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Poladryas Bauer, 1975

Poladryas Bauer, 1975; , TS: Melitaea pola Boisduval
Poladryas, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Poladryas (Melitaeini) ; Higgins, 1981, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 43 (3) : 166
Poladryas (Chlosynina) ; [Wahlberg]
Poladryas ([I]) ; [NL4A, 254]

Poladryas minuta (Edwards, 1861)

Colorado, Mexico, .... See [About maps] Dotted Checkerspot
Melitaea minuta Edwards, 1861; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 161, TL: Texas
?Melitaea pola Boisduval, 1869
Poladryas minuta, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Poladryas minuta, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Poladryas minuta, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Poladryas minuta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melitaea minuta ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 675
Schoenis minuta ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 19
?Poladryas pola ; Higgins, 1981, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 43 (3) : 166 (name)
Poladryas minuta ; Higgins, 1981, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 43 (3) : 166 (name); [NACL, #4515]; [BOW: pl. 14, f. 20]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #2097]

Larva on Penstemon [NAB]

P. m. minuta

Texas Melitaea approximata Strecker, 1900; Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 3: 23, TL: Texas

= ; [NL4A, #2097a]

Lemonias approximata ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 18
Poladryas minuta minuta ; [NL4A, #2097a]

P. m. arachne (Edwards, 1869)

Colorado Arachne Checkerspot
Melitaea arachne Edwards, 1869; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 2 : 372, TL: Colorado

= Poladryas minuta ; [Wahlberg]

ab. gunderiae (Holland, 1930) (Melitaea); , TL: Colorado

= ; [NL4A, #2097b]

Poladryas arachne, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Poladryas arachne, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Poladryas arachne, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Schoenis arachne ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 19
Poladryas arachne ; Higgins, 1981, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 43 (3) : 166 (name); [NACL, #4514]; [Opler]
Poladryas minuta arachne ; [NL4A, #2097b]

Larva on Penstemon [NAB]

P. m. nympha (Edwards, 1884)

Arizona, New Mexico Melitaea nympha Edwards, 1884; Papilio 4 (3) : 53, TL: Arizona
Melitaea arachne ab. skinneri Oberthür, 1923; , TL: New Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #2097d]

Melitaea pola var. arachne ab. polingi Gunder, 1926; , TL: Arizona

= ; [NL4A, #2097d]

Poladryas arachne nympha, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Poladryas arachne nympha, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Melitaea nympha ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 676
Schoenis nympha ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 19
Poladryas arachne nympha ; [NACL, #4514b]
Poladryas minuta nympha ; [NL4A, #2097d]

?P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)

Melitaea monache Comstock, 1918
Poladryas arachne monache ; [NACL, #4514a]

P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930)

Arizona Melitaaea gilensis Holland, 1930; , TL: Arizona
Poladryas minuta gilensis ; [NL4A, #2097c]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[NAB]

Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

Some related literature:

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723

Edwards, 1861

Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 160-164 (1861), 14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)

Edwards, 1869

Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 2 : 369-376

Edwards, 1884

Description. of new species of butterflies mostly from Arizona Papilio 4 (3) : 53-58

Godman & Salvin, [1901]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Higgins, 1981

A revision of Phyciodes Hübner and related genera, with a review of the classification of the Melitaeinae Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 43 (3) : 77-243, f. 1-490,124a,125a

Strecker, 1900

Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 3: 13-37,38

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