Icaricia shasta

Icaricia shasta

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Icaricia
Species: Icaricia shasta
Subspecies: I. s. calchas – I. s. charlestonensis – I. s. minnehaha – I. s. pallidissima – I. s. pitkinensis – I. s. shasta

Name

Icaricia shasta (Edwards, 1862)

Type locality: South slope above Donner Pass, Placer Co., California, 7,500 ft.

Neotype: BMNH designated by Austin, Emmel & Emmel, 1998: 115.

Synonymy

• Lycaena shasta Edwards, 1862: 224.
• Lycaena zelmira C. & R.Felder, 1865, Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2): 282. TL: USA, California and Utah.

References

• Austin, G., Emmel, J. & Emmel, T., 1998. A New Neotype and a Restriction of the Type locality for Lycaena shasta... In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 7: 115-116.
• Edwards, W.H., 1862. Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British America. 3. Proc. Philad. Acad. Sci. 14: 221–226. Reference page. 
• Federal Register 72 (103) [1]