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
Melitaea dymas Edwards, 1877 Melitaea larunda Strecker, [1878] Melitaea senrabii Barnes, 1900 Melitaea chara Edwards, [1884] Microtia imperialis Bauer, 1959 Melitaea chara ab. jacintoi Gunder, 1924 Melitaea chara ab. nitela Comstock, 1926

Dymasia is a monotypic genus of butterflies from southern USA to Central America in the family Nymphalidae that contains the species Tiny Checkerspot or Dyman Checkerspot (Dymasia dymas).^[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, funet.fi
↑ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, pp.85.

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