Paul Alexander Opler

Paul Alexander Opler (1938–2023), U.S. entomologist.

• Department of Bioagricultural Science and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 U.S.A.

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• 10 taxon names authored by Paul Alexander Opler

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• & Powell, J.A. 1962. Taxonomic and Distributional Studies on the western components of the Apodemia mormo complex (Riodinidae). Journal of the Lepidopterological Society 15(3): 145–171. BHL Reference page. 

• 1971. Biological and systematic considerations on the "emarginana group" of the genus Epinotia (Tortricidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(2): 115–123. full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• 1971a. Seven new lepidopterous leaf-miners associated with Quercus agrifolia (Heliozelidae, Gracilariidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 25(3): 194–211. full article (pdf). Reference page. 

• & Krizek, G.O. 1984. Butterflies east of the Great Plains, an illustrated natural history. 294pp. Reference page. 

• Warren, A.D. & 1999. Holarctic Lepidoptera 6(1): 25–29. PDF. Reference page. 

• Schmidt, B.C. & Opler, P. 2008. Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada. [1] Reference page. 

• Seltmann, K.C., Cobb, N.S., Gall, L.F., Bartlett, C.R., Basham, M.A., Betancourt, I., Bills, C. Brandt, B., Brown, R.L., Bundy, C., Caterino, M.S., Chapman, C., Cognato, A.I., Colby, J., Cook, S.P., Daly, K.M., Dyer, L.A., Franz, N.M., Gelhaus, J.K., Grinter, C.C., Harp, C.E., Hawkins, R.L., Heydon, S.L., Hill, G.M., Huber, S., Johnson, N.F., Kawahara, A.Y., Kimsey, L.S., Kondratieff, B.C., Krell, F.T., Leblanc, L., Lee, S., Marshall, C.L., Mccabe, L.M., McHugh, J.V., Menard, K.L., , Palffy-Muhoray, N., Pardikes, N., Peterson, M.A., Pierce, N.E., Poremski, A., Sikes, D.S., Weintraub, J.D., Wikle, D.L., Zaspel, J.M. & Zolnerowich, G. 2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247(1): 73–77. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.10 PDF. Reference page. 

• Miller, J.S., Wagner, D.L., & Lafontaine, J.D. 2018. Drepanoidea, Doidae; Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part): Pygaerinae, Notodontinae, Cerurinae, Phalerinae, Periergosinae, Dudusinae, Hemiceratinae. In J.D. Lafontaine (Ed.). The Moths of North America. Vol. 22.1A, 1–339 pp. ISBN 9780979663338 Reference page. 

• Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(2): 1–12. PDF. Reference page. 

• Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., & Grishin, N.V. 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(7): 1–41. PDF. Reference page. 

• Miller, J.S., Wagner, D.L., & Lafontaine, J.D. 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. In J.D. Lafontaine (Ed.). The Moths of North America. Vol. 22.1B, 1–443 pp. ISBN 9780979663352 Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H., & Grishin, N.V. 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 9(3): 1-55. Reference page. 

• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H., Song, L., & Grishin, N.V. 2023. Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 11(1): 1-26. Full article (PDF). Reference page.