Euphydryas editha lehmani Gunder, 1929
(Edith's Checkerspot)

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Synonymy

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

Genus Euphydryas Scudder, 1872

4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 48. Type-species: Papilio phaeton Drury, 1773, Ill. Nat. Hist. 1: 42-43, pl. 21, figs. 3, 4; 2: index, by original designation. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 278 placed this name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 700.

baroni group Bauer, 1975

In: Howe, Butts. N. Am.: 190.

Euphydryas editha (Boisduval, 1852)

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (2)10(2): 304-305, no. 47; figured by Oberthür (1914), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(2): pl. 259, figs. 2171 ♂ D&V, 2172 ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Melitaea Editha

Type Locality: “les montagnes”; refined to “dans les bois montueux” by Boisduval (1868), Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 12: 19, no. 48; suggested to be “foothills S edge of San Joaquin Valley, California” by Bauer (1975), in: Howe, Butts. N. Am.: 190; redefined as “Twin Peaks, San Francisco County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 17.

Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 18, figs. 96 ♂ D, 97 ♂ V.

=    bayensis Sternitzky, 1937

Can. Entomol. 69(9): 204-205.

Original Combination: Euphydryas editha var. bayensis

Type Locality: “Hillsborough, San Mateo Co., Calif.” [California]

Types: Syntypes in CAS.

=    ‡”sternitzkyi” Gunder, 1929

Pan-Pac. Entomol. 6(1): 6-7.

Original Combination: Euphydryas editha race baroni tr. f. sternitzkyi

Type Locality: “Hillsboro, near San Mateo, San Mateo County, California”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

Euphydryas editha lehmani Gunder, 1929

Pan-Pac. Entomol. 6(1): 7, pl. 12, ♂ D&V (holotype), ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Euphydryas editha race lehmani

Type Locality: “Lehman Caves Resort, Mount Wheeler, White Pine County, Nevada”

Types: Holotype in AMNH.

=    koreti Murphy & P. Ehrlich, 1984

J. Res. Lepid. 22(4): 257, 259, fig. 2 ♂ D (holotype), ♀ D.

Original Combination: Euphydryas editha koreti

Type locality: “Nevada, White Pine County, Ridge south of Bald Mtn.”

Types: Holotype in AMNH.

The status of this taxon was discussed by Britten et al. (1995), J. Res. Lepid. 31(3/4): 278-286.

=    ‡”caverna” Gunder, 1934

Can. Entomol. 66(6): 129.

Original Combination: Euphydryas editha lehmani tr. f. caverna

Type Locality: “Mt. Wheeler, White Pine Co., Nevada”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

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