonympha) ssp. i. eryngii Edwards, 1877 (Coenonympha)  siskiyouensis Comstock, 1925 (Coenonympha) ssp. j. eunomia Dornfeld, 1967 (Coenonympha)  eunomia Field, 1937 (Coenonympha) ssp. k. columbiana McDunnough, 1928 (Coenonympha) ssp. l. ampelos Edwards, 1871 (Coenonympha)  sweadneri Chermock & Chermock, 1941 (Coenonympha) ssp. m. mono Burdick, 1942 (Coenonympha) ssp. n. elko Edwards, 1881 (Coenonympha) ssp. o. pseudobrenda Austin & Gray, 1998 (Coenonympha) ssp. p. ochracea Edwards, 1861 (Coenonympha)  albescens Field, 1936 (Coenonympha)  brenda (Edwards, 1869) (Caenonympha [sic])  phantasma Burdick, 1956 (Coenonympha) ssp. q. subfusca Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Coenonympha) ssp. r. furcae Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (Coenonympha) Taxonomic Notes: Coenonympha california Westwood, [1851], formerly a subspecies of 4582 Coenonympha tullia Müller, 1764, is treated as a full species in Zhang et al. (2020).

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

Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.

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