Dymasia

Tiny checkerspot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Melitaeini; Higgins, 1960'
Genus:	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 genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Its single species is the tiny checkerspot (Dymasia dymas), also known as the dyman checkerspot, which is found from the southern United States to Central America.^[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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