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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