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Species Carterocephalus skada - Hodges#3982.1

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Heteropterinae (Intermediate Skippers)
Genus Carterocephalus
Species skada (Carterocephalus skada - Hodges#3982.1)
Hodges Number
3982.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carterocephalus skada (Edwards, 1870)
Carterocephalus skada skada (Edwards, 1870)
Carterocephalus skada magnus Mattoon & Tilden, 1998
Cyclopides skada Edwards, 1870
Explanation of Names
Carterocephalus skada (Edwards, 1870), formerly treated as a synonym of the subspecies Papilio palaemon mandan (Edwards, 1863) [3982], is raised to full species with magnus Mattoon & Tilden, 1998 as a subspecies in Zhang et al. (2020)(1). C. palaemon (Pallas, 1771) is now considered extralimital to North America.
Range
Type Locality: Kodiak, AK.
Internet References
Butterflies of America
Works Cited
1.Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names
Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin. 2020. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 9 June, 2022 - 2:05pm
Last updated 5 July, 2022 - 1:51am

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