Euphydryas anicia, the anicia checkerspot, is a species in the family of butterflies known as Nymphalidae.[1][2] It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1847 and it is found in North America.[1]

Euphydryas anicia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphydryas
Species:
E. anicia
Binomial name
Euphydryas anicia
(E. Doubleday, 1847)

The MONA or Hodges number for Euphydryas anicia is 4519.[3]

Subspecies edit

These 24 subspecies belong to Euphydryas anicia:

  • Euphydryas anicia alena Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 i
  • Euphydryas anicia anicia (E. Doubleday, 1847) i b (anicia checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia bakeri D. Stallings & Turner, 1945 i
  • Euphydryas anicia bernadetta Leussler, 1920 i
  • Euphydryas anicia brucei (W. H. Edwards, 1888) i b
  • Euphydryas anicia capella (Barnes, 1897) i b (capella checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia carmentis Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 i b
  • Euphydryas anicia chuskae (Ferris & R. Holland, 1980) i
  • Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti (Ferris & R. Holland, 1980) i b (Sacramento Mountain checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia effi D. Stallings & Turner, 1945 i
  • Euphydryas anicia eurytion (Mead, 1875) i b (anicia checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia helvia (Scudder, 1869) i
  • Euphydryas anicia hermosa (W. G. Wright, 1905) i b (Catalina mountain checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia hopfingeri Gunder, 1934 i b (Hopfinger's checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia howlandi D. Stallings & Turner, 1947 i
  • Euphydryas anicia macyi Fender & Jewett, 1953 i
  • Euphydryas anicia magdalena Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 i b (White Mountain checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia maria (Skinner, 1899) i
  • Euphydryas anicia morandi Gunder, 1928 i
  • Euphydryas anicia variicolor Baughman & Murphy, 1998 i
  • Euphydryas anicia veazieae Fender & Jewett, 1953 i
  • Euphydryas anicia wecoeut M. Fisher, Spomer & Scott, 2006 i b (anicia checkerspot)
  • Euphydryas anicia wheeleri (Hy. Edwards, 1881) i b
  • Euphydryas anicia windi Gunder, 1932 i b (Wind's checkerspot)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Euphydryas anicia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ^ a b "Euphydryas anicia Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Euphydryas anicia". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-03.

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