Callophrys sheridanii sheridanii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Callophrys
Subgenus: Callophrys
Species: Callophrys sheridanii
Subspecies: Callophrys sheridanii sheridanii

Name

Callophrys sheridanii sheridanii (Edwards, W., 1877).

Type locality: USA, Wyoming, Big Horn Mountains, Sheridan.

Lectotype: CM designated by Brown, 1970 [previous type designations by Holland, 1939, and Clench, 1946 overruled].

Synonymy

• Thecla sheridanii [= sheridonii] Edwards, 1877: 48, 88.
• Callophrys sheridanii (Edwards); Dyar, 1903: 40.
• Callophrys (Callophrys) sheridanii sheridanii (Edwards); Pelham, 2008: 215.

References

• Brown, F. M., 1969-70. The Types of Lycaenid butterflies Described by William Henry Edwards, 1 Lycaeninae, 2 Theclinae, Strymoninae, 3 Plebejinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 95: 161–179 [6 Jun 1969]; 96 (l): 19–77 [25 Mar 1970]; 96: 353–433 [17 Nov 1970]. Reference page. 
• Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 52: i–xix, 1–723. BHL. Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1877. Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found in North America. Field and Forest 3(5): 48, 86-89. Reference page. 
• ICZN 2012: OPINION 2291 (Case 3524) Thecla dumetorum Boisduval, 1852 (currently Callophrys dumetorum), proposed neotype; and Thecla sheridonii Carpenter, 1877 (currently C. sheridanii) (Lepidoptera, LYCAENIDAE): current usage and names conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 69(1): 69–71. abstract only seen.
• Pelham, J.P., 2008: Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 40: 1–672.