Plebejus saepiolus hilda (J. Grinnell & F. Grinnell, 1907)
(Greenish Blue)

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Synonymy

(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 saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852)

Annls. Soc. Entomol. Fr (2)10(2): 296, no. 32; figured by Oberthür (1913), Étud. Lépid. Comp. 9(1): pl. 237, figs. 1941 ♂ D&V, 942 ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Lycaena saepiolus

Type Locality: “les montagnes”; California implied from the title of the paper; lectotype from “Bear Valley, near Olema, Marin County, California.”

Types: Lectotype in USNM, designated by J. Emmel et al. (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts: 14, figs. 60 ♂ D, 61 ♂ V.

Plebejus saepiolus hilda (J. Grinnell & F. Grinnell, 1907)

J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 15(1): 46-47.

Original Combination: Cupido hilda

Type Locality: “upper cienega at the head of the South Fork of the Santa Ana, at an elevation of about 8,500 feet” [San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California]

Types: Holotype in AMNH; paratypes figured by W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): pl. 65, figs. 32 ♂ D, 33 ♀ D.

                         =    ‡”garthi” Gunder, 1928

Can. Entomol. 60(7): 168, pl. B, fig. 21 ♀ V (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Plebeius saepiolus race hilda tr. f. garthi

Type Locality: “Tahquitz Valley, Riv. Co., Calif.” [Riverside County, California]

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

                         =    ‡”boharti” Gunder, 1932

Pan-Pac. Entomol. 8(3): 127.

Original Combination: Plebeius saepiolus tr. f. boharti

Type Locality: “Yosemite Natl. Park, California”

Types: Holotype in AMNH.

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