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Satyrium b. behrii (W. H. Edwards, 1870) |
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants: S CA, N through Sierra Nevada & Cascades to C WA
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Satyrium Scudder, 1876 Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 3: 106, no. 8. Type-species: Lycaena fuliginosa W. H. Edwards, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 13(6): 160, 164, no. 10, by original designation. The generic synonymy below generally follows Clench (1979), J. Lepid. Soc. 32(4): 277-281, with the caveat that there is disagreement over the rank of several taxa. The group is in need of revision.
Satyrium behrii (W. H. Edwards, 1870)
Satyrium behrii behrii (W. H. Edwards, 1870) Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 3(1): 10, 18-19, no. 11. Original Combination: Thecla Behrii Type Locality: “Lake Mono, California” [Mono County] Types: Neotype in CMNH, designated by Opler (1970), in: F. Brown, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 96(1): 30, fig. 4 ♂ D&V. = kali (Strecker, [1878]) Lepid. Rhop. Het. (14): 129. Original Combination: Thecla Kali Type Locality: “Arizona” Types: Holotype in FMNH. This name likely represents a subspecies-level taxon, but has not been applied by recent workers. = ‡”nigroinita” (Gunder, 1924) Entomol. News 35(5): 154, pl. 2, fig. A ♂ D (“holotype”). Original Combination: Callipsyche behrii ab. ♂ nigroinita Type Locality: “Mammoth Camp, Mono County, California” Types: “Holotype” in AMNH; figured by J. A. Comstock (1927), Butts. Calif.: pl. 50, fig. 23 ♂ D. |
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