Checklist Number
B46
This species was mentioned in Westwood (1841) based on a specimen taken in Yorkshire, in the collection of a Mr. Meynell. It later turned out that the specimen was purchased from a dealer in London.
This species was first defined in Esper (1779) as shown here and as shown in this plate (type locality: Erlangen, Germany).
Family: | Lycaenidae | Leach, 1815 |
Subfamily: | Theclinae | Butler, 1869 |
Tribe: | Eumaeini | Doubleday, 1847 |
Genus: | Satyrium | Scudder, 1876 |
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Species: | ilicis | (Esper, 1779) |