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Proposed subspecies motaguae from eastern Guatemala is invalid, as main distinguishing characters can be ascribed to juvenile or female plumage.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• viola (Miller, W, 1905)   -  North-western and western Mexico, rarely south-western USA.
• beryllina (Lichtenstein, 1830)   -  Central Mexico.
• lichtensteini Moore, RT, 1950   -  Southern Mexico (western Chiapas).
• sumichrasti Salvin, 1891   -  Southern Mexico (central and southern Chiapas).
• devillei (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848)   -  Southern Guatemala and El Salvador to central Honduras.

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