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Nymphalidae
77a0837 – 4442.1   Junonia neildi Brévignon, 2004
             Mangrove Buckeye
Distribution Data for Junonia neildi
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Distribution: USA: Florida (neildi); coastal south Texas (varia).
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Synonymy:
  • neildi Brévignon, 2004 (Junonia)
  • ssp. a. neildi Brévignon, 2004 (Junonia)
      Type locality: Guadeloupe.
  • ssp. b. varia Grishin, 2020 (Junonia)
      Type locality: Goose Island State Park, Aransas Co., TX.
  • litoralis of authors; not Brévignon, 2009 (Junonia) misappl. (synonym of ssp. varia)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Junonia neildi Brévignon, 2004, formerly a subspecies of [4442.1] Junonia genoveva (Cramer, 1780), is elevated to full species status in Brévignon (2009). The subspecies J. n. varia Grishin, 2020 replaces the names litoralis and genoveva in Texas. The species genoveva and litoralis are now treated as extralimital north of Mexico in Cong et al. (2020).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Brévignon, C., 2004. Description de deux nouvelle sous-espèces Guadeloupeennes du genere Junonia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae). Lambillionea, 104: 72-80.
    • Brévignon, C., 2009. Nouvelles observations sur le genre Junonia en Guyane Française. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Première Partie. Lambillionea, 109: 3-7.
    • Cong, Q., J. Zhang, J. Shen, X. Cao, C. Brévignon, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Speciation in North American Junonia from a genomic perspective. Systematic Entomology, 45(4): 1-35.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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