Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Callophrys
Subgenus: Callophrys
Species: Callophrys sheridanii
Subspecies: (9)
C. s. comstocki – C. s. interrupta – C. s. lemberti – C. s. neoperplexa – C. s. newcomeri – C. s. paradoxa – C. s. pseudodumetorum – C. s. sacramento – C. s. sheridanii

Name

Callophrys sheridanii (Edwards, W., 1877).

Type locality: USA, Wyoming, Big Horn Mountains, Sheridan.

Lectotype: CM designated by Brown, 1970 [previous type designations by Holland, 1939, and Clench, 1946 overruled].

References

• Brown, F. M., 1969-70. The Types of Lycaenid butterflies Described by William Henry Edwards, 1 Lycaeninae, 2 Theclinae, Strymoninae, 3 Plebejinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 95: 161–179 [6 Jun 1969]; 96 (l): 19–77 [25 Mar 1970]; 96: 353–433 [17 Nov 1970]. Reference page. 

• Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 52: i–xix, 1–723. BHL. Reference page. 

• Edwards, W.H., 1877. Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found in North America. Field and Forest 3(5): 48, 86-89. Reference page. 
• ICZN 2012: OPINION 2291 (Case 3524) Thecla dumetorum Boisduval, 1852 (currently Callophrys dumetorum), proposed neotype; and Thecla sheridonii Carpenter, 1877 (currently C. sheridanii) (Lepidoptera, LYCAENIDAE): current usage and names conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 69(1): 69–71. abstract only seen.

• Pelham, J.P. 2008. Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 40: 1–672. Reference page. 

Vernacular names