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Oeneis uhleri (Reakirt, 1866) (SW Utah) |
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Distribution and Larval Foodplants:
Tushar Mts. of Beaver-Piute Cos., Utah
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(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham) Genus Oeneis Hübner, [1819] Verz. bekannt. Schmett. (4): 58. Type-species: Papilio norna Thunberg, 1791, Ins. Suec. (2): 36-37, pl. 2, figs. 11, [11a], by designation of Butler (1868), Entomol. Mon. Mag. 4(45): 196.
Oeneis uhleri (Reakirt, 1866) Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 6[1]: 143-145. Original Combination: Chionobas Uhleri Type Locality: “Rocky Mountains, Colorado Terr.”; suggested to be “the grassy parts that crown the Front Range west of Denver (Bergen Park, etc.)” by F. Brown (1953), Am. Mus. Novit. (1625): 1; further defined as “vic. Georgetown, Clear Creek Co., Colorado” by L. Miller and F. Brown (1981), Mem. Lepid. Soc. 2: 201. Types: Syntypes in FMNH. = ‡”obscura” (W. H. Edwards, 1892) Butts. N. Am. 3(13): [294], pl. Chionobas 3, fig. 5 ♂ D (“holotype”). Original Combination: Chionobas Uhleri var. Obscura Type Locality: Not stated; defined as “Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson Co., Colorado...6,000 ft. above sea level” by F. Brown (1964), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 90(4): 395. Types: “Holotype” in CMNH; figured by F. Brown (1964), Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 90(4): fig. 27 ♂ D&V. The text clearly indicates that this taxon was described as an individual variant. |
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