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Plebejus melissa  (W. H. Edwards, 1873)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 777922

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 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  
                                     FamilyLycaenidae [Leach], 1815 – blues, coppers, gossamer-winged butterflies, hairstreaks, harvesters, Gossamer-wing Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilyPolyommatinae Swainson, 1827 – Blues  
                                           TribePolyommatini Swainson, 1827  
                                              GenusPlebejus Kluk, 1780  
                                                 SubgenusPlebejus (Lycaeides) Hübner, 1819  
                                                    SpeciesPlebejus melissa (W. H. Edwards, 1873)  
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                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa alateres (Austin in T. Emmel, 1998)  
                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa annetta (W. H. Edwards, 1882)  
                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa inyoensis (Nabokov, 1949)  
                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa melissa (W. H. Edwards, 1873)  
                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa paradoxa F. Chermock, 1945  
                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa pseudosamuelis (Nabokov, 1949)  
                                                       Subspecies Plebejus melissa samuelis (Nabokov, 1944)  
       

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

 

    

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