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Opler: Callophrys record
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1760. Suppression of Cellia errabunda Swellengrebel, 1925 (Diptera) 1762. Type-species for Enithares Spinola, 1837 (Hemiptera)
Comments should be sent in duplicate, citing Case Number, to the Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7, England. Those received early enough will be published in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.
W. E. China, Assistant Secretary
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A POSSIBLE RECORD FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF CALLOPHRYS (XAMIA) XAMI (LYCAENIDAE) IN CALIFORNIA
A female specimen of Callophrys (Xamia) xami (Reakirt) is contained in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. The accompanying labels bear the following information: Providence Mtns., San Bernardino Co., Calif., IV-5-34, collected by G. H. & J. L. Sperry.
This record would appear to represent a considerable northwest extension of the species' distribution as stated by Clench (1961). I think that the following points lend to the credibility of this record: (1) The Sperrys were noted for the reliability of their collection data, (2) a possible food plant, Dudley a (Dudley a) saxosa (Jones) Britt. & Rose aloides (Rose) Moran is found in the Providence Mountains (Munz and Keck, 1959; Uhl and Moran, 1953). Ziegler and Escalante (1964) reported Echeveria (Euecheveria) gibbiflora De Candolle and Sedum (Pachysedum) allantoides Rose, both members of the Crassulaceae, as food plants of xami in Mexico, D.F., (3) The date of capture is within the known flight period of this species as defined by Clench and Ziegler and Escalante, and (4) Three other species of Theclini known to occur in the range were collected at the same approximate time by the Sperrys in 1934.
I wish to thank F. H. Rindge for allowing me to examine specimens in the American Museum of Natural History.
Literature cited Clench, H. K., 1961. Tribe Theclini, Hairstreaks, in: Ehrlich, P. R., & A. H. Ehrlich, How to Know the Butterflies. Wm. C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa, pp. 177-220. Munz, P. A., & D. D. Keck, 1959. A California Flora. University of California
Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1,681 pp. Uhl, C. H., & R. Moran, 1953. The cytotaxonomy of Dudleya and Hasseanthus.
Amer. Jour. Bot., 40(7): 492^502. Ziegler, J. B., & T. Escalante, 1964. Observations on the life history of Callophrys xami (Lyeaenidae). Jour. Lepid. Soc., 18: 85-89.
Paul A. Opler, University of California, Berkeley
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