Icaricia shasta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Icaricia
Species: Icaricia shasta
Subspecies: I. s. calchas – I. s. charlestonensis – I. s. minnehaha – I. s. pallidissima – I. s. pitkinensis – I. s. shasta

Name

Icaricia shasta (Edwards, 1862)

Type locality: South slope above Donner Pass, Placer Co., California, 7,500 ft.

Neotype: BMNH designated by Austin, Emmel & Emmel, 1998: 115.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena shasta Edwards, 1862: 224.
  • Lycaena zelmira C. & R.Felder, 1865, Reise Fregatte Novara, Lep. Rhop. (2): 282. TL: USA, California and Utah.

References

  • Austin, G., Emmel, J. & Emmel, T., 1998. A New Neotype and a Restriction of the Type locality for Lycaena shasta... In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 7: 115-116.
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