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Subspecies Euphydryas anicia anicia - Anicia Checkerspot

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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 anicia (Anicia Checkerspot - Hodges#4519)

Subspecies anicia (Anicia Checkerspot)

Identification

Averages relatively bright and strongly reddish, somewhere between typical euytion and capella in appearance, but from much futher north (mostly in Canada).

Range

In and close to Rockies, se. British Columbia, southwest Alberta, south barely into Idaho and northwestern Montana.

Contributed by Tom Bentley on 21 July, 2008 - 10:24am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 15 November, 2008 - 1:36pm

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