MCZ Entomology 64500

Lycaena helloides (Boisduval, 1852)

Paralectotype of Polyommatus castro

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: California | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:64500 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 64500

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ent:64500 Lycaena helloides Paralectotype

Current Identification
Lycaena helloides (Boisduval, 1852)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Lycaenini
Common Name(s): Purplish Copper
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Polyommatus castro Reakirt, 1866
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Polyommatini
Determiner: Tryon Reakirt in 1866
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Castro Reak

Reakirt 1866, page 148, [type status needs research] of Polyommatus castro Reakirt, 1866 Specimen is unlikely to have syntype status; does not match type locality or Reakirt's handwriting on specimens in Strecker Collection at FMNH. -RLH, 2017; [verbatim type status = Syntype?]
Ferris 1977, page 25, Paralectotype of Polyommatus castro Reakirt, 1866 As the original syntype status of this specimen is questionable, so too would be the paralectotype status automatically conferred by the designation of a lectotype in the FMNH.
Media type: text; Reakirt 1866 Description: Reakirt (1866), Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 6(1):122-151;

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Shows Publication: Reakirt 1866 Description: Reakirt (1866), Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 6(1):122-151

  • type number: 25449

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) unknown in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
age class adult By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
collection S. H. Scudder Collection By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe

  • None

  • Paralectotype Type; Paratype

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007157 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • California
  • Georeference:
  • 37.2135440°, -119.59668° (Error radius: 665879m) By: Taylor Tai on 2017-05-23 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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