Dymasia
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Genus: | Dymasia Higgins, 1960
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Species: | D. dymas
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Dymasia dymas (W.H. Edwards, 1877)
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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.
Categories:
- Melitaeini
- Monotypic butterfly genera
- Taxa named by Robert P. Higgins