Euphydryas anicia maria (Skinner, 1899)
(Anicia Checkerspot)

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Synonymy

(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 maria (Skinner, 1899)

Can. Entomol. 31(1): 12.

Original Combination: Melitaea Maria

Type Locality: “Park City, Utah” [Summit County]

Types: Syntypes (#7018) in ANSP; figured by Gunder (1929), Pan-Pac. Entomol. 6(1): pl. 6 ♂ D&V, and figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 56, fig. 10 ♂ V.

                         =    ‡”skinneri” Gunder, 1928

Can. Entomol. 60(7): 164-165, pl. A, figs. 9 ♂ D, 9a ♂ V (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Euphydryas maria tr. f. skinneri

Type Locality: “Eureka, Utah” [Juab County]

Types: “Holotype” in USNM.

                         =    ‡”spaldingi” Gunder, 1928

Can. Entomol. 60(7): 165, pl. A, figs. 10 ♀ D, 10a ♀ V (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Euphydryas maria tr. f. spaldingi

Type Locality: “Stockton, Utah” [Tooele County]

Types: “Holotype” in USNM.

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