Polygonia satyrus neomarsyas dos Passos, 1969
(Satyr Comma)

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Synonymy

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

Genus Polygonia Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 36. Type-species: Papilio c-aureum Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 477, no. 116, by designation of Scudder (1872) 4th Ann. Rept. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 30. The arrangement of Polygonia taxa follows Weingartner et al. (2006), J. Evol. Biol. 19(2): 483-491.

=    Eugonia Hübner, [1819]

Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (3): 36-37. Type-species: Papilio angelica Stoll, 1782, Uitl. Kapellen 4(33): 204, pl. 388, figs. G, H; (34): 247 (index) (= Papilio c-aureum Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 477, no. 116; synonym), by designation of Grote (1873), Can. Entomol. 5(8): 144.

=    Comma Rennie, 1832

Conspectus Butts. Moths: 8. Type-species: Papilio c-album Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 477, no. 115, by monotypy.

=    Grapta W. Kirby, 1837

In: Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am. [4]: 292. Type-species: Vanessa (Grapta) c-argenteum W. Kirby, 1837, in: Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am. [4]: 292, pl. 3, figs. 6, 7 (= Papilio progne Cramer, 1775, Uitl. Kapellen 1(1): 9, pl. 5, figs. E, F; (8): 154 (index); synonym), by monotypy.

=    Kaniska Moore, [1899]

Lepid. Ind. 4(41): 91. Type-species: Papilio canace Linnaeus, 1763, in: Johansson, Cent. Ins. Rar.: 23-24, no. 68, by original designation. Wahlberg and Nylin (2003), Cladistics 19(3): 221-222, and Wahlberg et al. (2005), Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 86(2): 250, determined this synonymy.

Polygonia satyrus (W. H. Edwards, 1869)

Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 2(4): 374-375; figured by W. H. Edwards (1872), Butts. N. Am. 1(10): pl. Grapta 6, figs. 1 ♂ D, 2 ♂ V, 3 ♀ D, 4 ♀ V.

Original Combination: Grapta Satyrus

Type Locality: “Rocky Mountains, Colorado”; defined as “vicinity of Empire, Clear Creek Co., Colorado” by F. Brown (1967), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 93(3): 330-331.

Types: Lectotype in CMNH, designated by F. Brown (1967), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 93(3): 331, fig. 4 ♂ D&V.

            =    chrysoptera W. G. Wright, 1905

Butts. W. Coast: 56, no. 222; 172, no. 222, pl. 22, figs. 222 ♂ D (lectotype), 222b ♀ D, 222c ♂ V.

Original Combination: [Grapta] Chrysoptera]; Grapta Chrysoptera n. s.

Type Locality: “California” “Lake County, Cal....Mendocino County, Cal.”

Types: Lectotype (#4311) in CAS, designated by Tilden (1975), Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. (118): 25.

            =    neomarsyas dos Passos, 1969

Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 95(1): 155-158, figs. 1 ♂ D&V (holotype), 2 ♀ D&V.

Original Combination: Polygonia satyrus neomarsyas

Type Locality: “Salmon Meadows, Brewster, Washington” [Okanogan County]

Types: Holotype in CMNH.

            =    transcanada Scott & Kondla, 2006

Papilio (n.s.) 12: 38, pl. 4, 6th row right ♂ D&V (holotype).

Original Combination: Polygonia satyrus transcanada

Type Locality: “Temiscouata Co. Quebec”

Types: Holotype in BMNH.

                   =    ‡ “hollandi” Gunder, 1927

Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 26(2): 53; cited W. H. Edwards (1879), Butts. N. Am. 2(8): pl. Grapta 3, figs. 5 ♀ D, 6 ♀ V.

Original Combination: Polygonia satyrus marsayas nov. tr. f. hollandi

Type Locality: Not stated; “Navarro, Cal.”, implied by W. H. Edwards (1879), Butts. N. Am. 2(8): [196].

Types: Holotype probably in CMNH, if it can be recognized. This name was proposed for figures 5 and 6 by W. H. Edwards (1879), ibid.

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