Dymasia
Appearance
Tiny checkerspot | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Melitaeini Higgins, 1960' |
Genus: | Dymasia dymas (W.H. Edwards, 1877) |
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Dymasia is a monotypic genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Its single species is the tiny checkerspot (Dymasia dymas), also known as the dyman checkerspot, which is found from the southern United States to Central America.[1][2]
Subspecies
[edit]- D. d. dymas – tiny checkerspot (Texas)
- D. d. chara (W.H. Edwards, [1884]) – Chara checkerspot (Arizona)
- D. d. imperialis (Bauer, 1959) (California)
References
[edit]- ^ "Dymasia Higgins, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 85.