Subspecies Chlosyne rosita browni - Rosita Patch

Chlosyne rosita browni (Bauer, 1961). Type locality: “El Salto, 1,600 feet elevation, San Luis Potosi, Mexico”

Very similar to Chlosyne janais. On the underside that species has a row of black spots crossing the middle of the hind wing, just inside the red area, while C. rosita does not [though in C. rosita the red may be edged in black]; and, on the same wing surface there is normally a row of large yellowish spots along the outer margin in C. janais, while the same spots are normally small and white in C. rosita. The upper sides are very similar, but on C. rosita there are normally only one or two white spots on the basal half of the front wing (in the discal cell), which may be tiny or may be large enough to cross the cell; while on C. janais there are typically (but not always) three or four, nearly always tiny, and almost always with one near the wing base below and outside of the discal cell.

Closyne lacinia is highly variable in coloring and pattern, and some individuals may look similar to C. rosita. However, usually the light patch on the upper hind wing includes some distinctly whitish or yellowish coloring and crosses the wing from front to back. Usually there is some orange coloring on the upper front wing. The lower hind wing usually has the orange/red coloring limited to or at least present at the anal angle [it does not reach to the anal angle in C. rosita, and usually mostly crosses the wing]. In C. lacinia the basal half of the lower hind wing is usually crossed completely by more than one black band, while in C. rosita most of these markings are broken into slender dots and dashes.

Eastern Mexico; straying into south Texas, and sometimes establish colonies for a time.

- regular stray to southern TX

Chlosyne janais Hall