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Cercyonis meadii  (W. H. Edwards, 1872)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 778123

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): Mead's Wood-Nymph [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons  
                                     FamilyNymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 – admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, purples, brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilySatyrinae Boisduval, 1833 – Satyrs  
                                           TribeSatyrini Boisduval, 1833  
                                              SubtribeManiolina Verity, 1953  
                                                 GenusCercyonis Scudder, 1875  
                                                    SpeciesCercyonis meadii (W. H. Edwards, 1872) – Mead's Wood-Nymph  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Subspecies Cercyonis meadii alamosa T. Emmel and J. Emmel, 1969  
                                                       Subspecies Cercyonis meadii damei W. Barnes and Benjamin, 1926  
                                                       Subspecies Cercyonis meadii meadii (W. H. Edwards, 1872)  
                                                       Subspecies Cercyonis meadii melania (Wind, 1946)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition, website (version 2)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)   
  Reference for: Cercyonis meadii, Mead's Wood-Nymph [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Cercyonis meadii   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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