Arctic Skipper

[Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX]

Carterocephalus palaemon. Recently I looked at the illustration of nominate
palaemon in Butterflies of Russia volume one and noticed that it is a
strikingly different looking butterfly than what we have been calling
palaemon in North America and also seemingly what Europeans have been
calling palaemon. Two questions: Can anyone cite any literature that
demonstrates clining of real palaemon into the European 'palaemon'; can
anyone cite any literature that explains why we should call any of our North
American taxa palaemon ??? I suspect this is another case of a past worker
lumping on the basis of superficial similarity but then again there may be
some substantive reasons for why North American butterflies started wearing
this name. Thanks.

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Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
Phone 250-365-8610
Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca       
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca


 
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