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Euphydryas

Euphydryas
Baltimore Checkerspot.jpg
Euphydryas phaeton, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Euphydryas
Scudder, 1872

Euphydryas is a genus of Nymphalidae butterflies.

Euphydryas species group:

Hypodryas species group [subgenus]:

Occidryas species group[subgenus]:

Eurodryas species group [subgenus]:

Zimmermann, Marie; Niklas Wahlberg; Henri Descimon (May 2000). "Phylogeny of Euphydryas Checkerspot Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93 (3): 347–355. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0347:POECBL]2.0.CO;2. 



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