Species Microtia dymas - Tiny Checkerspot - Hodges#4511

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

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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 Microtia (Tiny Checkerspots)

Species dymas (Tiny Checkerspot - Hodges#4511)

Hodges Number

4511

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melitaea dymas W.H. Edwards 1877. Type locality: San Antonio, Texas

Melitaea larunda Strecker 1878. Type locality: vicinity of New Braunfels and San Antonio, Southwestern Texas

Melitaea senrabii W. Barnes 1900. Type locality: Corpus Christi, Texas

Texola dymas (W.H. Edwards) Higgins 1958

Dymasia dymas (W.H. Edwards) Higgins 1960

Microtia dymas (W.H. Edwards) D.L. Bauer [in Ehrlich & Ehrlich] 1961

Identification

Most like Microtia elada, differing in having no orange margin along the edge of the lower hind wing (or rarely a trace of orange in the black margin), and often with a pale to whitish spot near the middle of the front edge of the upper front wing. There is usually a row of black-edged orange spots along the top middle of the abdomen (occasionally in females the black may be reduced so that the abdomen is nearly solid orange on top).

Range

so CA to so. TX / ne. Mex - MAP (MPG)

Remarks

Type Locality: “San Antonio, Texas” [Bexar County]

See Also

Microtia elada

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

NABA-South Texas - NABA

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 19 October, 2010 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 January, 2018 - 5:26pm

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