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Lycaenini Leach 1815

  • 1. Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton ,, Canada
  • 2. University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum ,, Canada
  • 3. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada
  • 4. Calgary ,, Canada

Description

Lycaenini

1118 * R h Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) ssp. arethusa M Jul – M Aug M – – Dod, 1907

Arethusa Copper

T: Dod (1907), Ford (1923), Ferris (1974)

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, PMAE, UASM

1119 * R Lycaena cupreus (Edwards, 1870) ssp. snowi M Jul – M Aug M – – (Edwards, [1881])

Lustrous Copper

T: Scott (1981)

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), [Guppy

and Shepard (2001)] C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE,

UASM

1120 R Lycaena dione Scudder, 1868 Jul m b G Dione Copper

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, OLDS, UASM

1121 * S Lycaena editha (Mead, 1878) Jul – Aug M – – Edith’s Copper

T: Koçak (1984)

L: Anweiler and Schmidt (2003) C: UASM

1122 * R Lycaena rubidus (Behr, 1866) ssp. sirius (Edwards, 1871) Jul – – G Ruddy Copper

T: Johnson and Balogh (1977)

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, PMAE, UASM

1123 * R Lycaena heteronea Boisduval, 1852 ssp. klotsi Field, 1936 Jul M – – Blue Copper

T: Emmel and Pratt (1998)

L: [Bird et al. (1995)], [Layberry et al. (1998)], [Guppy

and Shepard (2001)] C: CNC, PMAE, UASM

1124 R Lycaena hyllus (Cramer, 1775) Jul m B G Bronze Copper

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy and

Shepard (2001) C: CNC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1125 R Lycaena dorcas Kirby, 1837 ssp. dorcas Kirby, 1837 L Jul – M Aug M B – Dorcas Copper

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy and

Shepard (2001) C: CNC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1126 * R Lycaena castro (Reakirt, 1866) ssp. florus (Edwards, [1884]) M Jul – M Aug M – – Florus Copper

T: Kondla and Guppy (2002), Scott et al. (2006)

L: [Bird et al. (1995)], [Layberry et al. (1998)] C:

CNC, PMAE, UASM

1127 R Lycaena helloides (Boisduval, 1852) May – Aug m b G Purplish Copper

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS,

PMAE, UASM

1127.1 * P Lycaena nivalis (Boisduval, 1869) Jul – M Aug M – – Lilac-bordered Copper

1128 * R Lycaena mariposa (Reakirt, 1866) Jul M B – Mariposa Copper

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS,

PMAE, UASM

Notes

Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on pages 174-175, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629

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Biodiversity

Family
Lycaenidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Leach
Taxon rank
tribe
Taxonomic concept label
Lycaenini Leach, 1815 sec. Pohl, Anweiler, Schmidt & Kondla, 2010

References

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