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Dymasia dymas chara (W. H. Edwards, [1884])
(Tiny Checkerspot)

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Distribution and Larval Foodplants:
 

Distribution
S AZ, S NM, W TX, NW Mexico, Baja California Sur

Larval Foodplants
Acanthaceae: Justicia californica (Benth.) D. Gibson, Siphonoglossa longiflora (Torr.) Gray, Tetramerium nervosum Nees

Synonymy

Bibliography

Bailowitz, Richard A. and James P. Brock. 1991. Butterflies of southeastern Arizona. Tucson, Arizona; Sonoran Arthropod Studies, Inc.: ix + 342 pp., 4 pls., figs. {1991} 

Brown, Frederick Martin. 1966. The types of the nymphalid butterflies described by William Henry Edwards--Part II, Melitaeinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 92(3): 357-468, 34 figs. {Sep, 20 Oct 1966} 

Comstock, John Adams. 1927. Butterflies of California. A popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of California embracing all of the 477 species and varieties at present recorded from the state. Author, Los Angeles, California. 334 pp., 63 pls. {1827} 

Comstock, John Adams. 1930. Studies in Pacific Coast Lepidoptera (continued). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 28(3): 50-58, pls. 25-32. {Sep-Dec 1929, 15 Feb 1930} 

Comstock, John Adams. 1934. Studies in Pacific Coast Lepidoptera (continued). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 33(1): 34-38, pls. 14-19. {Jan-Apr, 28 Feb 1934} 

Edwards, William Henry. [1884]. Descriptions of new species of North American butterflies. Canadian Entomologist 15(11): 209-211. {Nov 1883 [17 Jan 1884]} [description of Melitaea Chara

Higgins, Lionel George. 1960. A revision of the melitaeine genus Chlosyne and allied species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 112(14): 381-467, 134 figs. {31 Dec 1960} 

Maza, Roberto F. de la. 1987. Mariposas Mexicanas. Guía para su colecta y determinación. México; Fondo de Cultura Económica: 304 pp., 67 pls., 58 figs. {Oct 1987} [Ed. 2 1991] 

Seitz, Adalbert. 1913. 3. Gattung Melitaea. In: A. Seitz (Ed.), Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 5(182): 429-432; (187): 433-434; pl. 88 {1913}

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