Poladryas

Poladryas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Melitaeini
Genus:	Poladryas; Bauer, 1975
Species:	P. minuta
Binomial name
	Poladryas minuta; (W.H. Edwards, 1861)
Synonyms
	Melitaea minuta W.H. Edwards, 1861; Melitaea approximata Strecker, 1900; Melitaea arachne W.H. Edwards, 1869; Melitaea minuta ab. gunderiae Holland, 1930; Melitaea nympha W.H. Edwards, 1884; Melitaea arachne ab. skinneri Oberthür, 1923; Melitaea pola var. arachne ab. polingi Gunder, 1926; Melitaea monache Comstock, 1918; Melitaaea gilensis Holland, 1930;

Poladryas is a monotypic genus of butterflies from United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. The single species it contains is Poladryas minuta, the dotted checkerspot.^[1]

Subspecies

P. m. arachne (W.H. Edwards, 1869) – Arachne checkerspot (Colorado)
P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930) (Arizona)
P. m. minuta (Texas)
P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)
P. m. nympha (W.H. Edwards, 1884) (Arizona, New Mexico)

References

^ "Poladryas Bauer in Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1975" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[1] "Poladryas Bauer in Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1975" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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