Chlosyne definita

Chlosyne definita, known generally as the definite patch or definite checkerspot, is a species of checkerspot in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

Chlosyne definita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chlosyne
Species:
C. definita
Binomial name
Chlosyne definita
(E. Aaron, 1885)

The MONA or Hodges number for Chlosyne definita is 4500.[3][4]

Subspecies

  • Chlosyne definita anastasia (Hemming, 1934)
  • Chlosyne definita definita (E. Aaron, 1885)

References

  1. "Chlosyne definita Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  2. "Chlosyne definita Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, J.P. Pelham, rev. 2017". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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