Euphydryas
Encyclopedia
Euphydryas is a genus
of Nymphalidae
butterfly
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Hypodryas species-group:
Occidryas species-group:
Eurodryas species-group:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
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Species
Euphydryas species-group:- Euphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1773) – Baltimore CheckerspotBaltimore CheckerspotThe Baltimore Checkerspot is a North American butterfly of the family, Nymphalidae.It is the official state insect of the U.S. State of Maryland since 1973....
Hypodryas species-group:
- Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758) – Scarce FritillaryScarce FritillaryThe Scarce Fritillary, Euphydryas maturna, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, and...
- Euphydryas ichnea (Boisduval, 1833)
- Euphydryas cynthiaEuphydryas cynthiaCynthia's Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Alps and in mountainous areas of Bulgaria.The wingspan is 32-42 mm....
(Schiffermüller, 1775) – Cynthia's Fritillary - Euphydryas iduna (Dalman, 1816) – Lapland Fritillary
- Euphydryas gillettiiEuphydryas gillettiiThe Gillette's Checkerspot is a species of butterfly, common in western North America from British Columbia to Oregon and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The wingspan is ....
(Barnes, 1897) – Gillette's Checkerspot
Occidryas species-group:
- Euphydryas anicia (Doubleday, 1847) – Anicia Checkerspot
- Euphydryas chalcedona (Doubleday, 1847) – Chalcedon Checkerspot or Variable CheckerspotVariable CheckerspotThe Variable Checkerspot or Chalcedon Checkerspot is a species of butterfly, common in western North America from Alaska to Baja California and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. A highly variable species, the wing upper surface is black to dark brown. The forewing is narrow and...
- Euphydryas editha (Boisduval, 1852) – Edith’s CheckerspotEdith’s CheckerspotEdith’s Checkerspot is a species of butterfly often better known by the constituent subspecies listed below.-Subspecies:...
- Euphydryas editha bayensis – Bay Checkerspot
- Euphydryas editha quino – Quino CheckerspotQuino CheckerspotThe Quino Checkerspot is native to California and Mexico. It is a subspecies of the common Edith's Checkerspot and the second such subspecies to be listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. This species, like many others, has undergone several changes in nomenclature and classification...
Eurodryas species-group:
- Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) – Marsh FritillaryMarsh FritillaryThe Marsh Fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.It is widespread in the Palaearctic region from Ireland in the West to Yakutia in the East, and to North-west China and Mongolia in the South.E. aurinia is represented by many subspecies.The most widely accepted...
- Euphydryas glaciegenita (Verity, 1928)
- Euphydryas provincialis (Boisduval, 1828)
- Euphydryas merope (Prunner, 1798)
- Euphydryas orientalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Euphydryas asiatica (Staudinger, 1881)
- Euphydryas sibiricaEuphydryas sibiricaEuphydryas sibirica is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in north-eastern Asia, where it is found in steppe or steppe-like meadows.Adults are on wing from June to July.The larvae of ssp...
(Staudinger, 1871) - Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819) – Spanish Fritillary