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

Dymasia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the southern United States to Central America. Its single species is Dymasia dymas, the tiny checkerspot or dyman checkerspot.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies[]

D. d. dymas – tiny checkerspot (Texas)
D. d. chara (W.H. Edwards, [1884]) – Chara checkerspot (Arizona)
D. d. imperialis (Bauer, 1959) (California)

References[]

^ "Dymasia Higgins, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 85.

[1] "Dymasia Higgins, 1960" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Glassberg, J. (2007) A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America, Sunstreak Books, p. 85.

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