Biology:Chlosyne

Short description: Genus of insects

Chlosyne
Silvery checkerspot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
Subtribe:	Chlosynina
Genus:	Chlosyne Butler, 1870
Synonyms
Morpheis Geyer, [1833] (Unav.) Synchloe Doubleday, 1844 (Preocc.) Coatlantona Kirby, 1871 Anemeca Kirby, 1871 Charidryas Scudder, 1872 Limnaecia Scudder, 1872 Thessalia Scudder, 1875

Poecile checkerspot (Chlosyne erodyle poecile)
Costa Rica

Gaudy patch (Chlosyne gaudialis) Guatemala.

Chlosyne is a genus of butterflies from North and South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:

The lacinia species group:

• Chlosyne californica (Wright, 1905) – California patch
• Chlosyne definita (Aaron, [1885]) – definite patch
• Chlosyne ehrenbergii (Geyer, 1833) – white-rayed checkerspot, white-rayed patch
• Chlosyne endeis (Godman & Salvin, 1894) – banded checkerspot, banded patch
• Chlosyne erodyle (Bates, 1864) – erodyle checkerspot, Guatemalan patch
• Chlosyne janais (Drury, [1782]) – Janais patch, crimson patch
• Chlosyne gaudialis (Bates, 1864) – gaudy checkerspot, gaudy patch
• Chlosyne hippodrome (Geyer, 1837) – simple checkerspot, simple patch
• Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) – bordered patch, sunflower patch
• Chlosyne marina (Geyer, 1837) – marina checkerspot, red-spotted patch
• Chlosyne melanarge (Bates, 1864) – black checkerspot, cream-banded checkerspot, black patch
• Chlosyne narva (Fabricius, 1793) – Narva checkerspot
• Chlosyne rosita Hall, 1924 – Rosita patch

The Charidryas species group:

• Chlosyne acastus (Edwards, 1874) – sagebrush checkerspot
• Chlosyne gabbii (Behr, 1863) – Gabb's checkerspot
• Chlosyne hoffmanni (Behr, 1863) – aster checkerspot, Hoffmann's checkerspot
• Chlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852) – northern checkerspot
• Chlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863) – rockslide checkerspot
  • Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)

The harrisii species group:

• Chlosyne harrisii (Scudder, 1864) – Harris's checkerspot
• Chlosyne gorgone (Hübner, 1810) – gorgone crescentspot
• Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, [1847]) – silvery crescentspot

The Thessalia species group:

• Chlosyne chinatiensis (Tinkham, 1944) – Chinati checkerspot
• Chlosyne cyneas (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Cyneas checkerspot, black checkerspot
• Chlosyne leanira (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – leanira checkerspot
• Chlosyne theona (Ménétriés, 1855) – Theona checkerspot

Uncertain grouping:

• Chlosyne fulvia (Edwards, 1879) – Fulvia checkerspot
• Chlosyne kendallorum Opler, 1999 – Kendall's checkerspot, Nuevo León checkerspot

References

• Explanation of Synonymity

Wikidata ☰ Q1303844 entry