Chlosyne palla australomontana J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

Chlosyne palla australomontana J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Mattoon, 1998
(Northern Checkerspot)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

Asteraceae: Ericameria paniculata (Gray) Rydb.

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

Genus Chlosyne Butler, 1870

Cist. Entomol. 1(3): 38, no. 37. Type-species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782, Ill. Nat. Hist., 3: 22, index, pl. 17, figs. 5, 6, as replacement name. Proposed to replace Synchloe E. Doubleday, 1844, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). The synonymy for this genus follows Wahlberg and Zimmerman (2000), Cladistics 16(4): 347-363.

= ‡Morpheis Geyer, [1833]

In: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4. Type-species: Morpheis ehrenbergii Geyer, [1833], in: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett., 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4, by monotypy. Preoccupied by Morpheis Hübner, [1820], Verz. bekannt. Schmett., 13: 196.

= ‡Synchloe E. Doubleday, [1845]

List Spec. Lepid. Brit. Mus. 1: 76. Type-species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782, Ill. Nat. Hist. 3: 22, index, pl. 17, figs. 5, 6, by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 141, no. 253. Preoccupied by Synchloe Hübner, 1818, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: 26.

= ‡Coatlantona W. F. Kirby, 1871

Syn. Cat. diurn. Lepid.: 178. Type-species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782, Ill. Nat. Hist. 3: 22, index, pl. 17, figs. 5, 6, as replacement name. Proposed to replace Synchloe E. Doubleday, 1844, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). A junior objective synonym of Chlosyne Butler, 1870.

= Anemeca W. F. Kirby, 1871

Syn. Cat. diurn. Lepid.: 179. Type-species: Morpheis ehrenbergii Geyer, [1833], in: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4, as replacement name. Proposed to replace Morpheis Geyer, [1833], in: Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3: pl [5], figs. 1-4, preoccupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8).

= Charidryas Scudder, 1872

4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 47. Type-species: Melitaea nycteis E. Doubleday, 1847, in: Gen. diurn. Lepid. (1)(12): pl. 23, fig. 3; (21): 181, no. 23 (1848), by original designation.

= ‡Limnaecia Scudder, 1872

4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 47. Type-species: Melitaea harrisii Scudder, 1863, Proc. Essex Inst. 3: 167-168, no. 36, by original designation. Preoccupied by Limnaecia Stainton, 1851, Suppl. Cat. Brit. Pteroph.: 4.

= Thessalia Scudder, 1875

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 238, 265, no. 49. Type-species: Melitaea leanira C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860, Wien. Entomol. Montaschr. 4(4): 106, no. 64, by original designation.

Chlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852)

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (2)10(2): 305, no. 48; figured by Oberthür (1914), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(2): pl. 259, figs. 2173 ♂ D&V, 2174 ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Melitaea palla

Type Locality: “Dans une grande partie de la Californie”; defined as “vic. San Francisco, California” by L. Miller and F. Brown (1981), Mem. Lepid. Soc. (2): 156; corrected to “Hwy. 70 at Chambers Creek, ca. 6 rd. Mi SW of Belden, North Fork Feather River Canyon, 1850' elev., Plumas County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 18.

Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 18, figs. 99 ♂ D, 100 ♂ V.

= ‡”wardi” (Oberthür, 1914)

Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(2): 79, pl. 259, fig. 2175 ♂ D&V (“holotype”).

Original Combination: [Melitaea Palla] aberration Wardi

Type Locality: Not stated; “Californie” implied from the title of the paper.

Types: “Holotype” in USNM; figured by J. A. Comstock (1927), Butts. Calif.: pl. 27, fig. 2 ♂ D&V.

= ‡”stygiana” (J. A. Comstock, 1926)

Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25(1): 32; figured by J. A. Comstock (1927), Butts. Calif.: pl. 36, fig. 19 ♀ D (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Melitaea palla ab. stygiana

Type Locality: “Willow Ranch, Modoc County, Calif.” [California]

Types: “Holotype” in LACM.

Chlosyne palla australomontana J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (12): 141-142, figs. 9 ♂ D, 10 ♂ V, 11 ♀ D, 12 ♀ V.

Original Combination: Chlosyne (Charidryas) palla australomontana

Type Locality: “California: Tulare County, Kennedy Meadows Road, 16-20 mi. W. of Hwy. 395"

Types: Holotype in LACM.

Bibliography

Davenport, Kenneth E. 2004. A concise update of the information provided in The Butterflies of southern California (1973) by Thomas C. Emmel and John F. Emmel. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 4(7): 1-23 {10 May 2004}

Emmel, John F., Thomas Chadbourne Emmel and Sterling O. Mattoon. 1998. 12. New subspecies of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) from California and a neotype designation for Argynnis rupestris Behr (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Pp. 139-158, 50 figs., in: T. C. Emmel (Ed.), Systematics of western North American Butterflies. Gainesville; Mariposa Press; {[18] Dec 1998} [description of Chlosyne (Charidryas) palla australomontana]

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