Lasaia m. maria Clench, 1972
(Blue-gray Lasaia)

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Synonymy

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

  Genus Lasaia H. Bates, 1868

J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. 9(7): 397. Type-species: Papilio meris Stoll, 1781, Uitl. Kapellen 4(31): 146, pl. 366, figs. B, C; (34): 250 (index), by designation of Stichel (1911), in: Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 112(A): 184, 185.

      =    ‡Talites Capronnier, 1874

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 17: 20. Type-species: Papilio meris Stoll, 1781, Uitl. Kapellen 4(31): 146, pl. 366, figs. B, C; (34): 250 (index), by designation of Hemming (1935), Stylops 4(1): 2. A junior objective synonym of Lasaia Bates, 1868.

      =    ‡Lasaea Glaser, 1887

Cat. etymol. Coleopt. Lepidopt.: 279. An unjustified emendation of Lasaia H. Bates, 1868.

sessilis group Clench, 1972

J. Res. Lepid. 10(2): 155, 163.

Lasaia maria Clench, 1972

Lasaia maria maria Clench, 1972

J. Res. Lepid. 10(2): 164-166, no. 3, figs. 3 ♂ genitalia, 12 ♂ D, 13 ♂ V (holotype), 14 ♀ D, 15 ♀ V; cited Lasaia sula (sensu Stichel (1910), Gen. Insectorum 112(A): 186, pl. 26, fig. 49 ♂ D&V), and Lasaia sessilis (sensu Seitz (1917), in: Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5(258): 692; (282): pl. 142f, figs. [1] ♂ V, [3] ♂ D).

Original Combination: Lasaia maria

Type Locality: “Ajijic, 5300 ft., Jalisco, Mexico”

Types: Holotype (#645) in CMNH.

Recorded from Arizona by Opler and A. Warren (2002), Sci. Names List Butts. N. A.: 31.

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