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Lycaena arota
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Lycaena [Fabricius], 1807 In: Illiger Mag. f. Insektenk. 6: 285, no. 32. Type-species: Papilio phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica (ed. 2): 285, no. 1078, by designation of J. Curtis (1824), Brit. Entomol. 1(3): pl. 12, [1]. American species in this genus were reviewed by Pratt and D. Wright (2003), Pan-Pac. Entomol. 78(4): 219-229.
Lycaena arota (Boisduval, 1852) Annls. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (2)10(2): 293-294, no. 27; figured by Oberthür (1913), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(1): pl. 236, fig. 1933 ♂ D&V, 1934 ♀ D&V. Original Combination: Polyommatus arota Type Locality: “Montagnes de la Juba”; suggested to be “Sierra Nevada at lower elevations, in the old mining region” by Tilden (1955), Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 54(2): 68; defined as “Highway 70 at Soda Creek, E. Branch of N. Fork Feather River Canyon, 2500' elev., Plumas County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 13. Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 13, figs. 45 ♂ D, 46 ♂ V.
Lycaena arota schellbachi Tilden, 1955 Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 54(2): 72-74, pl. 24, fig. 4 ♂ V (holotype). Original Combination: Lycaena (Tharsalea) arota schellbachi Type Locality: “North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park...Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon” [Coconino County, Arizona] Types: Holotype in USNM. |
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