Plebejus melissa melissa

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: Plebejus
Subgenus: Lycaeides
Species: Plebejus melissa
Subspecies: Plebejus melissa melissa

Name

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Plebejus melissa melissa Edwards, W. H., 1873.

Type locality: USA, Colorado, Lake County, La Plata Peak, vicinity of Twin Lakes.

Holotype: CM, Pittsburgh.

Synonymy

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  • Lycaena melissa Edwards, 1873: 346.
  • Rusticus melissa (Edwards); Dyar, [1903]: 44.
  • Lycaeides melissa pseudosamuelis Nabokov, 1949: 529; synonymy by Lamas, 2004: 140.
  • Lycaeides melissa (Edwards); Lewis, 1974: pl. 19, figs 35-36.
  • Plebejus melissa (Edwards); Talavera et al., 2012: 187.

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