Species Chlosyne eumeda - Medial Patch - Hodges#4501.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References

Chlosyne eumeda (Godman & Salvin) - Chlosyne eumeda

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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 eumeda (Medial Patch - Hodges#4501.2)

Hodges Number

4501.2

Other Common Names

Eumeda Checkerspot (BOA)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chlosyne eumeda (Godman & Salvin)

Orig. Comb: Synchloë eumeda Godman & Salvin, 1894

Syn: Chlosyne marina eumeda (Godman & Salvin)

Range

s. TX (1x stray) to Mex. - Map (MPG, BOA)

also (still unconfirmed?) reports of a stray or two to southeast AZ.

Remarks

Discussion of First Confirmed U.S. Record: Sullivan City, Starr Co., Texas - 1974 (Bordelon & Knudson 2007)

- Range: s. TX (as a stray) to NE Mex.

Red-spotted Patch - Chlosyne melitaeoides

Det. Nick Block, 2007

Print References

Bordelon, C. & E. Knudson. 2006. (revised edition) Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the LRGV Part 1: Butterflies. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. viii + 84 pp., 20 plates.

Bordelon, C. & E. Knudson. 2007. "Year of the Chlosyne" in Texas. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(1): 3-7.

Kendall, R.O. & W.W. McGuire. 1984. Some new and rare records of Lepidoptera found in Texas. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 86:1-50.

Kons, H.L. 2000. Phylogenetic studies of the Melitaeini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) and a revision of the genus Chlosyne Butler. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville. x + 798 pp.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2009

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 July, 2012 - 1:00pm
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 11:16am

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