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Speyeria adiaste atossa Edwards, 1890

Atossa fritillary

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: last seen in 1960

 

Distribution

southern California, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

The last specimen was collected in 1960 from Mount Pinos: http://www.artensterben.de/details.php?id=493

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Edwards. (1890). The Butterflies of North America. Vol. III Butts N. Amer. 3: 431pp, 51pls.

 

Other references:

F. Brown (1965), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 91(3): 292, fig. 18

W. Holland (1931), Butt. Book (rev. ed.): 100, pi. 13, fig. 12 cf D

Opler, P. A., and A. D. Warren. 2002. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico. C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 79 pp.

Pelham, J. P. (2008). A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. Volume 40. 658 pp.

http://www.artensterben.de/details.php?id=493

 

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