Poladryas

Poladryas is a monotypic genus of butterflies from United States and Central America in the family Nymphalidae. The single species it contains is Poladryas minuta, the dotted checkerspot.[1]

Dotted checkerspot
P. m. arachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Poladryas
Bauer, 1975
Species:
P. minuta
Binomial name
Poladryas minuta
(W.H. Edwards, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Melitaea minuta W.H. Edwards, 1861
  • Melitaea approximata Strecker, 1900
  • Melitaea arachne W.H. Edwards, 1869
  • Melitaea minuta ab. gunderiae Holland, 1930
  • Melitaea nympha W.H. Edwards, 1884
  • Melitaea arachne ab. skinneri Oberthür, 1923
  • Melitaea pola var. arachne ab. polingi Gunder, 1926
  • Melitaea monache Comstock, 1918
  • Melitaaea gilensis Holland, 1930

Subspecies
  • P. m. arachne (W.H. Edwards, 1869) – Arachne checkerspot (Colorado)
  • P. m. gilensis (Holland, 1930) (Arizona)
  • P. m. minuta (Texas)
  • P. m. monache (Comstock, 1918)
  • P. m. nympha (W.H. Edwards, 1884) (Arizona, New Mexico)
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References
  1. "Poladryas Bauer in Ehrlich & Ehrlich, 1975" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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