Dymasia dymas imperialis (Bauer, 1959)
(Tiny Checkerspot)

Type Specimens
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Pinned Specimens
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Live Adults
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Bibliography

Bauer, David L. 1959. A new subspecies of Microtia dymas from southern California. Lepidopterists= News 12(3/4): 97-100 {1958, 26 Jan 1959} [description of Melitaea chara imperialis] 

Comstock, John Adams. 1926. Studies in Pacific Coast Lepidoptera (Continued). Thirteen new species or aberrations of California butterflies. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 25(1): 29-34, 48. {Jan-Apr, 30 Mar 1926} [description of Melitaea chara ab. nitela] 

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

Comstock, John Adams and Charles M. Dammers. 1932. Metamorphoses of five California diurnals (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 31(2): 33-45, pls. 13-23. {May-Aug, 20 Aug 1932} 

Gunder, Jean Daniel. 1924. Several new aberrant Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) from California. Entomological News 35(5): 153-158, pl. 2. {[8] May 1924} [description of Melitaea chara ab. ♂ jacintoi]

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