Dymasia
| 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 | |
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Dymasia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the southern United States to Central America. Its single species is Dymasia dymas, the tiny checkerspot or dyman checkerspot.[1][2]
Subspecies
- D. d. dymas – tiny checkerspot (Texas)
- D. d. chara (Edwards, [1884]) – Chara checkerspot (Arizona)
- D. d. imperialis (Bauer, 1959) (California)
References
- ↑ "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.
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