Lycaena editha

Lycaena editha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lycaenidae
Genus:Lycaena
Species: L. editha
Binomial name
Lycaena editha
(Mead, 1878)

Lycaena editha, known generally as the Edith's copper or great gray copper, is a species of copper in the family of butterflies known as Lycaenidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Lycaena editha is 4254.[5]

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species Lycaena editha:

  • Lycaena editha editha (Mead, 1878) i g
  • Lycaena editha montana Field, 1936 c g
  • Lycaena editha obscuramaculata Austin, 1989 i g
  • Lycaena editha pseudonexa J. Emmel and Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998 i g
  • Lycaena editha vanduzeei Gunder, 1927 c g
  • Lycaena editha vurali Koçak, 1984 i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lycaena editha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. 1 2 "Lycaena editha species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. 1 2 "Lycaena editha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. 1 2 "Lycaena editha Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Lycaena editha". Retrieved 2018-04-30.

Further reading

  • Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
  • Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. ISSN 0066-8036.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1992). A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-63279-X.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-79151-0.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.


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