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Lycaena
heteronea northi J. Emmel & Pratt, 1998 |
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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 heteronea Boisduval, 1852 Annls. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (2)10(2): 298, no. 35; figured by Oberthür (1913), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(1): pl. 237, figs. 1946 ♂ D&V, 1947 ♀ D&V. Original Combination: Lycaena heteronea Type Locality: “montagnes du nord”; defined as “bluff between Cavallo Point and Yellow Bluff, ca. 2 air miles SSE of Sausalito, Marin County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 15. Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 15, figs. 72 ♂ D, 73 ♂ V.
Lycaena heteronea northi J. Emmel & Pratt, 1998 Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (52): 671, figs. 33 ♂ D, 34 ♂ V (holotype); 35 ♀ D, 36 ♀ V. Original Combination: Lycaena heteronea northi Type Locality: “California: Humboldt County; North Trinity Mountain; 1/2 mile up trail to Water Dog Lakes, 5,800' elevation” Types: Holotype in LACM. |
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