Poladryas
Genus of butterflies
| Dotted checkerspot | |
|---|---|
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| P. m. arachne | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Poladryas Bauer, 1975 |
| Species: | P. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Poladryas minuta (W.H. Edwards, 1861) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Poladryas is a monotypic genus of butterflies from United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. The single species it contains is Poladryas minuta, the dotted checkerspot.[1]
Subspecies
- P. m. arachne (W.H. Edwards, 1869) – Arachne checkerspot (Colorado)
- P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930) (Arizona)
- P. m. minuta (Texas)
- P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)
- P. m. nympha (W.H. Edwards, 1884) (Arizona, New Mexico)
References
- ^ "Poladryas Bauer in Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1975" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
