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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Chlosynina
Genus: Chlosyne
Species: C. acastus – C. californica – C. cyneas – C. definita – C. ehrenbergii – C. endeis – C. erodyle – C. fulvia – C. gabbii – C. gaudialis – C. gorgone – C. harrisii – C. hippodrome – C. hoffmanni – C. janais – C. kendallorum – C. lacinia – C. leanira – C. marina – C. mazarum – C. melanarge – C. melitaeoides – C. narva – C. nycteis – C. palla – C. rosita – C. theona – C. whitneyi
Name

Chlosyne Butler, 1870: 38.

Type species: Papilio janais Drury, 1782: 22, pl.17, by selection of Scudder, 1875: 141. images.
Synonymy

per Lamas, 2004: 252.

Morpheis Geyer, [1833]: pl.5.
Synchloe Doubleday, 1844: 76; invalid homonym.
Coatlantona Kirby, 1871: 178.
Anemeca Kirby, 1871: 179.
Charidryas Scudder, 1872: 47.
Limnaecia Scudder, 1872: 47.
Thessalia Scudder, 1875: 265.

References

Bauer, D.L. 1960: Descriptions of two new Chlosyne from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 14(2): 148–154. Reference page.
Butler, A.G. 1870. A Revision of the Genera of Subfamily Pierinae. Cistula entomologica 1: 33–58, plates 1–4. BHL, plates. Reference page.
Doubleday, E. 1844. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 1, London. BHL Reference page.
Drury, D. 1770–1782. Illustrations of Natural History London, White. Vol.l (1770): xxviii+130+[2]pp, 50+1 pls, 4 figs; Vol.2 (1773): vii+90pp, 50 pls; Vol.3 (1782): vii+76pp, 50 pls. Vol.1; Vol.2; Vol.3. Reference page.
Geyer, C.M., [1827-1838] in Hübner, J.. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vols 2,3. Augsburg. Vol.2, Vol.3. Reference page.
Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
de la Maza Elvira, R.G. & de la Maza Elvira, J. 2019b. Identificación de la población nominal de Chlosyne melitaeoides (C. y R. Felder, [1867]) y descripción de una nueva subespecie de Puebla y Oaxaca, México (Nymphalidae-Melitaeini). Roberto G. de la Maza E. y Javier de la Maza E. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterología 7(1): 2-15. ResearchGate Reference page.
Miller, L.D. & B. Rotger, 1979. Two new Chlosyne (Nymphalidae) from Mexico. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 54: 1–4. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293. BHL Reference page.
Scudder, S.H. 1875–76. Synonymic list of the butterflies of North America, north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 2: 233–269; 3: 98–129; Pt.1 Nymphales, Pt.2 Rurales. Reference page.

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Butterflies of America

Chlosyne is a genus of butterflies from North and South America in the family Nymphalidae.
Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:[1][2]

The lacinia species group:

Chlosyne californica (Wright, 1905) – California patch
Chlosyne definita (Aaron, [1885]) – definite patch
Chlosyne ehrenbergii (Geyer, 1833) – white-rayed checkerspot, white-rayed patch
Chlosyne endeis (Godman & Salvin, 1894) – banded checkerspot, banded patch
Chlosyne erodyle (Bates, 1864) – erodyle checkerspot, Guatemalan patch
Chlosyne janais (Drury, [1782]) – Janais patch, crimson patch
Chlosyne gaudialis (Bates, 1864) – gaudy checkerspot, gaudy patch
Chlosyne hippodrome (Geyer, 1837) – simple checkerspot, simple patch
Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) – bordered patch, sunflower patch
Chlosyne marina (Geyer, 1837) – marina checkerspot, red-spotted patch
Chlosyne melanarge (Bates, 1864) – black checkerspot, cream-banded checkerspot, black patch
Chlosyne narva (Fabricius, 1793) – Narva checkerspot
Chlosyne rosita Hall, 1924 – Rosita patch

The Charidryas species group:

Chlosyne acastus (Edwards, 1874) – sagebrush checkerspot
Chlosyne gabbii (Behr, 1863) – Gabb's checkerspot
Chlosyne hoffmanni (Behr, 1863) – aster checkerspot, Hoffmann's checkerspot
Chlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852) – northern checkerspot
Chlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863) – rockslide checkerspot
Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)

The harrisii species group:

Chlosyne harrisii (Scudder, 1864) – Harris's checkerspot
Chlosyne gorgone (Hübner, 1810) – gorgone crescentspot
Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, [1847]) – silvery crescentspot

The Thessalia species group:

Chlosyne chinatiensis (Tinkham, 1944) – Chinati checkerspot
Chlosyne cyneas (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Cyneas checkerspot, black checkerspot
Chlosyne leanira (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – leanira checkerspot
Chlosyne theona (Ménétriés, 1855) – Theona checkerspot

Uncertain grouping:

Chlosyne fulvia (Edwards, 1879) – Fulvia checkerspot
Chlosyne kendallorum Opler, 1999 – Kendall's checkerspot, Nuevo León checkerspot

References
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"Chlosyne Butler, 1870" 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, pp. 82-84.

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