Texola (butterfly)
Appearance
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Elada checkerspot (Texola elada), dorsal view | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Melitaeini |
Genus: | Texola Higgins, [1959] |
Texola is a genus of butterflies found from southern United States to Mexico in the family Nymphalidae.[1]
Species
[edit]Listed alphabetically:[2]
- Texola anomalus (Godman & Salvin, 1897) – anomalous checkerspot (Mexico)
- Texola elada (Hewitson, 1868) – Elada checkerspot (Mexico, Texas, Arizona)
References
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- ^ "Texola Higgins, [1959]" 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.