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Chlosyne  Butler, 1870
Taxonomic Serial No.: 188581

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 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  
                                              SubtribeChlosynina   
                                                 GenusChlosyne Butler, 1870  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne acastus (W. H. Edwards, 1874) – Sagebrush Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne californica (W. G. Wright, 1905) – California Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne cyneas (Godman and Salvin, 1878) – Black Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne damoetas (Skinner, 1902)  
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne definita (E. Aaron, 1885) – Definite Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne ehrenbergii (Geyer, 1833)  
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne endeis (Godman and Salvin, 1894) – Banded Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne erodyle (H. W. Bates, 1864)  
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne eumeda (Godman and Salvin, 1894)  
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne fulvia (W. H. Edwards, 1879) – Fulvia Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne gabbii (Behr, 1863) – Gabb's Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne gorgone (Hübner, 1810) – Gorgone Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne harrisii (Scudder, 1863) – Harris' Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne hoffmanni (Behr, 1863) – Hoffmann's Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne janais (Drury, 1782) – Crimson Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne lacinia (Geyer, 1837) – Bordered Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne leanira (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1860) – Leanira Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne marina (Geyer, 1837) – Red-spotted Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne melitaeoides (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1867)  
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne nycteis (E. Doubleday, 1847) – Silvery Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne palla (Boisduval, 1852) – Northern Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne rosita A. Hall, 1924 – Rosita Patch 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne theona (Ménétriés, 1855) – Theona Checkerspot 
                                                    SpeciesChlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863) – Rockslide Checkerspot 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Chlosyne   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Long, Elizabeth C., Robert C. Thomson, and Arthur M. Shapiro   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: A time-calibrated phylogeny of the butterfly tribe Melitaeini   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 79   
  Page(s): 69-81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: DOI 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.010   
  Reference for: Chlosyne   
       
  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: Chlosyne   
       

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