Euphydryas editha luestherae

Euphydryas editha luestherae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Euphydryas
Species: Euphydryas editha
Subspecies: E. e. luestherae
Trinomial name
Euphydryas editha luestherae
Murphy and Ehrlich, 1980

Euphydryas editha luestherae, LuEsther's checkerspot, is a species of butterfly native to California that is included in the family Nymphalidae, and the tribus Melitaeini and in the group of brush-footed butterflies.[1]

References

  1. Murphy, Dennis D.; Ehrlich, Paul R (1980). "Two California Checkerspot Butterfly Subspecies: One New, One on the Verge of Extinction". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 34 (3): 316–320. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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