Chlosyne

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Chlosyne
Silvery Checkerspot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Chlosyne
Butler, 1870
Synonyms
  • Morpheis Geyer, [1833]
  • Synchloe Doubleday, 1844
  • Coatlantona Kirby, 1871
  • Anemeca Kirby, 1871
  • Charidryas Scudder, 1872
  • Limnaecia Scudder, 1872
  • Thessalia Scudder, 1875

Chlosyne is a genus of butterflies from North and South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.[1][2]

The lacinia species-group:

  • Chlosyne californica (Wright, 1905) – California Patch
  • Chlosyne definita (Aaron, [1885]) – Definite Patch
  • Chlosyne ehrenbergii (Geyer, 1833) – White-rayed Checkerspot, White-rayed Patch
  • Chlosyne endeis (Godman & Salvin, 1894) – Banded Checkerspot, Banded Patch
  • Chlosyne erodyle (Bates, 1864) – Erodyle Checkerspot, Guatemalan Patch
  • Chlosyne janais (Drury, [1782]) – Janais Patch or Crimson Patch
  • Chlosyne gaudialis (Bates, 1864) – Gaudy Checkerspot, Gaudy Patch
  • Chlosyne hippodrome (Geyer, 1837) – Simple Checkerspot, Simple Patch
  • Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) – Bordered Patch or Sunflower Patch
  • Chlosyne marina (Geyer, 1837) – Marina Checkerspot, Red-spotted Patch
  • Chlosyne melanarge (Bates, 1864) – Black Checkerspot, Cream-banded Checkerspot, Black Patch
  • Chlosyne narva (Fabricius, 1793) – Narva Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne rosita Hall, 1924 – Rosita Patch

The charidryas species-group:

The harrisii species-group:

The thessalia species-group:

  • Chlosyne chinatiensis (Tinkham, 1944) – Chinati Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne cyneas (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Cyneas Checkerspot, Black Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne leanira (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Leanira Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne theona (Ménétriés, 1855) – Theona Checkerspot

Uncertain grouping:

  • Chlosyne fulvia (Edwards, 1879) – Fulvia Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne kendallorum Opler, 1999 – Kendall's Checkerspot, Nuevo Leon Checkerspot

References

  1. Chlosyne, funet.fi
  2. Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, pp.82-84.
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