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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 » Tiny Checkerspots (Microtia) » Tiny Checkerspot - Hodges#4511 (Microtia dymas)
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maybe a variable checkerspot - Microtia dymas - female
Copyright © 2017 elw-ny

maybe a variable checkerspot - Microtia dymas - Female
southern Arizona - Tucson area, Arizona, USA
March 1, 2017
I thought it might be a variable checkerspot, though I couldn't find an image online that matched it.
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Contributed by elw-ny on 16 May, 2017 - 12:02pm
Last updated 1 January, 2018 - 7:32pm

a female "Tiny Checkerspot"
Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 May, 2017 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Confusion (my middle name)
Is Microtia dymas a synonym for Dymasia dymas? I Googled tiny checkerspot and got hits with the latter name.
… elw-ny, 16 May, 2017 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, synonyms
I often forget to comment on name changes that might cause confusion. when I move these to their respective pages on BugGuide.
Microtia hasn't widely caught on yet, but molecular data backs the combination of Microtia, Dymasia, and Texola, and I think it will catch on before much longer. The separation of these three "micro-genera" has always seemed silly to me (also, some of the most closest related species are split between the three traditional genera, which is also silly).
In fact they could easily be combined as a subgenus under Chlosyne, but they are a distinctive group of tiny Checkerspots, and I suspect that is less likely to happen.

Often, if you go to the main page for a species or genus on BugGuide [click on the "Info" tab near the top], you can find a list of synonyms there. And there is such a list for this species.
… David J. Ferguson, 17 May, 2017 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I appreciate the information.
… elw-ny, 18 May, 2017 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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