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Chlosyne whitneyi (Behr, 1863)
(Sierra Nevada Checkerspot)

Type Specimens

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Chlosyne whitneyi NEOTYPE ♂ of Melitaea whitneyi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mono Co., N slope of Mt. Dana lower end of Glacier Canyon,
10,800-11,200', 08-VIII-1969 [CAS]
photographed December 2010

Chlosyne whitneyi NEOTYPE ♂ of Melitaea whitneyi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mono Co., N slope of Mt. Dana lower end of Glacier Canyon,
10,800-11,200', 08-VIII-1969 [CAS]
photographed December 2010

Chlosyne whitneyi NEOTYPE ♂ of Melitaea whitneyi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mono Co., N slope of Mt. Dana lower end of Glacier Canyon,
10,800-11,200', 08-VIII-1969 [CAS]
photographed December 2010

Chlosyne whitneyi (HOLOTYPE ♂ of Melitaea malcolmi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mammoth, 27-VII-1921 [LACM]

Chlosyne whitneyi (HOLOTYPE ♂ of Melitaea malcolmi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mammoth, 27-VII-1921 [LACM]

Chlosyne whitneyi (HOLOTYPE ♂ of Melitaea malcolmi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mammoth, 27-VII-1921 [LACM]

Chlosyne whitneyi (ALLOTYPE ♀ of Melitaea malcolmi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mammoth, 27-VII-1921 [LACM]

Chlosyne whitneyi (ALLOTYPE ♀ of Melitaea malcolmi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mammoth, 27-VII-1921 [LACM]

Chlosyne whitneyi (ALLOTYPE ♀ of Melitaea malcolmi)
USA: CALIFORNIA: Mammoth, 27-VII-1921 [LACM]


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