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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) » Euphydryas chalcedona hennei

Subspecies Euphydryas chalcedona hennei

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Desert Butterfly - Euphydryas chalcedona Is this an Edith's Checkerspot, or ? - Euphydryas chalcedona - male
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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 hennei (Euphydryas chalcedona hennei)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Christopher Henne (1905-1977).
Range
Desert side of Southern California Mountains, mostly within Colorado Desert region.
Remarks
Somewhat similar looking to subspecies (asigned to both E. chalcedona and E. anicia) that are found further east and north in the Great Basin and Sonoran Desert, but perhaps, on average, with less orange than most of those, and those tend to be a bit smaller in size. On the flip side, there tends to be more orange (on average) than on ssp. chalcedona found nearer to the coast, but the difference is very insignificant.
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 2 March, 2009 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 January, 2018 - 8:56pm

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