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Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis Perkins & Emmel, 1977

Palos Verdes blue

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1983

Rediscovered in 1994

 

Distribution

Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, United States

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Perkins, Edwin M., Jr. and Emmel, John F. (1977). A new subspecies of Glaucopsyche lygdamus from California (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 79(3): 468-471.

 

Other references:

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://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13220/palos-verdes-blue-butterfly

 

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