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Cyclargus Nabokov, 1945

Cyclargus Nabokov, 1945; Psyche 52: 14, TS: Lycaena ammon Lucas
Cyclargus (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 450; [Opler]
Cyclargus (Polyommatinae) ; [NL4A, 139]

Cyclargus ammon (Lucas, 1857)

-. See [About maps] Lycaena ammon Lucas, 1857; in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 612, pl. 16, f. 7, 7a-b, TL: Cuba,"Mexico, Yucatan"
Cyclargus ammon, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Cyclargus ammon, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hemiargus ammon ; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 22]
Cyclargus ammon ; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1102]

C. a. ammon

Cuba, ... Cyclargus ammon ammon ; [NL4A, #1102a]

C. a. thomasi (Clench, 1941)

Bahamas, S.Florida? Miami Blue
Hemiargus catalina thomasi Clench, 1941; Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat. 15: 407, TL: Arthurstown, Cat Island, Bahamas
Cyclargus thomasi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hemiargus thomasi ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 27]; [NACL, #4358]
Cyclargus thomasi ; [Opler]
Cyclargus ammon thomasi ; [NL4A, #1102g]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Hemiargus ammon; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 46

Larva on Pithecellobium, Guilandina [NAB]

C. a. bahamensis (Clench, 1943)

Bahamas Hemiargus bahamensis Clench, 1943; Psyche 49: (52-60) , TL: Crooked Island, Bahamas
Cyclargus ammon bahamensis ; [NL4A, #1102b]

C. a. woodruffi (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)

Lesser Antilles ammon woodruffi (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) (Hemiargus); , TL: Anegada
Hemiargus thomasi woodruffi ;
Cyclargus ammon woodruffi ; [NL4A, #1102h]

C. a. erembis Nabokov, 1948

Little Cayman Cyclargus erembis Nabokov, 1948; Ent. 81: 273, TL: Little Cayman, West end of S.W. Point area
Cyclargus erembis ; [NEN46, 6]
Cyclargus ammon erembis ; [NL4A, #1102e]

C. a. bethunebakeri (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)

Florida ammon bethunebakeri (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) (Hemiargus); , TL: Florida
Hemiargus ammon bethune-bakeri ; Comstock & Huntington, 1943, (missp.)
Hemiargus thomasi bethunebakeri ; [NACL, #4358a]
Cyclargus ammon bethunebakeri ; [NL4A, #1102c]

C. a. noeli (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)

Haiti Hemiargus ammon noeli Comstock & Huntington, 1943
Hemiargus ammon noëli Comstock & Huntington, 1943; , TL: Haiti
Cyclargus ammon noeli ; [NL4A, #1102f]

C. a. clenchi (Miller, Simon & Harvey, 1992)

Bahamas ammon clenchi (Miller, Simon & Harvey, 1992) (Hemiargus); , TL: Bahamas
Cyclargus ammon clenchi ; [NL4A, #1102d]

Cyclargus oualiri Brevignon, 2002

Antilles (Guadeloupe). See [About maps] Cyclargus oualiri Brevignon, 2002; Lambillionea 102 (1, II): 97, f. 1-15, TL: La Désirade, Guadeloupe
? ; D'Abrera, 1995, Butts. Neotrop. Region, Part VII: 1258, f. 49
Cyclargus oualiri ; [NL4A, #1105]

Larva on Caesalpinia ciliata Brevignon, 2002, Lambillionea 102 (1, II): 98

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References:

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[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOW]

Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[NAB]

Pyle, 1981; Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NEN46]

Zsolt Bálint, 1999; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 46; Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

Some related literature:

Brevignon, 2002

Caracterisation d'une nouvelle espece antillaise du genre Cyclargus Nabokov, 1945 Lambillionea 102 (1, II): 97-102

Clench, 1941

A new race of Hemiargus for the Bahamas Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat. 15: 407-408

Clench, 1943

The Lycaenidae of the Bahama Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Psyche 49 : 52-60 (1942)

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Lucas, 1857

Historia física política y natural de la Isla de Cuba. (Lepidópteros) in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 474-750, pl. 14-17 (French Edition) (1857), : 202-313, pl. 14-17 (1857)

Möschler, 1886

Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Jamaica Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3) : 25-87, f. 1-30

Nabokov, 1948

A new species of Cyclargus Nabokov (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) Ent. 81: 273-280

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