Dymasia

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Dymasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Dymasia
Higgins, 1960
Species: D. dymas
Binomial name
Dymasia dymas
(Edwards, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Melitaea dymas Edwards, 1877
  • Melitaea larunda Strecker, [1878]
  • Melitaea senrabii Barnes, 1900
  • Melitaea chara Edwards, [1884]
  • Microtia imperialis Bauer, 1959
  • Melitaea chara ab. jacintoi Gunder, 1924
  • Melitaea chara ab. nitela Comstock, 1926

Dymasia is a monotypic genus of butterflies from southern USA to Central America in the family Nymphalidae that contains the species Tiny Checkerspot or Dyman Checkerspot (Dymasia dymas).[1][2]

Subspecies

  • D. d. dymas – Tiny Checkerspot (Texas)
  • D. d. chara (Edwards, [1884]) – Chara Checkerspot (Arizona)
  • D. d. imperialis (Bauer, 1959) (California)

References

  1. ↑ Dymasia, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, pp.85.
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