BUTTERFLY RESEARCH REQUEST

[Ron at]

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him personally. Ron
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There seems to be a significant loose end with respect to Agriades aquilo
Boisduval (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae).  The name is based on material
collected
from 3 locations on two continents (actually 3 continents if one wishes to
treat Europe as a separate continent). My research to date has not been
able
to turn up any lectotype or neotype designation and the location of the
syntypes (if they exist) is still unknown to me.  It is possible that the
name was actually based on butterflies from more than one species.  Some
authors have treated aquilo as a junior synonym of glandon but I am unaware
of any published or unpublished data or rationale for this interpretation.
Does anyone know where the types are so that color images can hopefully be
secured ?? I would also be grateful for assistance with access to any
relevant European or Asian literature on the nomenclatural and taxonomic
dimensions of this issue. I think we should be clear about what butterfly
or
butterflies this name actually refers to before drawing any conclusions
about its taxonomic placement.  Thank you one and all for helping to sort
this out.

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Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
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