Euphydryas anicia alena W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926

Euphydryas anicia alena W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
(Anicia Checkerspot)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

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

Subgenus Euphydryas Scudder, 1872

= Occidryas Higgins, 1978

Entomol. Gaz. 29(3): 112, figs. 6-12. Type-species: Melitaea anicia E. Doubleday, 1847, in: Gen. diurn. Lepid. (1)(12): pl. 23, fig. 2; (21): 179, no. 6, by original designation.

Euphydryas anicia (E. Doubleday, [1847])

In: Gen. diurn. Lepid. (1)(12): pl. 23, fig. 2 ♂ D; 1(21): 179, no. 6 (1848).

Original Combination: Melitaea Anicia

Type Locality: “Rocky Mountains, N. America”; defined as “Rock Lake, Alberta (53^o 27'N, 118^o 16'W)”, by J. Shepard (1984), Quaest. Entomol. 20(1): 40-41.

Types: Lectotype (#45-136) in BMNH, designated by J. Shepard (1984), Quaest. Entomol. 20(1): 40-41; figured by Gunder (1929), Pan-Pac. Entomol. 6(1): pl. 5 ♂ D&V.

= ‡”mayi” Gunder, 1932

Pan-Pac. Entomol. 8(3): 126-127.

Original Combination: Euphydryas anicia tr. f. mayi

Type Locality: “Banff, Alberta, Canada”

Types: Holotype in AMNH.

eurytion group Bauer, 1975

In: Howe, Butts. N. Am.: 184.

Euphydryas anicia alena W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926

Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25(3): 93, no. 219.1.

Original combination: Euphydryas alena

Type Locality: “So. Utah”; suggested to be “summit Brian Head, Iron Co. Utah” by Scott (2006), Papilio (n.s.) 12: 31.

Types: Holotype in USNM; figured by Gunder (1929), Pan-Pac. Entomol. 6(1): pl. 7 ♂ D&V, and Scott (2006), Papilio (n.s.) 12: pl. 5; paratypes figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 57, figs. 20 ♂ D, 21 ♀ D.

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