Edith’s Checkerspot
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Edith’s Checkerspot is a species of butterfly
often better known by the constituent subspecies listed below.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
often better known by the constituent subspecies listed below.
Subspecies
This list of subspecies of Euphydryas editha is subject to change as the nomenclature is altered or new subspecies are found.- Euphydryas editha alebarki Ferris, 1971 – Klots’ Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha augusta (Edwards, 1890) – Augusta Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha aurilacus Gunder, 1928 – Gold Lake Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha baroni Edwards, 1879 – Baron’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha bayensis Sternitzky, 1937 – Bay Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha beani Skinner, 1897 – Bean’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha bingi Baughman & Murphy, 1998 – Bing’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha colonia (Wright, 1905) – Colonia Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha edithana Strand, 1914 – Strand’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha ehrlichi Baughmon and Murphy, 1998 – Ehrlich’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha fridayi Gunder, 1931
- Euphydryas editha hutchinsi McDunnough, 1928 – Hutchins’ Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha gunnisonensis Brown, 1971 – Gunnison Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha insularis Emmel & Emmel, 1974 – Island Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha karinae Baughman & Murphy, 1998
- Euphydryas editha koreti Murphy and Ehrlich, 1983 – Koret's Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha lawrencei Gunder, 1931 – Lawrence’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha lehmani Gunder, 1929 – Lehman Caves Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha luestherae Murphy & Ehrlich, 1981 – LuEsther’sLuEsther MertzLuEsther T. Mertz , a businesswoman and philanthropist, was the youngest child of a Methodist minister and his wife. She trained as a librarian at Syracuse University....
Checkerspot - Euphydryas editha mattooni – Mattoon’s Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha monoensis Gunder, 1928 – Mono Lake Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha nubigena Behr, 1863 – Cloud-born Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha owyheensis Austin & Murphy, 1998
- Euphydryas editha quino (Behr, 1863) – Quino Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha remingtoni Burdick, 1959
- Euphydryas editha rubicunda (H. Edwards, 1881) – Ruddy Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha tayloriEuphydryas editha tayloriEuphydryas editha taylori also known by its common name Taylor's Checkerspot is a butterfly native to an area of the United States Northwest and Vancouver Island.-Description:...
(Edwards, 1888) – Taylor’s Checkerspot - Euphydryas editha tahoensis Austin & Murphy, 1998 – Lake Tahoe Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha wrighti Gunder, 1929 – Wright’s Checkerspot
External links
- Edith’s Checkerspot, Butterflies of Canada