Oeneis chryxus caryi Dyar, 1904

Oeneis chryxus caryi Dyar, 1904
(Chryxus Arctic)

Distribution and Larval Foodplants:

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

Genus Oeneis Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 58. Type-species: Papilio norna Thunberg, 1791, Ins. Suec. (2): 36-37, pl. 2, figs. 11, [11a], by designation of Butler (1868), Entomol. Mon. Mag. 4(45): 196.

bore group Gorbunov, 2001

Butts. Russia Class.: 226.

Oeneis chryxus (E. Doubleday, [1849])

In: Gen. diurn. Lepid. (1): pl. 64, fig. 1 ♂ D [1849]; (2)(43): 383, no. 13 (Westwood, 1851).

Original Combination: Chionobas Chryxus

Type Locality: “Rocky Mountains”; defined as “Rock Lake, Alberta (53^o 27'N, 118^o 16'W)” by J. Shepard (1984), Quaest. Entomol. 20(1): 40-41.

Types: Lectotype (#3845) in BMNH, designated by J. Shepard (1984), Quaest. Entomol. 20(1): 42, figs. 5 ♀ D, 6 ♀ V.

= altacordillera Scott, 2006

Papilio (n.s.) 12: 14-15, pl. 4 5th row left ♂ D&V (holotype), 5th row center left ♂ D, 5th row center right ♂ D.

Original Combination: Oeneis calais altacordillera

Type Locality: “Colorado: Sangre de Cristo Mts.: Baldy Peak 12,500', Custer Co.”

Types: Holotype in BMNH.

Oeneis chryxus caryi Dyar, 1904

Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 6(3): 142.

Original Combination: Oeneis caryi

Type Locality: “Smith Landing, Athabasca”; defined as “vicinity of latitude 59^o 54'N, longitude 111^o 40'W near the west side of the Slave River, Alberta” by Kondla (1995), Alberta Naturalist 25(4): 75. [NE Alberta]

Types: Holotype (#8046) in USNM; figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 75, figs. 10 ♂ D, 10a ♂ V, and Howe (1975), Butts. N. Am.: pl. 8, fig. 6 ♂ D&V.

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