Patches, Checkerspots

Poecile checkerspot (Chlosyne erodyle poecile)
Costa Rica

Gaudy patch (Chlosyne gaudialis) Guatemala.

Chlosyne is a genus of butterflies from North and South America in the family Nymphalidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:^[1][2]

The lacinia species group:

• Chlosyne californica (Wright, 1905) – California patch
• Chlosyne definita (Aaron, [1885]) – definite patch
• Chlosyne ehrenbergii (Geyer, 1833) – white-rayed checkerspot, white-rayed patch
• Chlosyne endeis (Godman & Salvin, 1894) – banded checkerspot, banded patch
• Chlosyne erodyle (Bates, 1864) – erodyle checkerspot, Guatemalan patch
• Chlosyne janais (Drury, [1782]) – Janais patch, crimson patch
• Chlosyne gaudialis (Bates, 1864) – gaudy checkerspot, gaudy patch
• Chlosyne hippodrome (Geyer, 1837) – simple checkerspot, simple patch
• Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) – bordered patch, sunflower patch
• Chlosyne marina (Geyer, 1837) – marina checkerspot, red-spotted patch
• Chlosyne melanarge (Bates, 1864) – black checkerspot, cream-banded checkerspot, black patch
• Chlosyne narva (Fabricius, 1793) – Narva checkerspot
• Chlosyne rosita Hall, 1924 – Rosita patch

The Charidryas species group:

• Chlosyne acastus (Edwards, 1874) – sagebrush checkerspot
• Chlosyne gabbii (Behr, 1863) – Gabb's checkerspot
• Chlosyne hoffmanni (Behr, 1863) – aster checkerspot, Hoffmann's checkerspot
• Chlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852) – northern checkerspot
• Chlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863) – rockslide checkerspot
  • Chlosyne whitneyi damoetas (Skinner, 1902)

The harrisii species group:

• Chlosyne harrisii (Scudder, 1864) – Harris's checkerspot
• Chlosyne gorgone (Hübner, 1810) – gorgone crescentspot
• Chlosyne nycteis (Doubleday, [1847]) – silvery crescentspot

The Thessalia species group:

• Chlosyne chinatiensis (Tinkham, 1944) – Chinati checkerspot
• Chlosyne cyneas (Godman & Salvin, 1878) – Cyneas checkerspot, black checkerspot
• Chlosyne leanira (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – leanira checkerspot
• Chlosyne theona (Ménétriés, 1855) – Theona checkerspot

Uncertain grouping:

• Chlosyne fulvia (Edwards, 1879) – Fulvia checkerspot
• Chlosyne kendallorum Opler, 1999 – Kendall's checkerspot, Nuevo León checkerspot

References

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• Explanation of Synonymity