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Lycaena editha obscuramaculata Austin, 1989 |
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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 editha (Mead, 1878) Oliver & Shapiro (2007), Molecular Ecology 16(20): 4308–4320, establish that Lycaena editha and L. xanthoides are distinct species. Can. Entomol. 10(10): 198-199. Original Combination: Chrysophanus Editha Type Locality: “the borders of Lake Tahoe, near Carnelian Bay” [Placer County, California] Types: Syntypes in FMNH; figured by W. Holland (1898), Butt. Book: pl. 28, figs. 26 ♂ D, 27 ♀ D. = ‡”vanduzeei” Gunder, 1927 Entomol. News 38(5): 133, no. 1, pl. 2, fig. 1 ♀ D (“holotype”). Original Combination: Lycaena editha vanduzeei ♀ nov. tr. form Type Locality: “Deer Park, Placer County, California” Types: “Holotype” in CAS.
Lycaena editha obscuramaculata Austin, 1989 J. Res. Lepid. 27(3/4): 266. Original Combination: Lycaena editha obscuramaculata Proposed to replace Lycaena editha nevadensis Austin, 1984, preoccupied, with the same data (Code Article 60.3). = ‡nevadensis Austin, 1984 J. Res. Lepid. 23(1): 83, 85, figs. 1 top left ♂ D (holotype), top right ♀ D, 2 top left ♂ V (holotype), top right ♀ V. Original Combination: Lycaena editha nevadensis Type Locality: “Nevada: Elko County; Jarbidge Mountains, Jarbidge Canyon between Pine Creek and Gorge Gulch, 6600', T46N, R9E, S33...about 4 km south of the town of Jarbidge on the floor of a narrow, steep-sided canyon” Types: Holotype in MGCL. Preoccupied by Lycaena nevadensis Oberthür, 1896, Étud. Entomol. 20: pl. 4, fig. 54. |
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