Poladryas Explained

Poladryas is a monotypic genus of butterflies from United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. The single species it contains is Poladryas minuta, the dotted checkerspot.^[1]

Subspecies

• P. m. arachne (W.H. Edwards, 1869) – Arachne checkerspot (Colorado)
• P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930) (Arizona)
• P. m. minuta (Texas)
• P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)
• P. m. nympha (W.H. Edwards, 1884) (Arizona, New Mexico)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/poladryas/ "Poladryas Bauer in Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1975"