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Nymphalidae 77a0742 – 4450.1   Argynnis leto Behr, 1862

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: leto Behr, 1862 (Argynnis) ssp. a. letona (dos Passos & Grey, 1945) (Speyeria)  lethe Gunder, 1934 (Argynnis) (synonym of ssp. leto)  letis Wright, 1905 (Argynnis) (synonym of ssp. leto) ssp. c. pugetensis (Chermock & Frechin, 1947) (Speyeria) ssp. d. eileenae (Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998) (Speyeria)  valesinoidesalba (Reuss, [1926]) (Acidalia) unavail. (synonym of ssp. leto) Taxonomic Notes: Argynnis leto Behr, 1862 is raised from synonymy of 4450 Argynnis cybele (Fabricius, 1775) to full species status in Zhang et al. (2022).

References

Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, R.J. Gott, P. Boyer, C.S. Guppy, S. Kohler, G. Lamas, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 10(7): 1-60.

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