Three New Hesperioidae (Hesperiinae) from South Carolina: New Subspecies of Euphyes bimacula, Poanes aaroni, and Hesperia attalus

Authors

Ronald R. Gatrelle, International Lepidoptera Survey

Date of this Version

12-24-1999

Document Type

Article

Citation

Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey (December 24, 1999) 1(10): 1-13

Also available at https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-1-10.pdf

Comments

Copyright 1999, International Lepidoptera Survey. Open access material

License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-SA-NC 4.0 International)

Abstract

Euphyes bimacula arbogasti is described as a new subspecies from Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. It is known from only a few widely scattered colonies in the coastal swamp forests of the southeastern United States from Georgia to southeastern North Carolina. It is darker then E. b. bimacula and E. b. illinois. Poanes aaroni minimus is described as a new subspecies from Bull Swamp, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. This unique inland subspecies is presently known only from the type locality. It is darker then P. a. aaroni and P. a. howardi. Hesperia attalus nigrescens is described as a new subspecies from the relict dunes of Sandy Island National Wildlife Sanctuary, Horry County, South Carolina. This isolated subspecies is much darker than H. a. attalus and H. a. slossonae. The Sandy Island colony of H. a. nigrescens is believed to be the only remaining colony of this subspecies. All three subspecies are similarly melanic.