Chlosyne Explained

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:

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