Occidryas chalcedona
Occidryas chalcedona
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
Euphydryas chalcedona est une espèce de Lépidoptères de la famille des Nymphalidae, de la sous-famille des Nymphalinae et du genre Euphydryas, présent dans l'ouest de l'Amérique du Nord. Dénomination Euphydryas chalcedona Henry Doubleday, 1847. Synonymes : Melitaea chalcedona (Doubleday,1847).
The variable checkerspot or Chalcedon checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western North America, where its range stretches from Alaska in the north to Baja California in the south and extends east through the Rocky Mountains into Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming. The butterfly is usually brown or black with extensive white and yellow checkering and some red coloration on the dorsal wing.
Euphydryas chalcedona es una especie de mariposa de la familia Nymphalidae, subfamilia Nymphalinae, tribu Melitaeini, género Euphydryas. Distribución Se encuentra en el oeste de Estados Unidos, desde California hasta el estado de Washington.
Distribution
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