Lycaena helloides (Boisduval, 1852)
(Purplish Copper)

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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 helloides (Boisduval, 1852)

Lycaena helloides helloides (Boisduval, 1852)

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (2)10: 291, no. 24; figured by Oberthür (1913), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(1): pl. 236, figs. 1927 ♂ D&V, 1928 ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Polyommatus helloides

Type Locality: “aux environs de San Francisco”; defined as “San Francisco, San Francisco County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 12.

Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 12, 36 ♂, 37 ♂ V; figured by Ferris (1977), Bull. Allyn Mus. (45): fig. 50 ♂ D&V.

                         =    ‡”sternitzkyi” Gunder, 1927

Can. Entomol. 59(12): 285, no. 15, pl. A, fig. 15 ♂ D (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Lycaena (Heodes) thoe tr. f. sternitzkyi

Type Locality: “Petaluma, Calif.” [Sonoma County, California]

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

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