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Chlosyne

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Nymphalinae

Scientific name
  
Chlosyne

Higher classification
  
Melitaeini

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Tribe
  
Melitaeini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Chlosyne nycteis, Chlosyne lacinia, Chlosyne janais, Chlosyne gorgone, Chlosyne palla

Bordered patch chlosyne lacinia laying eggs on sunflower leaf


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

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Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.

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:

  • Chlosyne acastus (Edwards, 1874) – Sagebrush Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne gabbii (Behr, 1863) – Gabb's Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne hoffmanni (Behr, 1863) – Aster Checkerspot or Hoffmann's Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852) – Northern Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863) – Rockslide Checkerspot

    • The harrisii species-group:

  • Chlosyne harrisii (Scudder, 1864) – Harris's Checkerspot
  • Chlosyne gorgone (Hübner, 1810) – Gorgone Crescentspot
  • Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, [1847]) – Silvery Crescentspot

    • 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

    Chlosyne Wikipedia
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