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Poladryas

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Nymphalinae

Similar
  
Janatella, Vanessula, Anthanassa, Castilia, Catacroptera

Poladryas is a monotypic genus of butterflies from United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae that contains the species dotted checkerspot (Poladryas minuta).

Sibspecies

  • P. m. arachne (Edwards, 1869) – Arachne Checkerspot (Colorado)
  • P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930) (Arizona)
  • P. m. minuta (Texas)
  • ?P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)
  • P. m. nympha (Edwards, 1884) (Arizona, New Mexico)

    • References

    Poladryas Wikipedia
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