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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 » Patches, Checkerspots (Chlosyne) » Crimson Patch - Hodges#4503 (Chlosyne janais)

Species Chlosyne janais - Crimson Patch - Hodges#4503

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Chlosyne (Patches, Checkerspots)

Species janais (Crimson Patch - Hodges#4503)

Hodges Number

4503

Other Common Names

Janais Patch (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chlosyne janais (Drury

Orig. Comb: Coatlantona janais Drury, 1782

Identification

Above forewing black with white spots, hindwing black with large red-orange basal patch. Below black with white spots, yellow basal patch on hindwing has black spots throughout.

larvae white:

Range

mostly c. TX to Panama - Map (2)

Season

mostly May-Nov (2)

Food

hosts on var. Acanthaceae shrubs:

Flame Acanthus (Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii)

Smallflower Wrightwort (Carlowrightia parviflora)

Hairy Tube-tongue (Justicia pilosella)

Snake Herb (Dyschoriste linearis)

Remarks

northern-most regularly occurring population probably in and around Hondo Creek, Median Co., west of San Antonio.

See Also

Chlosyne rosita

- stray to s. TX

Print References

Drury (1782) Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ...

(3)

Internet References

iNaturalist - iNat

NABA-South Texas - NABA

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Works Cited

1.	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies Robert Michael Pyle. 1981. Knopf.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

Contributed by tom murray on 20 September, 2005 - 9:08pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 11:11am

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