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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Melitaeini » Checkerspots (Euphydryas) » Chalcedon Checkerspot - Hodges#4517 (Euphydryas chalcedona) » Snowberry Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona wallacensis)

Subspecies Euphydryas chalcedona wallacensis - Snowberry Checkerspot

Classification · Explanation of Names · Internet References
Chalcedon Checkerspot - Euphydryas chalcedona Chalcedon Checkerspot - Euphydryas chalcedona Butterfly - Euphydryas chalcedona - male More checkerspots for David - Euphydryas chalcedona - male More checkerspots for David - Euphydryas chalcedona - male One more - Euphydryas chalcedona - male Some Oregon checkerspots also - Euphydryas chalcedona Snowberry Checkerspot - Euphydryas chalcedona
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)
Tribe Melitaeini
Genus Euphydryas (Checkerspots)
Species chalcedona (Chalcedon Checkerspot - Hodges#4517)
Subspecies wallacensis (Snowberry Checkerspot)
Explanation of Names
This subspecies was named after the town Wallace, ID. Wallace is right over Thompson Pass from the Thomson Falls, MT area.
Internet References
~ Livinglandscapes.bc.ca - Information on how where it was found and how it got the name wallacensis.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 15 November, 2008 - 8:48pm
Last updated 15 November, 2008 - 10:36pm

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