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Euphydryas editha  (Boisduval, 1852)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 201290

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): Edith's Checkerspot [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons  
                                     FamilyNymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 – admirals, anglewings, brush-footed butterflies, checker-spots, crescent-spots, fritillaries, mourningclocks, purples, brushfoot butterflies, Brushfooted Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilyNymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815 – True Brushfoots  
                                           TribeMelitaeini Newman, 1870  
                                              SubtribeEuphydryina Higgins, 1976  
                                                 GenusEuphydryas Scudder, 1872  
                                                    SubgenusEuphydryas (Euphydryas) Scudder, 1872  
                                                       SpeciesEuphydryas editha (Boisduval, 1852) – Edith's Checkerspot  
    Direct Children:  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha alebarki Ferris, 1971  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha augustina (W. G. Wright, 1905)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha aurilacus Gunder, 1928  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha baroni (W. H. Edwards, 1879)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha beani (Skinner, 1897)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha bingi Baughman and Murphy, 1998  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha colonia (W. G. Wright, 1905)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha editha (Boisduval, 1852)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha edithana (Strand, 1915)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha ehrlichi Baughman and Murphy, 1998  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha gunnisonensis F. Brown, 1971  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha hutchinsi McDunnough, 1928  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha insularis T. Emmel and J. Emmel, 1974  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha karinae Baughman and Murphy, 1998  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha lawrencei Gunder, 1931  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha lehmani Gunder, 1929  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha luestherae Murphy and P. Ehrlich, 1981  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha mattooni Austin and Murphy, 1998  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha monoensis Gunder, 1928  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha montanus McDunnough, 1928  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha nubigena (Behr, 1863)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha owyheensis Austin and Murphy, 1998  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha quino (Behr, 1863) – Quino checkerspot Butterfly 
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha rubicunda (Hy. Edwards, 1881)  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha tahoensis Austin and Murphy, 1998  
                                                          Subspecies Euphydryas editha taylori (W. H. Edwards, 1888)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Checklist of North American Butterflies, 2nd Edition, website (version 2)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Produced by the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Names Committee, and available online (with corrections) at http://www.naba.org/pubs/checklst.html (web page may not be identical to the printed edition)   
  Reference for: Euphydryas editha, Edith's Checkerspot [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Euphydryas editha   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Euphydryas editha   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pohl, Gregory R., Bob Patterson, and Jonathan P. Pelham  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico   
  Page(s): 766   
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  Notes: Working paper published online by the authors at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819   
  Reference for: Euphydryas editha   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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