Callophrys muiri (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
(Muir's Hairstreak)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Callophrys Billberg, 1820

Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 80. Type-species: Papilio rubi Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 483, no. 154, by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 132, no. 202.

Callophrys muiri (Hy. Edwards, 1881)

Papilio 1(4): 53-54.

Original Combination: Thecla muiri

Type Locality: “Mendocino Co., Cal.” [California]

Types: Holotype in AMNH.

Forister (2004), Ecol. Entomol. 29(3): 264-272, corroborated the species-level status of this taxon.

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