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Plebejus lupini lutzi dos Passos, 1938 |
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Plebejus Kluk, 1780 Zwierz. Hist. Nat. Pocz. Gospod. 4: 89-92, no. 148. Type-species: Papilio argus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 483, no. 152, by designation of Hemming (1933), Entomol. 66(845): 224. I.C.Z.N. Opinion 278 placed Plebejus on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as name no. 705. This name has been spelled various ways; the spelling given in the Official List is the proper spelling by rule (Code Article 79.4.1). Bálint et al. (2001), Folia Entomol. Hung. 62: 177-184, discussed this issue.
Plebejus lupini (Boisduval, 1869) The arrangement of taxa under this species should be considered tentative; some of these may represent species-level taxa. Annls. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 12: 46-47, no. 23; figured by Oberthür (1913), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(1): pl. 238, figs. 1961 ♂ D&V, 1962 ♀ D&V. Original Combination: Lycaena lupini Type Locality: “le sud de la Californie”; defined as “Gold Lake, Sierra County, California” by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (2): 27.
Can. Entomol. 70(3): 48, pl. 2, figs. 9 ♂ D, 10 ♂ V (holotype); 11 ♀ D, 12 ♀ V. Original Combination: Plebeius acmon lutzi Type Locality: “Snowslide Canyon, eight miles from Montpelier, Idaho” [Bear Lake County] Types: Holotype in AMNH. = ‡”pseudolupini” Ferris, 1970 J. Res. Lepid. 8(3): 91, figs. 1, top left ♂ D, top right ♂ V (“holotype”). Original Combination: Plebejus (Icaricia) acmon lutzi form pseudolupini Type Locality: “near Eagle Rock, 8200' approx., Sherman Range, Medicine Bow N. F., Albany Co., Wyoming” Types: “Holotype” in Ferris collection, possibly in MGCL. |
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